Nolo's deposition handbook
Book - 1999
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- Law for laypersons
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Berkeley, Calif. :
Nolo Press
1999-
- Language
- English
- Other Authors
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- Physical Description
- illustrations, forms ; 23 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes index.
- ISBN
- 9781413329872
- Introduction: Your Deposition Companion
- Part One: You Are a Deponent
- Part Two: Taking and Defending Depositions
- The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP)
- Finding the Deposition Rules That Apply to You
- Local Rules
- Part 1. You Are a Deponent
- 1. An Overview of Deposition Procedures
- Depositions in a Nutshell
- Providing Notice of a Deposition
- Deposition Scheduling Requirements
- Rescheduling Your Deposition
- Avoiding a Deposition Altogether
- Duration of Depositions
- Virtual Depositions
- Deposition Attendees
- Document Production at Depositions
- Reviewing and Signing a Deposition
- 2. Using Depositions in a Lawsuit
- Using Depositions Before a Trial
- Using Depositions in a Trial
- 3. Preparing to Give Deposition Testimony
- Parties Represented by Attorneys
- Parties Representing Themselves
- Nonparty Witnesses
- 4. Responding to Questions
- The Golden Rules for Responding to Questions
- Responding to Common Questions
- Responding to Trick Questions
- Responding to Requests for Future Action
- Finishing Interrupted Answers
- Avoiding Sarcastic and Other Emotional Responses
- Handling Fatigue
- Objections
- Reviewing and Signing Your Deposition
- 5. Beginning a Deposition: "The Usual Admonitions"
- Admonitions Defined
- Purposes of Admonitions
- Admonitions: Examples and Explanations
- 6. Background Questions
- Hidden Agendas
- Legitimacy of Background Questions
- Your Employment History
- Your Educational Background
- Other Background Topics
- 7. Questions You Can Refuse to Answer
- Privileged Communications
- The Work Product Privilege
- Evidence of Criminal Activity
- Private Information
- 8. Expert Witness Deponents
- The Difference Between Expert and Nonexpert (Lay) Witnesses
- Pre-deposition Disclosures
- Typical Pre-deposition Involvement
- The Importance of Thorough Deposition Preparation
- The Pre-deposition Planning Meeting
- Typical Deposition Questioning
- Part 2. Taking and Defending Depositions
- 9. The Discovery Landscape
- The Purposes of Discovery
- Impediments to Achieving Discovery Goals
- Voluntary Disclosure
- Informal Discovery
- Discovery Plans
- General Rules of Discovery Questioning
- Enforcing Discovery Rules
- An Overview of Formal Discovery Methods
- Electronic Discovery (E-Discovery)
- 10. Defending a Deposition
- Preparing for the Deposition
- Listening Carefully
- Getting Additional Information After Your Opponent's Questioning
- Entering Into Stipulations
- Making Objections
- Terminating a Deposition
- 11. Taking a Deposition: Deposing a Hostile Witness
- Should You Take a Deposition?
- Deciding Whom to Depose
- Subject Matter Depositions (Rule 30(b)(6) Depositions)
- When to Take Depositions
- Preparing to Take a Deposition
- Beginning the Deposition: Preliminary Questioning
- The Two Basic Forms of Questions
- Using th6 Two Basic Forms of Questions
- Using Documents
- Responding to an Evasive Witness
- Depositions Arranged by Your Opponent
- 12. Taking a Deposition: Responding to a Defending Attorney's Roadblocks
- Responding to Objections
- Responding to Instructions Not to Answer
- Responding to an intimidating Attorney
- The Bottom Line
- 13. Taking a Deposition: Deposing a Friendly Witness
- When to Depose a Friendly Witness
- Offering Deposition Testimony Into Evidence
- Eliciting All Favorable Evidence
- Complying With Evidence Rules
- 14. Visually Recorded Depositions
- The Rules of Visually Recorded Depositions
- When Should You Visually Record a Deposition?
- Disadvantages of Visual Recording
- Taking an Effective Visually Recorded Deposition
- Defending a Visually Recorded Deposition
- Virtual Depositions
- Glossary
- Appendixes
- A. Excerpts From the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP)
- B. State Deposition Rules
- C. Sample Forms
- Index