Taking and defending depositions - the most important events in discovery - present some significant challenges. Among them is remotely preparing your client to testify. While many attorneys have some experience taking depositions by video, remote preparation of a...

Social distancing policies are requiring many attorneys to practice law remotely.  Attorneys are learning to adapt to this new environment along with their clients.  Many attorneys have some experience taking depositions by video.  However, remote preparation of a...

Defense attorneys need new rules to counteract reptile plaintiff attorneys’ approach to 30(b)(6) depositions.Plaintiffs’ attorney Don C. Keenan, Esq., and David Ball, Ph.D., authored a book published in 2009, Reptile: The 2009 Manual of the Plaintiff’s Revolution, in...

Question: Why do we need a radical new way to prepare our clients to testify? Answer: The plaintiffs’ bar has radically changed the way that they approach using deposition testimony. 1. Most depositions are now videotaped. 2. Most cases never go to trial, so they are...

The financial and professional implications are front of mind in interactions between attorneys and their clients in litigated matters. In a medical malpractice case, an attorney focuses on defending and winning the case, and that requires a lawyer to investigate and...