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Be Prepared: 5 Deposition Objections You Must Know Before Stepping into the Courtroom

Lawmatics

The rules surrounding depositions can be enough to send new lawyers into a cold sweat. Depositions are a critical tool for building a case, and as such, it is essential for attorneys of all skill levels to be well-versed in the various objections that can arise during the course of a deposition.

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Deposition Misconduct: Rules, Risks, and Remedies

WA Bar News

In this column, we’ll address a narrower, but more common, subset of deposition misconduct that the ABA opinion touches on: improper “coaching” during depositions and improper objections intended to impede the questioner. 10 Second, we’ll focus on depositions rather than hearings or trials. Washington RPC 4.4(a)

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Court States: Pick Up the Telephone

E-Discovery LLC

The Jennings court discussed a series of discovery events, and added: The parties should be proactive in following-up with their discovery so as not to run into conflicts with the discovery cutoff. In one recent decision, a court wrote that it would be in the parties interest to reach a negotiated result.

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Ethical Considerations for Flat Fee Billing

Attorney at Work

see “classic retainer” vs. “advance payment retainer” vs. “security retainer” in Illinois ), but in general, a lawyer is required to deposit flat fees and expenses paid into a client trust account in advance for representation. See Model Rule 1.15. About the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism.

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D.C. Court Deems Google Search and Text Ad Services Monopolistic

IP Watchdog

District Court for the District of Columbia dubbed “remarkable,” the court ruled Monday that “Google is a monopolist” and that the search engine has violated Section 2 of the Sherman Act. In a case Judge Amit Mehta of the U.S.

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Uber Technologies – Another Hyperlink Decision

E-Discovery LLC

The court ruled: If it has not already done so, Uber shall produce documents hyperlinked in Google chat messages, and related metadata to the extent feasible. Berman, Use of ESI in Depositions, Chap. However, Microsoft communications were not at issue in this case. Berman, et al., Managing E-Discovery and ESI (ABA 2011).

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Coinbase Battles SEC Over Access to Gary Gensler’s Private Communications

Complex Discovery

Coinbase has also filed additional legal actions against the SEC and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, seeking compliance with Freedom of Information Act requests related to cryptocurrency rule-making.