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CMLawLibraryBlog

The CM Law Library Blog seeks to inform the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law community about key legal education, research, practice, and law library news, with a particular focus on Cuyahoga County and Ohio as well as faculty research interests.

Law Library Closed Due to Weather

Jessica Mathewson-Library Media Technical Asst.-jessica.mathewson@law.csuohio.edu | March 07, 2008 - 15:27

The Law Library, in line with the University, has closed as of 3pm Friday, March 7th and will be closed Saturday, March 8th. We will reopen Monday, March 10th @ 8am.

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Resources for Oral Arguments

Sue Altmeyer, Electronic Services Librarian, sue.altmeyer@law.csuohio.edu | March 07, 2008 - 13:43

Need some help preparing an oral argument? Try:


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Attorney Fined for Client's Excessive Swearing During Deposition

Sue Altmeyer, Electronic Services Librarian, sue.altmeyer@law.csuohio.edu | March 07, 2008 - 13:34

A Pennsylvania federal court judge fined a CEO and his attorney $29,000 for the CEO's hostile and abusive conduct during a 12 hour deposition. The CEO used the f-word 73 times, interrupted counsel, gave unnecessarily protracted answers, interposed his own objections and wrongfully refused to answer questions. His attorney did nothing to stop his client's conduct, and in fact, chuckled at his client's behavior. See Memorandum re. Motion to Compel and for Sanctions: GMAC Bank v. HTFC Corp. (Feb. 29, 2008), E.D. Pa. Case No. 06-5291. Source: Dan Slater, Curses! Client Swears his Way Through Deposition, Pays Price, Wall Street Journal Law Blog Mar. 5, 2008.

To see another example of a deposition gone wrong, check out the following video:

Note that a non-examining attorney does have the right to register objections to questions posed to a deponent, whether or not that deponent is a client. See Lisnek, Paul; Kaufman, Michael, "Depositions: Procedure, Strategy & Technique", 3rd ed., Section 11.9.


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Facebook for Lawyers

Amy Burchfield, Access & Faculty Services Librarian amy.burchfield@law.csuohio.edu | March 07, 2008 - 07:57

Niche social networking sites have been popping up on the web in increasing numbers. The doctors have Sermo, the teachers have TeachAde and the journalists have Wired Journalists – to name only a few.

Lawyers don’t have to feel left out – there’s LawLink, which bills itself as “the first online network exclusively for lawyers.” One interesting spin on the social networking model is that this month LawLink is slated to launch LawDocs, an application that allows you to upload, share, and download legal documents. Another feature of LawLink is a classifieds section for job postings.

Of course, you can always create your own social network for anything you’d like at Ning.


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