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An Open Letter to Litigators (i.e., Unreliable Witnesses)

The Cloud Court Blog

Dear Litigation Friends: It is with regret that I write to inform you that you are a profoundly unreliable witness. You’re an unreliable witness to the depositions you took and you’re an unreliable witness to the depositions you defended. If you take or defend witnesses with any frequency, you know this to be true.

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Amendments to CR 26 and 30 Will Change Discovery and Deposition Practice

WA Bar News

This article will explain the changes effected by the rule amendments and, with respect to CR 26, provide context considered by the Civil Litigation Rules Revision Work Group in drafting the proposed amendments to illustrate their impact. Supplementation or correction shall clearly set forth the information being supplemented or corrected.

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Litigators with a Data Fetish: Moneyballing Testimony

The Cloud Court Blog

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. If you’re involved in litigation, and if you care about outcomes, then the importance of testimony is difficult to overstate.

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Deposition Misconduct: Rules, Risks, and Remedies

WA Bar News

Fucile “[T]estimony of witnesses who were kicked by plaintiff’s attorney while the witnesses were responding to defendants’ attorney’s inquiry. because there is no way of knowing what the testimony would have been if the witnesses had been left alone.” — West v. should not be considered as evidence. Irwin (E.D. 20 Gladden v.

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Trellis Launches Trellis AI to Streamline Trial Court Litigation

Trellis AI leverages the largest repository of state trial court data to help litigators evaluate cases, automate brief drafting, suggest winning strategies, and more. Case Assessment — Predict the likely outcomes of a case at any stage to help you decide to accept it, guide motion practice, make settlement offers, and prepare for trial.

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Stop reading depo transcripts! Please welcome Gibson.

The Cloud Court Blog

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 We say that it helps you with "Moneyballing" litigation by optimizing every iota of testimony data and performance data to drive better results. What’s the problem?”

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Money as a Tactical Disadvantage: Don't Pitch Mountains of Cash into a Dumpster Fire

The Cloud Court Blog

Having spent two decades of my life litigating and managing litigation, I’ve noticed a few persistent trends. Resource disparities exist where one party has greater available capital and the willingness to spend it in litigation. Is money useful in litigation? It doesn’t. But only to a point.