Published On - December 29, 2021
Happy New Year
We wish you and yours a wonderful New Years and cheers to 2022 being your best year yet…or at least better than 2021!...
Published On - December 15, 2021
ADMIT THAT…
Last, but not least relating to discovery are requests for admissions. Here too, there is not a hard and fast rule on the number of requests for admissions that can be served in a litigation. Requests for admissions ask your party opponent to admit a certain fact so that the specif...
Published On - December 8, 2021
DOCUMENT REQUESTS – LOOKING FOR THE ‘SMOKING GUN’.
Document requests are often served concurrently with interrogatories, which we touched on last week. Document requests are another form of discovery and also, similar to interrogatories, must be related to the claims and defenses at issue in the litigation. Unlike interrogatories, there is not...
Published On - December 1, 2021
INTERROGATORIES – A USEFUL TOOL IN THE LITIGATOR’S ARSENAL.
Over the past several weeks, we looked at what a deposition is and how they are used in civil litigation. But a deposition is not the only manner of conducting discovery in a civil litigation. Over the next couple of weeks we will examine the other tools in a litigator’s arsenal for ob...
Published On - November 24, 2021
TAKING TIME FOR THANKS.
During this time of thanks, we are especially thankful for the trust our clients place in us to handle their difficult cases and to serve them with passion. We wish you and yours a relaxing Thanksgiving....
Published On - November 17, 2021
DEPOSITION CONDUCT AND PROCEDURES
The following description of procedures and suggestions for your conduct are general in nature and are presented to help you prepare for your deposition. There can be exceptions to these general rules, and reasons why these rules do not apply to your specific situation. Your lawyer shoul...
Published On - November 10, 2021
HOW IS DEPOSITION TESTIMONY USED?
There are four principal uses for testimony given at a deposition: Evidence at the Trial. — A deposition may be used as evidence by an opposing party at the trial. Under certain conditions, a lawyer may read a part of the deposition to the jury, and the jury may consider the deposition i...