eDiscovery Best Practices: Preparing Your 30(b)(6) Witnesses
eDiscovery Best Practices: Preparing Your 30(b)(6) Witnesses https://cloudnine.com/wp-content/themes/cloudnine/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 CloudNine https://cloudnine.com/wp-content/themes/cloudnine/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg![](https://cloudnine.com/wp-content/uploads/blog-images/Witness.png)
When it comes to questions and potential issues that the receiving party may have about the discovery process of the producing party, one of the most common and direct methods for conducting “discovery about the discovery” is a deposition under Federal Rule 30(b)(6). This rule enables a party to serve a deposition notice on the entity involved in the litigation rather than an individual. The notice identifies the topics to be covered in the deposition, and the entity being deposed must designate one or more people qualified to answer questions on the identified topics. Topics to be covered in a 30(b)(6) deposition can vary widely, depending on the facts and circumstances of the case. However, there are some typical topics that the deponent(s) should be prepared to address.
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