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Esquire Deposition Solutions<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Promotional material for a continuing legal education program on deposition practice that crossed our desk recently gave a \u201cpros and cons\u201d assessment of remote versus in-person deposition<\/a>s<\/a>. And while the authors took care to mention the cost savings and efficiencies of remote depositions (not to mention their compelling digital search, sharing and summarization capabilities), they also asserted that in-person depositions are \u201cfree from technical glitches, which are sometimes a concern with virtual formats.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Leaving aside the reality that technical glitches during remote deposition are rare and largely self-inflicted wounds, it occurred to us that in-person depositions have their glitches too. We tend to forget them. In fact, the risk of glitches might be greater in traditional in-person depositions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Which got us thinking: Are there such things as\u00a0non-technical<\/em>\u00a0deposition \u201cglitches?\u201d The sort that might afflict in-person depositions? And if so, what might they be? Leaving aside the reality that technical glitches during remote deposition are rare and\u00a0largely self-inflicted wounds<\/a>, it occurred to us that in-person depositions have their glitches too. We tend to forget them. In fact, the risk of glitches might be greater in traditional in-person depositions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s no reason \u201cglitches\u201d must have their origins in technology. Glitches occur every day, entirely unrelated to computers and other digital devices. When you meet someone in a social setting but forget their name, that\u2019s a glitch. Leaving home without your wallet or purse is a glitch. Taking the wrong file to court is a glitch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dictionary publishers share this view. Among the definitions for glitch found in the Oxford English Dictionary<\/em> is \u201can unexpected setback in a plan.\u201d The Merriam-Webster Dictionary<\/em> defines glitch as \u201ca usually minor malfunction.\u201d A glitch, let\u2019s say, is any minor problem or fault that prevents something from being successful or working as well as it should.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In-person depositions can have unexpected setbacks. Circumstances can arise that prevent them from being as successful as planned. With these thoughts in mind, we\u2019ve come up with a number of in-person deposition \u201cglitches\u201d that careful counsel should consider when weighing one deposition format over another:<\/p>\n\n\n\n