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Georgia’s New Deposition Law Is Now in Effect: What HB 1208 Means for Your Practice
If you take depositions in Georgia, the rules that govern who can make your record just got clearer. On July 1, 2026, House Bill 1208 took effect, updating Georgia’s Civil Practice Act to require that depositions be taken before a certified court reporter — and removing the outdated requirement that testimony be captured “by stenographic…
Lack of Discovery Sends World Cup Copyright Spat to Extra Time
What part of litigation matches the creativity of soccer legend Pelé with a soccer ball? Is it as reliable as Brazil in World Cup competition? Or as outcome-determinative as Lionel Messi’s left foot? Give up? Pretrial discovery, of course! So, it’s for good reason that federal courts rarely decide courtroom contests without giving both teams…
Deposing the Plaintiff
The fifth in a series of articles on basic strategies for questioning commonly encountered witnesses in civil litigation. This week: the plaintiff. The plaintiff’s deposition is rarely just another deposition. The plaintiff is the architect of the lawsuit, the person whose factual story drives the pleadings, frames the damages claim, and ultimately stands before the…
Deposing the Lay Witness
The fourth in a series of articles on basic strategies for questioning commonly encountered witnesses in civil litigation. This week: the lay witness. The lay witness deposition often decides whether a civil case settles, survives summary judgment, or proceeds to verdict. Lay witnesses — an injured party, an eyewitness to a collision, a workplace bystander…
Deposing the Corporate Representative
The third in a series of articles on basic strategies for questioning commonly encountered witnesses in civil litigation. This week: corporate representatives. A corporate representative deposition under Rule 30(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure does something no individual deposition can: it compels an organization to speak. Corporate representatives testify not about what they…
Deposing Doctors and Medical Experts
The second in a series of articles on basic strategies for questioning commonly encountered witnesses in civil litigation. This week: the treating physician. The treating physician sits at the center of nearly every personal injury case. Without the physician’s testimony, the factfinder has no credible link between an accident and the injuries claimed. That reality…
Deposing the Expert Witness
The first in a series of articles on basic strategies for questioning commonly encountered witnesses in civil litigation. This week: expert witnesses. Few depositions carry more weight than the one taken of the other side’s expert. Expert opinions often decide complex civil cases — whether the dispute concerns medical causation, lost profits, a tire failure,…
New York’s Part 161 Will Reshape AI Use in Depositions
Effective June 1, New York lawyers will be required to navigate a new rule governing the use of artificial intelligence technology by attorneys and parties who submit papers to New York state courts. In local jurisdictions that adopt the rule, all litigators who rely – or plan to rely – on generative AI tools to…
Remote Depositions Shape Venue Transfer Rulings
Remote depositions are more than a convenience to litigants and witnesses, a tool to trim expenses, or a means to move civil litigation forward amid a shortage of court reporters. They’re also having an impact on the substance of the law, as courts discover that considerations of geography and travel distances are less important than…
Federal Committee to Weigh Permitting Depositions in Criminal Cases
Federal criminal rules experts may soon begin studying something the federal criminal system has resisted for more than 80 years: allow parties to take pretrial depositions in criminal cases. A proposal to do just that landed in front of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts’s criminal rules advisory committee last year, and now there…
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