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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The Cloud Court Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

It began as a series of reports combined into a dashboard that provided insights about deposition transcripts. Now, Gibson is more than a tool; it’s a partner for any litigator that augments their ability to devise deposition strategies and tactics and improve outcomes. (We Gibson drives better litigation results.

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Depositions Cross-Examination Witnesses Litigation 52

The Cloud Court Blog

APRIL 24, 2023

You’re an unreliable witness to the depositions you took and you’re an unreliable witness to the depositions you defended. And you realized—too late—that you failed to use it in motion practice or settlement or witness outlines or impeachment. Over time you’ve inwardly acknowledged that your memory is an imperfect vessel.

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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.

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Depositions Litigation Discovery Technology 52

The Cloud Court Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

I am obsessed with depositions and, in particular, their importance to the outcome of cases. That obsession extends to deposition data as well as to the psychology of the players involved: the attorneys taking and defending depositions; the witnesses being deposed; as well as the court reporters. Why on earth would we do this?

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

And then they say hey, we need to start searching again for a deposition shins are a motion practice, we can spin it up in a day or two, and then they use it for as long as they need to, and then it goes back down. And once it’s spun down, it only costs you know, 160 $170 a month to keep it ready.

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