I’ve been embroiled in a multi-week deposition bonanza in a religious discrimination case. Yesterday, though, I experienced a first. We were deposing the plaintiff. Her lawyer is very seasoned. While my co-counsel was conducting…
Read ArticleYou are a CEO reporting to an angry board. You are a sole proprietor with the future of your business at stake. Or you are an employee accused of discrimination or harassment, with your job…
Read ArticleIn his book, Litigation, Professor James McElhaney laments the fact that civil litigators are horrified at the prospect of a blind cross-examination. As a result, he argues, “[e]very year we spend millions of dollars…
Read ArticleCalifornia Assembly Bill 1875 would limit the deposition time to 7 hours, thus mirroring the Federal Rule. There is currently no limitation at all for cases pending in California state court. Is the proposed 7 hour…
Read ArticleImagine spending good money, effort and frustration to obtain a judgment only to realize it will cost even more good money, effort and frustration to collect the judgment. Sometime back I obtained a judgment on behalf…
Read ArticleThis is a cautionary tale. I now get so many Nigerian scam invitations by email that it’s hard to remember a time when they weren’t so common. I get one or two every day. But…
Read ArticleIn an August 3rd profile of high-end family law practitioners Daniel Jaffe and Bruce Clemens, the Los Angeles Daily Journal quoted these lawyers as citing five important areas for litigators: “A lawyer has to…
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