We’ve written before about deposition conduct that crosses the line between valid advocacy and sanctionable misconduct. Here’s the latest example, in which a New York federal magistrate imposed sanctions on a defense lawyer for the City of New York, who interjected over 750 statements on the record, including more than 600 objections across 84
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Deposition frustration: Thoughts on sanctioning lawyers for misconduct
By Frank DeSantis on
Posted in How Not to Practice
The Eighth Circuit got it wrong a couple weeks ago when it reversed the sanction that a district court had imposed on a lawyer for disruptive deposition conduct.
I have over 35 years of experience as a trial lawyer. One of the biggest frustrations in that practice over the years has always been opposing counsel…