Rule 30(b)(6) Has Been Amended! Learn About the New Rule and How to Use It
On Demand
Wednesday, April 07, 2021
2:00 - 2:05 p.m.
Welcome Announcements
2:05 - 2:30 p.m.
What is Rule 30(b)(6): Federal and State Rules
2:30 - 3:45 p.m.
Crafting the 30(b)(6) Notice and Dealing with Objections
- Duties of Requesting Party
- Reasonable Particularity Standards
- Understanding Proportionality
- Matters of Inquiry: Claims, Defenses, Contentions, Positions
- Foundation Depositions
- Rule 34 Document/ESI Challenges
- Rule 26 Requirements
- Identifying Proportional Discovery Mechanisms
- Neutralizing Objections
- Requests Protocol
- Neutralizing Confidentiality
- The New Meet and Confer Requirement
- Dealing with Objections
3:45 - 4:00 p.m.
Question and Answer Session
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
2:00 - 2:05 p.m.
Welcome Announcements
2:05 - 2:40 p.m.
Duties of the Responding Party
- Duty to Object to Notice
- Timeliness
- Motion for Protective Order—Meet & Confer
- Duty to Appear, Designate, Prepare
- Institutional v. Individual Knowledge
- Reasonably Available Information
- Privilege Waiver
- Duty to Substitute/Supplement
- Sanctions for Unprepared Witnesses
2:40 - 3:15 p.m.
Executing the Deposition
- Structuring Questions
- Restating and Summarizing
- Establishing Rules: Rhetorical Questions and the Miller Mousetrap
3:15 - 3:30 p.m.
Question and Answer Session
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
2:00 - 2:05 p.m.
Welcome Announcements
2:05 - 2:55 p.m.
Rules of the Road, Overcoming Objections, and Santions
Rule 30(b)(6): Examples from Medical Negligence Cases
- Identifying the Medical Negligence 30(b)(6) Matters of Examination
- Wilson v. Lakner
- Establishing Rules of the Road and Standards of Care
- What Happens if they Don’t Comply?
- Getting Past the Usual Objections
2:55 - 3:45 p.m.
Corporate Structure, Standards of Care, and Making the Record
Rule 30(b)(6): Examples from Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Cases
- Unveiling the Corporate Structure
- Establishing Regulatory Standards of Care
- Establishing Violations of the Standards of Care
- Making an Understaffing Record
- Substantive Nursing Home 30(b)(6) Matters of Examination
3:45 - 4:00 p.m.
Question and Answer Session
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
2:00 - 2:05 p.m.
Welcome Announcements
2:05 - 2:35 p.m.
Getting the Documents You Need
- Establishing Relevance and Proportionality
- Eliminating Confidentiality
2:35 - 3:05 p.m.
Getting the Defense Off the Fence on Rules and Key Facts
- Sourcing for Rules
- Length of Time and Knowledge
3:05 - 3:35 p.m.
Neutralizing the Defenses and Bad Facts
- Normalizing Client's Bad Conduct
- Sudden Emergency Defense
- Just a Mom & Pop Company
3:35 - 4:00 p.m.
Question and Answer Session
Wednesday, May 05, 2021
2:00 - 2:05 p.m.
Welcome Announcements
2:05 - 2:40 p.m.
Integrating 30(b)(6) Depositions into Your Trial Plan
- When to Use 30(b)(6)?
- Coordinating 30(b)(6) with the Individual Depositions
2:40 - 3:15 p.m.
Binding Effect & Using 30(b)(6) at Trial
- Understanding Legal Principles
- How to Make the Deposition Binding
- Locking Down Positions
- 30(b)(6) at Trial
- Evidentiary Issues
- Party v. Non-Party
- Changing Testimony
- Experts Bound by 30(b)(6)
3:15 - 3:30 p.m.
Question and Answer Session
