ACTL 2015 - Special Problems in Litigation: Practical, Ethical, and Strategic Solutions

ACTL 2015: Escape from the Briarpatch between Discovery and Trial

Segment 6:  Special Problems in Litigation:  Practical, Ethical, and Strategic Solutions

Moderator: Peter Akmajian

Panel Members: The Honorable Timothy J. Thomason, Neil Alden, Howard Cabot, Jim Condo, William Fairbourn

• The inadvertently disclosed confidential document
• Threatening ethical or bar complaints in civil litigation
• Threatening criminal prosecution in civil litigation
• The "non-disclosure" objection at trial
• Discovering, disclosing and effective use of social media evidence
• To videotape or not videotape
• Use of damage lay witnesses
• The late disclosure of evidence, e.g. last minute update on plaintiff's medical condition and damages