Review the FRCP to understand the scope of permissible inquiry at a deposition. Under the FRCP, a deposing attorney may ask questions about any nonprivileged matter that is relevant to any party’s ...

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In litigation, the customary way of doing things often becomes the precedent for doing them, even when there is a procedural rule governing those actions that is inconsistent with, if not ...

Preparing for a deposition can be challenging whether it is a person’s first or hundredth time testifying under oath. Being questioned frequently causes anxiety. But the experience does not have to be ...

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 ...

"There is no situation in which an attorney's deep understanding of the rules of procedure will harm them or their client's position," writes Lombardi & Lombardi's Scott A. Telson. In litigation, the ...