When is it wrong to exercise a right? You know, of course, that deposition witnesses have a right to read and sign their transcripts. But that right, conferred by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 30(e), offers scant benefit while posing an enormous potential menace.
There has always been some confusion over ownership of this so-called right. Originally, the right was conferred automatically; the rule provided that the transcript had to be submitted for review to the deponent unless “waived by the witness and by the parties.”
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