Review the FRCP to understand the scope of permissible inquiry at a deposition. Under the FRCP, a deposing attorney may ask questions about any nonprivileged matter that is relevant to any party’s ...

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In litigation, the customary way of doing things often becomes the precedent for doing them, even when there is a procedural rule governing those actions that is inconsistent with, if not ...

Bohdan S. Ozaruk writes: "Something is rotten. But it's not in Denmark....Rather it's in discovery in modern federal civil litigation...." With this leadoff, a U.S. District Court judge in Iowa ...

In district court litigation, depositions are used to gather information that will be used against an expert during cross examination in court. But in an IPR, a witness (usually an expert having ...

An effort to get former Gov. Eric Greitens on the record about allegations of child and spousal abuse before a public trial next week may not succeed. Greitens is in a dispute with his former wife, ...

An expert Q&A that offers guidance on taking and defending remote depositions by teleconference or videoconference, including how to handle exhibits virtually and manage technological issues. Taking ...

House Democrats postponed the first of their planned series of depositions about the Ukraine affair after objections by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday. The former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine ...

The recent deposition of Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino about the use of force by his immigration agents during Operation ...

If you have been to a deposition, you have heard both improper questions and improper objections. Rarely, however, do court opinions or rules focus on whether counsel’s behavior violated the Rules of ...