Sanctions for “Objecting & Instructing” Deposition Conduct

The plaintiff wanted more documents and a fully prepared corporate representative at a deposition.
The plaintiff wanted more documents and a fully prepared corporate representative at a deposition.
This is a particularly appropriate day to point out that discovery disputes are like snowflakes – they’re all different. But the rulings are still worth reviewing.
Yesterday was not a happy day for letters rogatory. Today is a bit better.
More about the five-factor Societe test for issuance of a Letter of Request under the Hague Evidence Convention.
Some interpret Elihu Root’s statement that “[a]bout half the practice of a decent lawyer consists in telling would-be clients that they are damned fools and should stop” as a suggestion on how to save time.
The issue here was whether the case would be continued due to delays in email production.
Is it within the defendant’s “possession, custody, or control”?
This order combined Judge Gilstrap’s rulings on several procedural motions in a patent case addressed at a recent hearing.
I posted previously on the new venue discovery rules in Waco – here they are in action.