Two months ago, I posted about a 7th Circuit decision, Redwood v. Dobson, where the court censured two attorneys for
their conduct during a deposition that the court characterized as a «grudge match.»
Not exact matches
We took 5
depositions during discovery and
conducted extensive document reviews.
During the
deposition, Danner, the plaintiffs lawyer, began asking the co-defendant intrusive and irrelevant questions, such as whether he had engaged in homosexual
conduct.
During the early months after a lawsuit has been filed, both sides can
conduct depositions and other «discovery» to obtain more detailed and exacting proof about the nature of the claim.
Research, motion practice,
depositions, finding nuance in key documents
during document review, making strategy decisions, preparing for and
conducting the trial, all present hurdles when facing foreign witnesses and documents.