Posts by Esquire Deposition Solutions
Rx for Law Firm Cyberthreats: Planning, Training, and Vendor Due Diligence
We’re all familiar with the adage that, for businesses, the question is not “if” but “when” a data breach or ransomware attack will occur. The odds of a cyberattack aren’t as high as death and taxes but they’re approaching a comparable level of certainty. Or so it seems. Cyberattacks today are endemic. News publisher Cybersecurity…
Read MoreUsing Technology to Fight the Litigation Talent War
Within the legal community, technology is typically viewed as a means to increase lawyer efficiency, whether through document assembly, document review, collaboration, and remote work or lately through the use of artificial intelligence to extract hidden insights from large datasets. But some litigation experts see another promising use for legal technologies: as a weapon to…
Read More62-Hour Trek to Palau or Remote Deposition From Home? You Be the Judge
Palau is an island archipelago in the Pacific Ocean. The local economy depends on tourism, mainly from visitors interested in snorkeling and scuba diving along its beautiful barrier reefs. Tourism aside, the Palau economy is dominated by the fishing trade. Palau fishermen export delicious and increasingly rare bigeye and yellowfin tuna destined for sushi restaurants,…
Read MoreLaw Firms Increasingly Add Technology and Technologists to Litigation Teams
Esquire Deposition Solutions General Counsel Avi Stadler discussed the future of litigation with a panel of other experts during a recent American Lawyer Media (ALM) webinar. Discussion focused on the growing presence of data scientists and technology experts on litigation teams, and how technology is both altering – and accurately predicting – litigation outcomes. Stadler…
Read MoreNevada Court Takes Action Against Deposition Misbehavior
Earlier this year court officials in Clark County, Nevada, attempted to reign in deposition misbehavior by issuing an administrative order that collects in one place the law pertaining to the most common deposition-related disputes. The effort appears to have been successful. Since the publication of Eighth Judicial District Court (Clark County) Administrative Order 22-08 on…
Read MoreMere Document Review Left Corporate Representative Inadequately Prepared for Deposition
A recent discovery ruling from an Ohio federal magistrate judge offers a helpful primer on how corporate representatives should prepare for depositions. The ruling, In re FirstEnergy Corp. Securities Litig., No. 2:20-cv-3785 (S.D. Ohio, Aug. 19, 2022), stemmed from an exceedingly non-productive deposition of the assistant controller at FirstEnergy Corp., a company that has been embroiled in a…
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