Posts by Esquire Deposition Solutions
New Jersey High Court Calls for CLE on Artificial Intelligence
The New Jersey Supreme Court is being very specific about the educational courses that will qualify as “technology-related subjects” under recently revised continuing legal education requirements for New Jersey licensed attorneys. In a notice to the bar published Dec. 30, 2025, the court singled out several technology hot topics, including the use of artificial intelligence during…
Read MoreArtificial Intelligence Prompts Most Reader Interest in 2025
Just as it did in 2024 and 2023, the topic of artificial intelligence in litigation practice attracted the most interest among our readers in 2025. The journey from 2023 to 2025 has been interesting to say the least. The year 2023 was a time for considering the promise of artificial intelligence. In 2023, we highlighted…
Read MoreThe Holiday Gift of Civility
The year-end holidays can be a busy and stressful time for litigators. As the holiday season approaches, family obligations increase. Courthouses are either closed or missing key personnel. A good number of lawyers, rather than take time off during the holidays, find themselves working longer hours in order to meet billable hours quotas or other…
Read MoreNo Right to Depose Celebrity Plaintiffs in OpenAI Copyright Spat
Famous people, whether they’re celebrities or highly placed business executives, can be difficult to pin down for depositions. We’ve written about it before, in the context of the apex deposition doctrine, which shields from depositions business leaders with scant connection to the litigation. Another ground for objecting to proposed depositions of famous would-be witnesses arises…
Read MoreCourt Disallows Costs of Travel to Remote Deposition
Wouldn’t it seem odd to incur expenses for traveling to a remote deposition? After all, one of the most compelling benefits of a remote deposition is the elimination of costs associated with traveling to and from a physical location for an in-person examination. No travel, no travel expenses. That’s how it seemed to the court…
Read MoreProtecting Deposition Materials at the Border
Government border agents conducted over 55,000 warrantless searches of cell phones and other electronic devices during the past year, according to recent federal reports. The latest statistics reflect a 17 percent jump in electronic device searches from fiscal year 2024 (running from October 2023 to September 2024). Federal agents conducted roughly 47,000 such searches that…
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