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The Burden of Privacy In Discovery

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The 2015 amendments to Rule 26(b)(1), however, were meant to resolve any doubt, returning the proportionality factors to their original place as part of the very definition of what is discoverable. 19 No longer are the proportionality considerations described as separate “limitations” on an inquiry governed solely by relevance.20

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DOS and DON’TS of a 30(b)(6) Witness Deposition, Part Five

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Depositions of government agencies are explicitly permitted under Rule 30(b)(6), but if the agency happens to be serving as trial counsel in an enforcement action and also conducted or supervised the underlying investigation, many courts refuse to permit the deposition. Do not agree to a question-by-question or objection-by-objection format.