The lines between witness preparation and improper coaching are gray. According to the ABA, “[T]he task of delineating what is necessary and proper and what is ethically prohibited during witness ...

Ethical issues surrounding witness preparation are on full display in one extreme situation: where the lawyer knows the witness lied or plans to lie on the witness stand. But the tug of war between ...

1) Witness Preparation is Okay - Despite a suspicious tone a questioner may use to raise the issue, witness preparation is normal and necessary. Being a witness is a difficult and unnatural process.

In the game of chess, the difference between a novice player and an experienced player can be boiled down to two words: thinking ahead. The experienced player doesn’t just move their pieces toward the ...

The idea of something being true, but inaccurate, is not just movie fodder. It often arises in litigation, specifically in witness testimony. When during deposition preparation does coaching cross ...

Q I’m heading for trial with what I hope will be my soon-to-be ex-wife. My lawyer wants to set up meetings to talk with me and each of my witnesses to prepare them for trial. Is that proper? — I.S., ...

The ultimate nightmare for compliance professionals is for someone to have to appear in court to give evidence concerning some potential failure to conform to a rule, specification, policy, standard, ...

George Bernard Shaw described England and America as 'two countries divided by a common language'. That division extends equally to the two countries' legal systems and their approaches to witnesses ...