Posts by Esquire Deposition Solutions
6 Success Factors for Better Remote Depositions
Maybe you’re considering remote depositions as litigation grows and travel becomes more challenging. Or you’re already doing depositions remotely and want to improve. Either way, these six factors will help you get the most success and satisfaction out of your remote depositions: 1. Coordinate with opposing counsel As soon as you decide to go remote,…
Read MoreCorporate Counsel, Outside Attorneys Teaming Up for Better Depositions
As general counsel, you typically let your outside attorneys manage your cases. You can’t be everywhere at once and only have so much bandwidth to monitor each discrete activity—from the initiation of a suit through judgment—in each of the dozens or hundreds of matters on your plate. In a perfect world, you’d attend every deposition…
Read MoreTechnology’s Role in Responding to the Coronavirus Pandemic
The impacts of the widening novel coronavirus pandemic are hitting home here in the United States. Within the legal community, law offices are scrambling to serve clients while keeping employees safe and complying with federal guidance and emergency rules in their localities. At the same time, state supreme courts across the country are issuing emergency…
Read MoreJoin a Deposition from a Plane? Why Not?
Practicing law can be stressful, and the stakes don’t get much higher than defending a high-profile class action suit—except when you’re defending one of the biggest companies on the planet. And you’re the lead attorney on the case. And it’s looking like you’ll have to miss the most important deposition in the case. This was…
Read More5 Reasons You Should Consider Remote Video Depositions
Grandparents chat face to face with grandkids over iPhones. Facebook users broadcast live from concerts and games. Pundits Skype into CNN every day. Yet we lawyers still fly around the country with our legal pads to conduct depositions in person? Why? It’s costing us time, energy, and money. Remote depositions, conducted via videoconference, put lawyers…
Read MoreProtecting Legal Proceedings from Deepfake Technology
U.S. legal proceedings rely on evidence. The party who bears the burden of proof in a legal proceeding—whether civil or criminal—must meet that burden based on evidence presented. It’s no surprise, then, that deepfake technology is sending ripples of concern through the legal community. Our system of justice depends on evidence being reliable and on…
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