13 Cited authorities
Cadent Ltd. v. 3M Unitek Corp.
232 F.R.D. 625 (C.D. Cal. 2005) Cited 72 times 1 Legal AnalysesDenying request for a protective order that required the depositions in the case not be taken in Los Angeles
Sugarhill Records Ltd. v. Motown Record Corp.
105 F.R.D. 166 (S.D.N.Y. 1985) Cited 75 times 1 Legal AnalysesIndicating that the decision as to the location of the deposition is within the district court's discretion
E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Co. v. Kolon Industries, Inc.
268 F.R.D. 45 (E.D. Va. 2010) Cited 25 timesConcluding that the exception applied based on "[t]he timing and circumstances of [the employer]'s reassignment or termination of its employees render the true status of the proposed deponents highly suspect, and allow for a strong inference that [the employer] is moving its employees around like chessman, conveniently shielding them from [the examining party]."
Midwestern Pet Foods, Inc. v. Societe Des Produits Nestle S.A.
685 F.3d 1046 (Fed. Cir. 2012) Cited 19 timesDeclining to "infer from Nestle's failure to provide survey evidence that such evidence would be harmful"
Martin v. Allstate Ins. Co.
292 F.R.D. 361 (N.D. Tex. 2013) Cited 16 times 1 Legal AnalysesDenying Rule 30(b) deposition where topics sought discovery on discovery, including document retention polices, efforts in responding to discovery, and efforts to preserve documents, because such topics were "overbroad and irrelevant."
Yamaha Intern. Corp. v. Hoshino Gakki Co.
840 F.2d 1572 (Fed. Cir. 1988) Cited 46 times 2 Legal AnalysesFinding secondary meaning for shape of guitar head always appearing in advertising and promotional literature
Paleteria La Michoacana, Inc. v. Productos Lacteos Tocumbo S.A. De C.V.
292 F.R.D. 19 (D.D.C. 2013) Cited 9 timesFinding that the voluntary deposition of a witness in Mexico under the Federal Rules is less burdensome than deposing the witness following Convention procedures
Kartagener v. Carnival Corp.
380 F. Supp. 3d 1290 (S.D. Fla. 2019) Cited 2 timesCase No. 18-CV-20974-KING/LOUIS 2019-05-17 Hannah KARTAGENER, Plaintiff, v. CARNIVAL CORPORATION, a Panamanian Corporation d/b/a Carnival Cruise Lines, Defendant. Edward Steven Schwartz, Nicholas I. Gerson, Philip Maurice Gerson, David L. Markel, Gerson & Schwartz PA, Miami, FL, for Plaintiff. John Michael Magee, Carnival Cruise Lines, Miami, FL, for Defendant. LAUREN LOUIS, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE Edward Steven Schwartz, Nicholas I. Gerson, Philip Maurice Gerson, David L. Markel, Gerson &
American General Life Insurance Company v. Harshman
299 F.R.D. 157 (E.D. Ky. 2014) Cited 1 timesFor American General Life Insurance Company, Plaintiff: David P. Donahue, John A. Little, Jr., K. Henson Millsap, Michael D. Mulvaney, LEAD ATTORNEYS, PRO HAC VICE, Maynard Cooper & Gale, P.C., Birmingham, AL; Timothy L. Mauldin, LEAD ATTORNEY, Bell, Orr, Ayers & Moore, PSC, Bowling Green, KY. For Ellen V. Harshman, Defendant: Michael D. Grabhorn, LEAD ATTORNEY, Grabhorn Law Office, PLLC, Louisville, KY. For Ellen V. Harshman, Counter Claimant: Michael D. Grabhorn, LEAD ATTORNEY, Grabhorn Law Office
Rule 26 - Duty to Disclose; General Provisions Governing Discovery
Fed. R. Civ. P. 26 Cited 100,923 times 691 Legal AnalysesAdopting Fed.R.Civ.P. 37
Rule 30 - Depositions by Oral Examination
Fed. R. Civ. P. 30 Cited 16,986 times 135 Legal AnalysesUpholding a district court's decision not to consider the plaintiff's deposition errata sheets in opposition to a motion for summary judgment when they were untimely
Section 1127 - Construction and definitions; intent of chapter
15 U.S.C. § 1127 Cited 3,033 times 99 Legal AnalysesGranting standing under § 1114 to the legal representative of the registrant of a trademark
Section 2.120 - Discovery
37 C.F.R. § 2.120 Cited 23 times 5 Legal AnalysesProviding that the TTAB "in its discretion, may refuse to consider the additional written disclosures or responses"