Comments for Newdorf Legal http://www.newdorf.com California Litigation Blog Thu, 26 Dec 2013 23:38:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on About Business Litigator David Newdorf by depo.com | Preparing Your Client for Deposition http://www.newdorf.com/about_sf_lawyer_david_newdorf/comment-page-1#comment-12315 depo.com | Preparing Your Client for Deposition Thu, 26 Dec 2013 23:38:20 +0000 #comment-12315 [...] to reprint granted by David Newdorf, Newdorf Legal, San Francisco, [...] [...] to reprint granted by David Newdorf, Newdorf Legal, San Francisco, [...]

]]> Comment on Preparing Your Client For Deposition by James http://www.newdorf.com/preparing_your_client_for_deposition/comment-page-1#comment-12313 James Wed, 25 Dec 2013 16:07:14 +0000 http://www.newdorf.com/litigation-tips/preparing_your_client_for_deposition#comment-12313 like your 10 killer questions. would like to know how to answer the one.. "I don't know." "What would you want to know to answer that question?" <<<How does one answer that? I'm getting deposed and would like to know, in case that question comes up. thanks like your 10 killer questions. would like to know how to answer the one..

“I don’t know.”

“What would you want to know to answer that question?” <<<How does one answer that?
I'm getting deposed and would like to know, in case that question comes up.
thanks

]]> Comment on Preparing Your Client For Deposition by Richard http://www.newdorf.com/preparing_your_client_for_deposition/comment-page-1#comment-12303 Richard Sat, 02 Nov 2013 12:52:10 +0000 http://www.newdorf.com/litigation-tips/preparing_your_client_for_deposition#comment-12303 I have to give my first deposition. I'm nervous but this site told me to expect that. That helped a lot. I REALLY appreciate the tips on how to answer. Thanks for the help.. I need it! I have to give my first deposition. I’m nervous but this site told me to expect that. That helped a lot. I REALLY appreciate the tips on how to answer. Thanks for the help.. I need it!

]]> Comment on Prisoner scoops the media with an exclusive Death Row interview with the “Trailside Killer.” by David Newdorf http://www.newdorf.com/prison-interview-with-trailside-killer/comment-page-1#comment-12155 David Newdorf Tue, 06 Aug 2013 06:34:38 +0000 http://www.newdorf.com/?p=318#comment-12155 Peter: Thanks so much for the additional background and for your work on the issue. Peter: Thanks so much for the additional background and for your work on the issue.

]]> Comment on Prisoner scoops the media with an exclusive Death Row interview with the “Trailside Killer.” by Peter Sussman http://www.newdorf.com/prison-interview-with-trailside-killer/comment-page-1#comment-12154 Peter Sussman Tue, 06 Aug 2013 06:25:47 +0000 http://www.newdorf.com/?p=318#comment-12154 David, I have vast admiration for you and for Boston, for the same reason: your persistence as advocates for meaningful media access to prisoners. The irony of Boston's interview is indeed striking: that a prisoner can interview a newsworthy inmate but a free-world journalist cannot. One can only assume that the state distrusts the outside media because it has no control over what they can or will report. That sort of freedom from state control is, of course, guaranteed by the First Amendment, and for compelling reasons: to assure effective and open public oversight of public institutions. I recently re-established contact with Boston, and I'm grateful to him for putting me on the San Quentin News mailing list. They're doing great work that cannot be done by journalists on the outside. Your post is an excellent summary, but I have one small quibble about the media-access bills in the Legislature. It's not fair to blame legislators for "stalling" their efforts to wipe out the department's ban on face-to-face interviews. As a co-sponsor of numerous similar bills, on behalf of the Society of Professional Journalists, I can provide some more historical perspective. The Legislature has passed such a bill five or six times in the years since the restrictions were administratively imposed, usually by overwhelming margins. All have been vetoed, by a succession of governors, including the incumbent. If Gov. Brown ever comes to understand the vital importance of public information on our scandalously run prisons, I can assure you that the Legislature will pass a bill for him to sign. Peter David, I have vast admiration for you and for Boston, for the same reason: your persistence as advocates for meaningful media access to prisoners. The irony of Boston’s interview is indeed striking: that a prisoner can interview a newsworthy inmate but a free-world journalist cannot. One can only assume that the state distrusts the outside media because it has no control over what they can or will report. That sort of freedom from state control is, of course, guaranteed by the First Amendment, and for compelling reasons: to assure effective and open public oversight of public institutions.

I recently re-established contact with Boston, and I’m grateful to him for putting me on the San Quentin News mailing list. They’re doing great work that cannot be done by journalists on the outside.

Your post is an excellent summary, but I have one small quibble about the media-access bills in the Legislature. It’s not fair to blame legislators for “stalling” their efforts to wipe out the department’s ban on face-to-face interviews. As a co-sponsor of numerous similar bills, on behalf of the Society of Professional Journalists, I can provide some more historical perspective. The Legislature has passed such a bill five or six times in the years since the restrictions were administratively imposed, usually by overwhelming margins. All have been vetoed, by a succession of governors, including the incumbent. If Gov. Brown ever comes to understand the vital importance of public information on our scandalously run prisons, I can assure you that the Legislature will pass a bill for him to sign.

Peter

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]]> Comment on Preparing Your Client For Deposition by Tom Harper http://www.newdorf.com/preparing_your_client_for_deposition/comment-page-1#comment-11761 Tom Harper Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:22:21 +0000 http://www.newdorf.com/litigation-tips/preparing_your_client_for_deposition#comment-11761 I am an attorney who has been asked to give a presentation which includes the subject of "Preparing Your Client for a Deposition." We are required to include a paper which may consist of articles on the subject. With your permission, I would like to include this Dec. 2, 2007 summary (with appropriate attribution) and possibly your "killer deposition questions." Please confirm that I may do so. I am an attorney who has been asked to give a presentation which includes the subject of “Preparing Your Client for a Deposition.” We are required to include a paper which may consist of articles on the subject. With your permission, I would like to include this Dec. 2, 2007 summary (with appropriate attribution) and possibly your “killer deposition questions.” Please confirm that I may do so.

]]> Comment on Old Typewriter by Renie http://www.newdorf.com/old-typewriter/comment-page-1#comment-11718 Renie Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:29:26 +0000 http://www.newdorf.com/?p=174#comment-11718 My only question is, do those things do spell check??? My only question is, do those things do spell check???

]]> Comment on Old Typewriter by David Newdorf http://www.newdorf.com/old-typewriter/comment-page-1#comment-11716 David Newdorf Tue, 13 Sep 2011 04:59:19 +0000 http://www.newdorf.com/?p=174#comment-11716 Thanks, Dan. Yes, I remember feeding you the story half-sheet by half-sheet on deadline. I also remember you shuffling the pages on more than one occasion when I had "buried the lede." Thanks, Dan. Yes, I remember feeding you the story half-sheet by half-sheet on deadline. I also remember you shuffling the pages on more than one occasion when I had “buried the lede.”

]]> Comment on Old Typewriter by Dan http://www.newdorf.com/old-typewriter/comment-page-1#comment-11715 Dan Tue, 13 Sep 2011 04:51:04 +0000 http://www.newdorf.com/?p=174#comment-11715 That thing with the half-sheets: Yes, that was definitely the way stories were written and edited. But the reason, from what I saw hustling stories to the city desk a graph at a time, was not ease of reorganization. It was speed. The rewrite guys -- and they were all guys in the newsrooms where I started -- wrote a graph at a time to expedite the process of getting the story in on a tight deadline. Each half-sheet had about four carbon sheets, and those would be distributed to the key editors around the desk. Those "dupes" (for duplicates) allowed the editor to keep track of how the story was taking shape graph by graph. I don't think you'll find any of that stuff on Wikipedia. That thing with the half-sheets: Yes, that was definitely the way stories were written and edited. But the reason, from what I saw hustling stories to the city desk a graph at a time, was not ease of reorganization. It was speed. The rewrite guys — and they were all guys in the newsrooms where I started — wrote a graph at a time to expedite the process of getting the story in on a tight deadline. Each half-sheet had about four carbon sheets, and those would be distributed to the key editors around the desk. Those “dupes” (for duplicates) allowed the editor to keep track of how the story was taking shape graph by graph. I don’t think you’ll find any of that stuff on Wikipedia.

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