First Department Rejects Bid to Use 'Self-Serving, Unsworn' Deposition Testimony in Whistleblower Trial

In making apparently related rulings on the deposition testimony of defendant Xin Development Management East's representative Ryan Black, the Appellate Division, First Department court cited successive subsections of New York's Civil Practice Law and Rules, or CPLR, statute.

December 30, 2022 at 06:11 PM

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Jason Grant
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A state appeals court Thursday upheld the blocking of deposition testimony consisting of "self-serving, unsworn email statements" from a previous whistleblower trial.