Depositions
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Attorney Misconduct, Benchslaps, Depositions, Federal Judges, Rudeness, Sam Sparks, Texas, Vicious Infighting
Benchslap of the Day: Judge Sparks Burns More Attorneys
You do not want to mess with Judge Sam Sparks, of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. We recently wrote about Judge Sparks accusing a lawyer appearing before him of incompetence -- in a harshly worded order that pulled no punches. Judge Sparks has been doling out stinging benchslaps for years, and he's gotten pretty good at it. Last week, Judge Sparks lit more lawyers on fire.... -
Antitrust, Benchslaps, Canada, Crime, Immigration, Technology
Sue a Giant Corporation, Get Rewarded with Audacious Criminal Charges
A few weeks ago, I wrote about an attorney who faced some humiliating — and completely false — allegations. Doesn’t get much worse, I thought. Wrong. This week we have another intersection of technology and false accusation. But this time, the attorneys appear to be the bad guys. A recent Canadian court ruling sheds a […] - Sponsored
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Biglaw, California, Depositions, Lunacy, Quote of the Day, Rudeness, Small Law Firms, Violence
Quote of the Day: No 'Martial Arts Moves' Here
I never had the inclination, or the physical strength, to attack Mr. Bloch. — Henry Shields Jr., the Drinker Biddle partner accused in a lawsuit of assaulting opposing counsel at a deposition. Shields, who is currently undergoing chemotherapy, maintains that he was the victim of the assault rather than the perpetrator. (To read more about […]
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Biglaw, California, Depositions, Lunacy, Rudeness, Small Law Firms, Violence
Beverly Hills Brawl: Escape From The Deposition Room!
Can we all just get along? A California deposition devolved into a fracas, according to a recently filed lawsuit and additional court documents. -
Contests, Lawyer of the Day, Pro Se Litigants, Reader Polls, Trials
Lawyer of the Month: Lots Of Things Mistrials Can Win You
April’s Lawyer of the Month victor won in a landslide. He’s also the first person to win the contest for his practice of law (as opposed to his death or his desire to quit the practice of law). Yes, I think I speak for all legal bloggers out there by wishing April’s Lawyer of the […] -
Depositions, Lawyer of the Day, Nude Dancing, Pranks, Pro Se Litigants, Trials
Lawyer of the Month: April Reader Poll
We’re a little bit late with April’s lawyer of the month reader poll. First of all, we’ve been doing a lot of reader voting so far in this month. (There are still a few hours for you to vote in our Law Revue Video Contest.) The other reason why we’re a bit delinquent this month […] -
Depositions, Divorce Train Wrecks, Family Law, Lawyer of the Day, Rudeness
Shortest Deposition Ever
If you already know what I’m talking about, I’m sorry — I don’t have very much to add. The deposition is so damn short, the transcript doesn’t contain case-identifying information, and the pdf has been stripped of its metadata. Really, I only know what you know: a hilarious deposition took place earlier this month. For […] -
Advertising, Bar Exams, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 03.24.11
* Still more benchslappery, this time from the Second Circuit. Professor Nita Farahany wonders whether Judge Gary Sharpe “may have missed a few important days of his genetics class in high school or in college.” [Law and Biosciences Digest] * In other federal judicial news: I’ve never bought into the silly claim that Clarence Thomas […] -
Depositions, Law Schools, Minority Issues, Non-Sequiturs, Sports, Yolanda Young
Non-Sequiturs: 03.18.11
* If you root for your law school alma mater over your undergrad alma mater, you are the kind of unprincipled betrayer who deserves the very worst of all that life has to offer. [PrawfsBlawg] * Did you know that university professors could get fired for appearing in burlesque shows? [Siouxsie Law] * Some thoughts […] -
Biglaw, Depositions, In-House Counsel, Litigators, Partner Issues
Inside Straight: Why The Focus On Written Work?
Ed. note: This is the latest installment of Inside Straight, Above the Law’s column for in-house counsel, written by Mark Herrmann. This column comes from a narrow perspective — that of a litigator and, in particular, an in-house head of litigation. I suspect that in-house SEC lawyers, or M&A lawyers, may have entirely different perspectives […] -
Attorney Misconduct, Depositions, Legal Ethics, Paralegals, Weirdness
Will Footsies During a Deposition Lead to Sanctions?
A pair of motions are bouncing around email inboxes this week, thanks to the “foot-tapping lawyer.” (This has nothing to do with Larry Craig, so read on without fear.) It all started in July, when Florida law firm Rasco Klock sent a paralegal to Wilmington for a deposition. The firm is representing a plaintiff suing […] -
Depositions, Rudeness, Videos, YouTube
Another Atypical Deposition
One of our finest moments in private practice took place during a deposition. We had been up the entire night before, along with the paralegal on the case, pulling documents and preparing deposition outline material for the partner. It was a critical deposition: the deposition of the plaintiff, a billionaire businessman (on the Forbes 400 […]
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