Overzealous Advocacy Leads to Sanctions: Part II

Attorneys have an obligation to provide zealous advocacy on behalf of their clients and to pursue a client’s interests within the bounds of the law. We recently posted an example of an attorney that crossed the line. Here’s another example which resulted in sanctions imposed upon an attorney for discovery abuse. In both cases, sanctions were levied against attorneys defending a deposition. Accordingly, we’ll take the opportunity to provide some tips to avoid a similar result in your practice.

In this recent example, a U.S. …

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