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Deposition Objectionsgives you dozens of objections and tactics for confronting and resolving contentious deposition disputes. This edition adds new text, tips, and more than 100 cases to help you protect your witness and your case. Revisions and additions include:
Chapter 1 OBJECTING TO DEPOSITION NOTICES AND SUBPOENAS
Proportionality (§1:80):
New Federal Rule that all discovery must be "proportional to the needs of the case"
Chapter 8 FAMILY COMMUNICATIONS PRIVILEGES
What Marital Interactions Are "Spousal Communications"? (§8:11):
Exception to privilege can extend to cases of abuse of any child in the home
Do the Privileges Apply to Same-Sex Marriages and Cohabitation? (§8:24):
Extension of privileges based on legalization of same-sex marriage in Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) and whether the privileges apply to pre-Obergefell communications
Chapter 10 PRIVACY PRIVILEGE
Privacy in the Age of Social Media (§10:04)
Discoverability of social-network system information (such as Facebook, Twitter, Linked In)
The showing that a party must make in order to obtain information access to which is restricted by system user
Chapter 14 LEGAL CONCLUSIONS
Preparing Organization Representatives (§14:52):
What to do when the opposing party says that a representative's answers are inadequate and demands a supplemental deposition
Whether contention questions are allowable in depositions of organization representatives whose answers will bind the organization
Chapter 20 OBJECTIONS AT EXPERT WITNESS DEPOSITIONS
Attorney Communications With Expert Witnesses: Privacy in the Age of Social Media (§20:03)
Practical effect of 2010 amendments to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which protect many attorney-expert communications from disclosure
Objection: Opinion Testimony Standards and Applicable Legal Standards (§20:11)
Practical effect of 2010 Federal Rules amendments on discoverability of bases of opinion testimony
Draft Materials and Draft Reports Generated by the Expert (§20:13)
Practical effect of 2010 Federal Rules amendments on discoverability of materials prepared by expert
