One attorney, who is a party in the business dispute case, "launched a profanity-laden attack on the lawyer conducting the deposition" and "repeatedly played word games with defense counsel," according to the First Department ruling, while his counsel was sanctioned for directing him not to answer questions.
April 26, 2016 at 08:00 AM
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A Manhattan appeals court has upheld an $18,000 sanction against two attorneys for their conduct during a deposition.
“We have reviewed the entire deposition transcript and find it replete with instances of conduct ‘undertaken primarily to delay or prolong the resolution of the litigation, or to harass or maliciously injure another,’” a unanimous panel of the Appellate Division, First Department, said, citing New York’s Uniform Rules for the Conduct of Depositions.
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