E-Discovery LLC

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

the Court addressed two important discovery issues. Second , where a Rule 30(b)(6) deponent reviewed an allegedly privileged document in deposition preparation in order to refresh her memory, the privilege, if any, was waived. In Faulkenberry v. Austin , 2024 WL 4056761 (D. 5, 2024)(Coulson, J.), at *2 (emphasis added).

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WA Bar News

JUNE 11, 2024

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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Plaintiff Trial Lawyer Tips

OCTOBER 17, 2024

“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail” Benjamin Franklin In our office, my law partner and wife, Lita Barnett Luvera, legal responsibilities included preparing clients and witness for their deposition. Too often, lawyers tend to schedule an hour or two in their office on the day of the deposition to prepare their client.

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Plaintiff Trial Lawyer Tips

JUNE 27, 2024

There are a volume of available ideas and outlines for the discovery deposition of a medical malpractice expert including advice to not take the deposition at all in some circumstances. FULL DETAILS 5 HOW MANY PAST DEPOSITIONS GIVEN? Here is a very basic outline, you can use as a format for your case.

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E-Discovery LLC

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Fact discovery closed a day before the court’s opinion; however, it had been extended for 14 days “for the purpose of taking depositions that couldn’t be scheduled before the discovery cut-off.” Plaintiffs’ made their proposal to Meta on August 23 rd , prior to the September 30 th milestone cutting off discovery.

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E-Discovery LLC

OCTOBER 22, 2024

DILATORY AND UNPERSUASIVE CHALLENGE TO DEPOSITION NOTICE “The Court need not resolve the factual skirmish over whether Washington agreed to the topics in NNI’s Rule 30(b)(6) notice to resolve the motion. The State’s newly-minted objections to the deposition topics come far too late , and are not persuasive.” Discovery Guideline 1.f).

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E-Discovery LLC

AUGUST 16, 2024

13, 2024), the court began its decision of discovery issues with: “At the hearing Plaintiffs tried to walk back this [discovery] request and said it was limited to refund data, rather than a wholesale redo of non-custodial discovery. In that time, StubHub has taken 35 depositions and moved for summary judgment.

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E-Discovery LLC

AUGUST 30, 2024

However, the Court also ordered that the parties have a court reporter transcribe the session and the Court reviewed the transcript to resolve post-meeting discovery disputes. For example, the defendant had noted the deposition of Ms. Jones to take place on Monday, February 27 th , which was the day before the discovery cutoff.

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MyCase

MAY 7, 2024

Reading, reviewing, and crafting discovery responses isn’t just tedious—it’s downright time-consuming. MyCase has partnered with Briefpoint to help firms save time on discovery documents by eliminating repetitive work required for responses. What is Briefpoint? How Does the Integration Work? Top Benefits of MyCase and Briefpoint 1.

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The Cloud Court Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

“The deposition is the new trial.” – Jim Garrity, 10,000 Depositions Later podcast Jim Garrity, an employment attorney based in Florida, has produced scores of podcasts and published multiple books on the topic of depositions. And today, almost all testimony is in the form of deposition testimony for the reasons cited above.

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E-Discovery LLC

OCTOBER 10, 2024

1, 2024), opens with the court’s statement that: The parties jointly ask to extend the discovery deadline and continue the trial. As the parties have demonstrated that they cannot manage the discovery process efficiently on their own, court oversight is necessary. Then, they “asked for and received 10 months to conduct discovery.”

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Discovery Advocate

MAY 21, 2020

As courts and litigants adapt to the new normal by instituting social distancing measures through remote hearings and depositions, how we preserve, collect and produce documents should not be an afterthought. Postpone that discovery until such a time it is safe and permissible to collect the potentially relevant data.

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Discovery Advocate

MAY 20, 2020

As courts and litigants adapt to the new normal by instituting social distancing measures through remote hearings and depositions, how we preserve, collect and produce documents should not be an afterthought. Postpone that discovery until such a time it is safe and permissible to collect the potentially relevant data.

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E-Discovery LLC

MAY 31, 2024

This case is, in part, a trade secret case involving alleged misappropriation of source code, so requests seeking production of source code and related data are an expected part of discovery…. The court proceeded to resolve a number of other discovery issues. 1, 2023)( untimely discovery objection was waived); cf.

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E-Discovery LLC

AUGUST 13, 2024

The Court “presided over a discovery dispute hearing related to Plaintiff’s motions to compel interrogatory requests and requests for production of documents, and related to a motion for a protective order filed by the Defendant.” Sometimes Discovery Disputes Do Not Bring Out the Best in Us – Part II (Jun. 7, 2024)(Simms, J.),

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Plaintiff Trial Lawyer Tips

OCTOBER 31, 2024

THREE PRIMARY DEFENSE CLAIMS __ __ __ PLAINTIFF PROOF OF CAUSATION __ DEFENDANT CAUSATION DEFENSE _ PRELIMINARY STATUS REVIEW  Review local rules regarding deadlines and requirements DISCOVERY REVIEW Interrogatories  Review defendant’s answers to interrogatories. Note incomplete answers for motion. Supplement if needed.

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E-Discovery LLC

MAY 30, 2024

PNI objected to discovery in part by asserting several privileges. After document was used in a deposition, PNI sought a “clawback” under the ESI Protocol. As it stands, the discovery period in this case expires on June 5, 2024 (a date the parties jointly requested approximately a month ago)….

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Securities Docket

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The discovery follows Coinbase filing two Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests against the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) — the US agency insuring bank deposits — demanding they disclose information about the ongoing crypto crackdown among US banks.

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Attorney at Work

MAY 28, 2022

From time to time, opposing counsel may act in an uncivil or unprofessional manner during a telephone call, where there is no official record as there might be in a deposition or a written communication. During a Deposition. Opposing counsel may try to intimidate you during a deposition, hoping to fluster you if you are inexperienced.

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E-Discovery LLC

AUGUST 21, 2024

See Felder Part 2 of 4: Defendant Sanctioned for Late Cancellation of Depositions. Plaintiff sought discovery of video footage “of an interaction” with her former manager and security personnel who had allegedly forcibly removed her from defendant’s premises. 4, 2023); Discovery About Discovery – When Was Duty to Preserve Triggered?

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E-Discovery LLC

OCTOBER 6, 2024

It noted that Mr. Shapiro even testified during depositions that he could not identify a single email that anyone read. During a deposition, HHI asked Mr. Shapiro, “I’m trying to find out whether you can identify whether anybody has used any of that information that was contained in those e-mails?” I can only speculate.”

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CaseFox

MARCH 23, 2023

Deposition or Negotiation: In many cases, the responsible party or their insurance company will attempt to negotiate a settlement with you rather than go to trial. Discovery: During the litigation process, both parties will engage in discovery, which involves exchanging information and evidence relevant to the case.

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RPC Strategies

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Questa Discovery Questa Discovery makes high-speed processing of large data sets of e-discovery with efficient data indexing available to small and medium size companies. Steno is an innovative solution to managing costs for depositions, same-day or overnight court transcripts, transcript analysis, and litigation financing.

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Sound Jury Blog

JANUARY 8, 2024

Initial Case Strategy “I resolve to start thinking about my jury story BEFORE discovery even starts.” Too often we see trial teams begin thinking about their jury story near or at the close of discovery. Witness Preparation for Deposition “I resolve to prepare my witnesses for depositions using role playing and video feedback.”

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The Cloud Court Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Greg’s current roles speak to his wealth of industry experience and his background also dovetails with our obsession with depositions. The Cloud Court team is incredibly excited to have the benefit of Greg's deep experience in the deposition, testimony and LegalTech fields.

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Complex Discovery

JULY 9, 2024

Grewal characterized their pursuit as a quest for “reasonable discovery” in response to the SEC’s June 2023 lawsuit. Paul Grewal, Coinbase’s Chief Legal Officer, emphasized the importance of these documents in a July 3 social media post.

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The Cloud Court Blog

JULY 11, 2023

July 11, 2023, 13:00 GMT MINNEAPOLIS, MN, USA, July 11, 2023/ EINPresswire.com / -- Setting the global standards for e-discovery, the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) is pleased to announce Cloud Court, Inc. NEWS PROVIDED BY EDRM Global, Inc. And yet, what was said needs to be shared with the entire team.

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Lawmatics

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

E-discovery. Some of the tasks CoCounsel can potentially manage include document review, legal research deposition preparation, and contract review. AI allows law firms to target potential clients with personalized marketing campaigns based on status, matter type, location, and more. Email campaigns. Virtual assistants.

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The Cloud Court Blog

MARCH 6, 2023

Cloud Court analyzes historical testimony to accelerate knowledge transfer, improve witness preparation and deposition performance. A turbo-charged litigation team can use its new testimony intelligence to make another pass through discovery to seek out advantages or detect landmines based our AI-generated insights.

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The Cloud Court Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

Reviewing deposition and trial testimony is, by any measure, time consuming. Its AI tools hover like a magnet over aggregated deposition data to deliver actionable analytics and to identify with precision all testimony on any topic in seconds. eDiscovery does not give you a visual snapshot of the contents of a given deposition.

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The Cloud Court Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Examples are plentiful: deliberately excessive discovery; ceaseless letter campaigns; pointless depositions; depositions that have a point but should have taken two hours instead of the seven hours they did take; and, of course, counterproductive motion practice. Use AI to increase efficiency in Discovery.

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Steno

MAY 2, 2022

Pretrial discovery activities, like depositions, are weighed against the case-value benefit. You work to represent plaintiffs in mass tort, personal injury, and employment lawsuits, but defendants can have what feels like an endless coffer of resources to shut down your client’s case.

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

One column might be dedicated to deadlines, another to discovery tasks, another to trial preparation. Evernote has the ability to capture and save notes and recordings from the web in a variety of different formats, whether these be emails, legal briefs, research files or discovery documents. A Powerful Project Management Panacea?

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SW&L Attorneys Blog

AUGUST 5, 2024

Then comes the process known as ‘discovery.’ Instead of formal discovery procedures like subpoenas or depositions, parties voluntarily disclose relevant information and documents to each other. Here, the couple is encouraged to be transparent and share information openly.

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WA Bar News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

7 CR 37, in turn, addresses sanctions for a broad spectrum of discovery misconduct ranging from incomplete answers to discovery requests to the failure to comply with discovery orders. In addition to CR 11 and CR 37, see also CR 26(g) (certifications on discovery responses), Fed. Fisons, 122 Wn.2d 2d 299, 858 P.2d

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E-Discovery LLC

AUGUST 31, 2024

The DVD simply organizes these documents, audiotapes, and videotapes in an electronic format that is easier to follow, and places deposition testimony in context. This blog was initially posted on Electronic Discovery Reference Model. 1003 and 1005. The summary was produced by a litigation support company using a PowerPoint format.

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The truth is that, as long as pleadings are filed in a timely manner, discovery is completed, client questions are answered, and everyone complies with ethics rules, it really makes no difference if the work is done at 9 a.m. What really matters is their work is done well and they complete it on time.

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