Posts by Esquire Deposition Solutions
New York’s Legal Leaders Issue AI Ethics Guidelines
The New York State Bar Association last month published a set of guidelines for the ethical use of artificial intelligence technologies in practice of law. The guidelines, which were included in a task force report, did not break any new ethical ground. They were, instead, a reminder of the numerous ethical obligations that already inform…
Read MoreCurb Unprofessional Conduct At Your Next Deposition
Incivility during contentious depositions is not a new topic for this blog. While the available evidence indicates that professionalism toward legal adversaries is on the rise, the topic of overbearing behavior during depositions continues to attract attention from bar regulators and members of the judiciary. Two Illinois trial judges recently offered their advice on how…
Read MoreeLitigate Webinar: Solving Modern Remote Deposition Challenges
Solutions for Today’s Modern Remote and Hybrid Deposition Challenges: Join Our Webinar to Learn How One Platform Streamlines the Entire Deposition Process In the past several years, we’ve experienced drastic changes in how depositions occur, moving from in-person to remote and hybrid virtual deposition methods. Remote depositions have become a popular option for lawyers because…
Read MoreHow Requests for Admission Can Trigger Right to Recovery of Deposition Costs
A recent blog post here examined the circumstances under which a prevailing party in litigation can obtain reimbursement for deposition-related costs in federal courts. The rules are complicated, constrained by the statutory command that the depositions be “necessarily obtained for use in the case,” 28 U.S.C. 1920(2), and further limited by the need to actually…
Read MoreThe Need to Translate Pleadings for Service Overseas
A recent blog described the times when litigators are required to translate into English foreign-language documents exchanged during pretrial discovery, an increasing obligation driven by the global reach of modern multinational corporations and online business activities. Similar forces are at work in the area of service of process. More than ever, U.S.-based litigators are filing…
Read MoreThe Power of Depositions
Dismissal of a lawsuit is a rare sanction for a discovery violation, but it happened recently in a workplace discrimination lawsuit, due in large part to two probing depositions that called into question one party’s assertion that she had turned over all relevant text messages stored on her cell phone. The case underlines a principle…
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