Depositions: Handling Unexpected Situations at a Deposition (CA) | Practical Law
A Practice Note explaining how to handle unexpected situations that threaten to disrupt or prematurely end a deposition in California state court litigation, including difficult opposing counsel and witnesses, when a witness does not show up to the deposition, asserts a Fifth Amendment right not to answer questions, or lies under oath, and if an emergency causes a deposition to end early.