Why would any lawyer think that his Joint Defense Agreement, entered into with a co-defendant, was protected from production by the attorney-client privilege? Well, the lawyer for one of the Defendants in AP Atlantic, Inc., v. Crescent University City Venture, LLC, 2017 NCBC 48 did, but his position was rejected by NC Business Court
June 2017
Deposition, My Office Or Yours? NC Business Court: Neither
By Mack Sperling on
Posted in Discovery
You probably don’t think much, when you are noticing a deposition, about where it should take place. Ideally, you probably want it to happen in your own office.
The NC Rule of Civil Procedure on depositions, Rule 30, says that the notice of deposition "shall state the time and place for taking the deposition." …