Category Archives: Depositions

Experienced Trial Attorney Shares The Risks and Rewards Of Personal Injury Lawsuits.

03 Monday Feb 2014

Posted by in Depositions, Discovery, Expert Witness, Experts, Health Law, Law Office Management, Litigation, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Trial Tips and Techniques

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Why Lawsuits Are So Expensive, Pt. I, by Gregory H. Haubrich, Foshee & Yaffe, Butter’s Blog

http://tinyurl.com/mgq7pnl

You’d be surprised at how careful good personal injury lawyers are about what cases they take. In general the public thinks that we can take any person with any complaint and get them some of what our governor calls “jackpot justice.” In truth, the economics of our practice and the ethics of our profession require that we only take cases of serious injury that are objectively provable. We as plaintiff’s lawyers most often fund the expenses of our clients’ cases; otherwise they would not have access to the courts because court cases are expensive. However, if we invest in unsuccessful cases, the time and money we put into those cases will be lost.

Nevada Supreme Court Amends Deposition Rules.

11 Saturday Jan 2014

Posted by in Court Rules, Depositions, Discovery, Nevada Supreme Court

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Supreme Court Amends NRCP 30 & 34, by Michael P. Lowery, Compelling Discovery

http://www.compellingdiscovery.com/?p=2492

On December 19, 2013 the Supreme Court of Nevada issued an order amending NRCP 30 and 34. These amendments take effect March 1, 2014. This order in ADKT 0487 partially disposes of a multitude of proposed changes to Nevada’s discovery rules. ADKT 0487 remains open, meaning other changes are still possible in the future.

Everyone Knows You Never Question Your Own Witness At A Deposition, Right?

06 Monday Jan 2014

Posted by in Depositions, Direct Examination, Discovery, Evidence, Trial Tips and Techniques, Witness Preparation

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The Need For Direct Exams Of Your Own Witnesses At Depositions, by Mark Herrmann, Above The Law Blog (with hat tip to Evan Schaeffer, The Trial Tips Practice Weblog)

http://tinyurl.com/meqbmh4

Excellent Reasons To Use Synchronized Video Depositions.

26 Tuesday Nov 2013

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Why Synchronize Video Depositions?, by Michael Skrzypek and Chris Ritter, The Trial War Room Handbook Blog

http://tinyurl.com/oznds82

 

We believe, as a general principle, that if it is worth having a deposition videotaped, it is worth having it synced. This process matches the video to the transcript and allows you to search for words within the video, as if it were a text document. This search functionality, in turn, allows you to make video clips quickly, because you can immediately find any word in the video simply by clicking on the transcript. Video clips can be used for impeaching live witnesses or they can be played in lieu of live testimony if a witness is either a party witness or outside the subpoena range and cannot be compelled to testify at trial.

Judge Sparks on Fire — Again.

23 Saturday Nov 2013

Posted by in Depositions, Discovery, Judges, Legal Writing, Subpoenas, Texas Supreme Court

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Benchslap of the Day: Judge Sparks Burns More Attorneys , by By David Lat, Above the Law

http://tinyurl.com/45y5v3z

Mr. Lat shared this excerpt from the Judge’s Order:

[J]udge Sparks invited lawyers to a hearing that he referred to as a ‘kindergarten party.’ According to the ‘invitation’ — er, order — ‘[t]he party will feature many exciting and informative lessons, including… how to enter into reasonable agreements about deposition dates [and] how to limit depositions to reasonable subject matter.’ The event is aimed at lawyers who ‘are unable to practice law at the level of a first year law student.’

Billionaire Hedge Fund Titan Stumbles Over Questions About Insider Trading in Video Deposition

06 Wednesday Nov 2013

Posted by in Corporate Law, Depositions, Discovery, Evidence, Fraud, SEC, Trial Tips and Techniques

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Exclusive: Watch Billionaire Steven Cohen Stumble Over Insider Trading Rules, by Nick Verbitsky, Martin Smith, and Dan Sugarman, FRONTLINE

http://to.pbs.org/188ekb9

In a never-before-published video, hedge fund titan Steven A. Cohen, whose firm this week agreed to plead guilty to securities fraud, describes federal securities laws as “vague,” and asks for an explanation of the basic Securities and Exchange Commission rule that prohibits insider trading.

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The video offers a rare glimpse of the secretive billionaire investor at the center of the biggest insider trading prosecution in U.S. history talking about the very issues that have put him and his firm under such intense scrutiny.