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Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 305: Spotlight on Civil Procedure (Part 2 – Discovery)

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Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! This is the second of three episodes in which we review the substantive Civil Procedure law we've covered in our "Listen and Learn" series.  This time we're talking about...more

U.S. Legal Support

Preparing a Winning Trial Strategy

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Legal discovery often comprises the longest stage of casework—identifying evidence, developing timelines, and vetting witnesses. The facts, strengths, and weaknesses of a case provide puzzle pieces that attorneys identify and...more

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Taking Effective Depositions: Chart a Course and Overcome Obstacles

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Success in taking a deposition comes with proper planning and effective execution. The basic recipe for success is to define the deponent’s importance in the case, identify the pertinent areas of inquiry and utilize the...more

Holland & Hart - Your Trial Message

Know Your Trial Message

Trial lawyers understand the need to refine and to help fit the main point of their case into the smallest possible container. In complex litigation, however, that quest for a bottom line can be elusive. You might have your...more

Jackson Walker

Handling Your First (Or Next) Oil And Gas Case: Who Is The Client? Operative Documents, Necessary Parties, And Knowing Your Limits

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As part of TexasBarCLE’s “Handling Your First (or Next)” series, Jackson Walker partner Amy Osberg Roberts presented a discussion on “Who Is the Client? Operative Documents, Necessary Parties, and Knowing Your Limits” in oil...more

Holland & Hart - Your Trial Message

Inoculate by Teaching the Technique and Not Just the Error

Inoculation is a well known, persuasive technique. The idea is that, instead of waiting for your opponent to share a piece of information or lay out an argument, and then responding by showing that the information or argument...more

McManis Faulkner

Looking Back: My First Deposition – What I Wish I Knew

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A deposition is one of the most useful discovery tools for trial attorneys. It is the only opportunity, prior to trial itself, where an attorney can question a witness about nearly everything he or she knows regarding the...more

Carlton Fields

Are the Bad Old Days of Blind Stonewalling in Discovery Finally Coming to a Close?

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When I started as a litigator in 2001, a technique I call “blind stonewalling” ruled discovery practice everywhere from BigLaw to the smallest boutiques. But the slow evolution of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP),...more

Gray Reed

Why Videotaped Deposition Testimony can be More Powerful than Live Witnesses

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Although our judicial system historically prefers live witness testimony over testimony of witnesses through a deposition, today’s technology allows even seasoned trial lawyers the ability to present witnesses through...more

Carlton Fields

Ready for Your Close-up? Five Tips for Using Videoconferencing Technology at Trial

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From a technological standpoint, it is now relatively simple to present live video and audio testimony during a court proceeding of a witness located anywhere in the world. There are many advantages to presenting testimony in...more

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Before You Push Play – Important Considerations When Using Videotaped Depositions at Trial

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Videotaped depositions can be an effective trial tool. When using video at trial, however, attorneys must remain mindful of the court record. Often, especially for long excerpts, court reporters at trial do not see the need...more

CMCP - California Minority Counsel Program

The Revised Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Proportionality is King

As most federal practitioners are aware, certain amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure took effect on December 1, 2015. The underlying objective of this year’s amendments is to resolve cases more quickly, more...more

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Day 2: Your First Five Questions (times four): A Practical Guide to the Amended Federal Rules of Civil Procedure – Early Case...

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The current amended Federal Rules of Civil Procedure—and, in particular, those that address the practice of civil discovery—are the product of five years of development, debate, and, of course, dialogue. Now that the Rules...more

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CorpCast Episode 4: Better Know a Judge: Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster of the Delaware Court of Chancery

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On this episode of CorpCast, we’re honored to welcome Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster of Delaware’s Court of Chancery. In addition to discussing the reasons he came to Delaware to practice law, the Vice Chancellor shares...more

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