Esquire Deposition Services Litigators don’t always have control over the outcome-determinative evidence in their cases. Often, contracts, accident reports, photographic images, and other critical bits of evidence have in most cases already been created when the client seeks representation. These materials are the star of the show during pretrial depositions. Traditionally, deposition exhibits were shared… Continue reading Five Strategies to Optimize Exhibits for Remote Depositions
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Court Separates Facts from Fiction – Lack of Supporting Project Documents Dooms Contractor
Douglas L. Patin and Sabah Petrov | BuildSmart A recent decision from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida demonstrates how facts supported by documents generated during the project can be vital to prime contractor/subcontractor disputes. In Berkley Ins. Co. v. Suffolk Constr. Co., No. 19-23059-CV, 2024 WL 3631226 (S.D. Fla. July 22,… Continue reading Court Separates Facts from Fiction – Lack of Supporting Project Documents Dooms Contractor
Defendant’s Request for Attorney’s Fees Within Its Summary Judgment Motion is Insufficient to Place Plaintiff on Notice That Defendants Are Claiming Attorney’s Fees
Carolin Pacheco | Marshall Dennehey Barnhardt Construction, LLC v. Steven C. Hildreth, et al., 31 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 600a (Fla. 5th Cir. Ct. 2024) On February 6, 2024, the Fifth Circuit Court in Hernando County, Florida, rendered a decision regarding a prevailing defendant’s request for attorney’s fees within a motion for summary judgment. The… Continue reading Defendant’s Request for Attorney’s Fees Within Its Summary Judgment Motion is Insufficient to Place Plaintiff on Notice That Defendants Are Claiming Attorney’s Fees
Should Paralegals Participate in Depositions?
Esquire Deposition Solutions The Ohio Board of Professional Conduct recently considered an interesting issue related to deposition practice: whether or not nonlawyers such as paralegals can ethically participate in pretrial depositions. The board decided in Taking of a Deposition by a Paralegal or Out-of-State Lawyer (Ohio Board of Professional Conduct, No. 2022-13) that they may not … under… Continue reading Should Paralegals Participate in Depositions?
How Many Depositions Are Enough?
Esquire Deposition Solutions Ten is the presumptive upper limit on the number of depositions that each party may take in civil litigation in the federal courts. This number, provided by Rule 30(a)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, can be increased (or decreased) by stipulation, by court order, and by local court rule. In fact,… Continue reading How Many Depositions Are Enough?