Review the FRCP to understand the scope of permissible inquiry at a deposition. Under the FRCP, a deposing attorney may ask questions about any nonprivileged matter that is relevant to any party’s ...

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A: There are only certain objections at deposition that are proper, and then only a few of those that permit the witness to refuse to answer. The objection you mention, “incomplete hypothetical,” is ...

In his New York Practice feature, Patrick M. Connors of Albany Law School discusses a Fourth Department decision and its impact on lawyers representing parties and non-parties alike, especially in ...

In district court litigation, depositions are used to gather information that will be used against an expert during cross examination in court. But in an IPR, a witness (usually an expert having ...