Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Deposition Fail!

Real depositions are mostly deadly boring. These deposition clips have some zip to them.

This witness  broke 2 depo prep rules:
- Answer "yes" or "no" and refrain from offering any information.
- Keep your cool.
WARNING - EXPLICIT LANGUAGE!



This time it's the lawyers that lose their cool. So much for professionalism.
WARNING - EXPLICIT LANGUAGE!



Lawyers, again.  WARNING - EXPLICIT LANGUAGE!




The witness here is Larry Flynt, editor of Hustler Magazine.  This deposition was part of the Hustler v. Falwell case.  He appears to be an uncooperative witness.
WARNING: EXPLICIT LANGUAGE! After the first 2:00 SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONTENT! as Flynt attempts to prove that the allegations made in the ad parody were factually correct! (I wouldn't show this clip in class beyond the first 2 minutes - but it does give some interesting insight into the discovery process in a famous case.)

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