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Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

Appellate Court Affirms $10K Sanction for Refusal to Turn on Webcam

California courts take seriously their rules against gamesmanship in pretrial discovery – as one lawyer recently learned. A stiff sanction, nearly $10,000, was the price he paid for refusing to turn on his laptop’s webcam,...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

Who Should Benefit from AI in Depositions: The Client, the Law Firm, or Both?

The American Bar Association’s suggestion last year that it would be ethically problematic for lawyers to charge high fees for formerly time-intensive work made easy by generative artificial intelligence has prompted an...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

Lawyer Who Insisted Deposition Be Conducted In-Person Hit With Opposing Attorney’s Fees

At a time when remote depositions are commonplace, litigators weigh any number of factors when deciding whether a deposition should be conducted in-person or remotely. Does the case turn on the credibility of the witness, and...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Witness Coaching by Whisper Leads to Sanctions for Defense Witness and Attorney

As noted in two prior posts, one on May 15, 2020, and the other on May 29, 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting explosion in the use of remote depositions present a number of novel issues for lawyers to consider,...more

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