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September 16, 2008
Discovery: A deposition should get the bad news out.
There is a reason why it is called discovery. This is the time to invite the other side's witnesses to tell you everything they possibly can about why your side should lose. This is the time to invite the other side's witnesses to tell you everything they possibly can about why your side should lose. Revel in these "bad" answers - don't cringe. Draw them out and blossom them as fully as the witness is willing to go. Make sure that you carefully dissect every part or premise of a "bad" answer...
Another gem: Stewart Weltman's April 2008 piece "The Two Most Important Questions to Ask During A Discovery Deposition-Part I".
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Posted by JD Hull at September 16, 2008 11:59 PM