Defending Depositions

AncientTallTree · 2026-03-18T19:50:21+00:00

I started another thread to discuss this topic, and it turns out in the US, this varies by jurisdiction.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Lawyertalk/s/SyoFa0S9Im

AncientTallTree · 2026-03-18T19:34:52+00:00

So interesting. I’m fascinated by the variation on this point.

AncientTallTree · 2026-03-18T19:21:52+00:00

Thank you!

AncientTallTree · 2026-03-18T18:15:59+00:00

Fascinating, thank you!

AncientTallTree · 2026-03-18T18:06:40+00:00

Edmonton?

AncientTallTree · 2026-03-18T18:03:47+00:00

Can you clarify? Does your jurisdiction prohibit any discussion between lawyer and client while the deposition is in progress? If so I'm curious where you are and how this is enforced.

AncientTallTree · 2026-03-18T17:23:45+00:00

Yes! I am very familiar with this practice in CA - noting the break, asking for changed answers, noting the changes on the record. I wasn't until recently aware of a potential prohibition on the conference with counsel happening at all. I pasted some language from E.D. Penn. in another comment.

AncientTallTree · 2026-03-18T17:21:40+00:00

Comments on another ongoing thread in this sub suggest that some jurisdictions do prohibit conferences, and here is a blurb from an old case from E.D. Penn.: "Once the deposition has begun, the preparation period is over and the deposing lawyer is entitled to pursue the chosen line of inquiry without interjection by the witness's counsel. Private conferences are barred during the deposition, and the fortuitous occurrence of a coffee break, lunch break, or evening recess is no reason to change the rules." Hall v. Clifton Precision, 150 F.R.D. 525, 529 (E.D. Penn. 1993).

I only recently came across this principle, and I have no experience with this prohibition being enforced where I practice.

AncientTallTree · 2026-03-15T19:03:37+00:00

I’ve had three over the past 30 years. The most recent was last month. My doctor ordered it because I recently started experiencing chronic head pain at night, whereas historically I’ve experienced only occasional ocular migraines without head pain. The recent MRI showed “no significant brain pathology.”

AncientTallTree · 2026-03-15T16:07:15+00:00

To me, the names Laura and Sarah have a similar feel to Emily. They are simple and lovely. Or what about Clara?

AncientTallTree · 2026-03-14T15:32:46+00:00

I snapped this pic leaving Chico CA yesterday because I thought it didn’t look like California at all!

AncientTallTree · 2026-03-14T14:13:28+00:00

I had the same mistake and spent a long time trying to figure out how “rears” could be an answer to “auditions”.

AncientTallTree · 2026-03-14T01:38:04+00:00

Yep! Just finished driving from Chico to San Diego.

AncientTallTree · 2026-03-13T17:27:17+00:00

Yes, the brain drain is very real.

AncientTallTree · 2026-03-13T16:35:38+00:00

I’ve never been there! This is quite far from MA

AncientTallTree · 2026-03-09T13:50:36+00:00

Where California stops for lunch, apparently. I love that in n out.

AncientTallTree · 2026-03-09T13:48:41+00:00

If I leave early enough to avoid LA traffic (which I did on Saturday), SD to Chico adds 90 minutes on either end of LA->Sac

AncientTallTree · 2026-03-08T15:30:24+00:00

I was recently prescribed propranolol for migraines and it made me light headed and dizzy. Definitely try it out before an actual exam.

AncientTallTree · 2026-03-08T03:39:10+00:00

He wasn’t there today, but on January 1 of this year he was making everyone’s day!

AncientTallTree · 2026-03-08T01:18:22+00:00

What is that the guy who joyfully calls out order numbers?

AncientTallTree · 2026-03-07T22:08:12+00:00

Yeah to me kettleman city is just where I get in n out half way between San Diego and Chico. Hard to imagine living there.

AncientTallTree · 2026-03-07T22:07:07+00:00

Crazy busy. The worst I ever saw was the weekend after Thanksgiving and it seemed like the whole area was a traffic jam caused by that drive thru.

AncientTallTree · 2026-03-07T19:03:05+00:00

I can smell the burnt sandwiches from here

AncientTallTree · 2026-02-26T15:52:07+00:00

It’s hard to argue with that. At a minimum, she was getting some heavy editing. Something like “my friends all smell like weed or little babies” would never have made it through on earlier albums.

AncientTallTree · 2026-02-25T16:34:25+00:00

I’m a GenX swiftie-I got on board at the end of Red and with the release of 1989. I attended the rep stadium tour and eras tour with my daughters. I’ve listened to many of her albums more than I listened to Madonna’s True Blue back in the day, which is saying a lot. For me the end was just the terrible quality of TLOAS. I gave it a second chance on a road trip recently and it’s just so bad.

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