What's the Rule?
This federal rule permits a party to name a corporation as the deponent rather than identifying a particular employee.
What is Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 30(b)(6)?
This small green spokesman made his GEICO advertising debut in 1999.
Who is the GEICO Gecko?
This longtime GEICO associate began her career in Claims before eventually being named the company’s CEO.
Who is Nancy Pierce?
This person is selected by the organization to testify on its behalf about one or more noticed topics.
Who is the 30(b)(6) corporate representative or designee?
Before answering the first question, the witness makes this solemn promise that makes deposition testimony just as serious as testimony in the courtroom.
What is an oath?
The first document a potential GEICO representative should review to understand the requested areas of testimony.
What is the Rule 30(b)(6) deposition notice?
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The deposition notice must describe these with “reasonable particularity.”
What are the topics for examination?
They apparently found insurance pretty easy. These characters debuted in 2004 as part of GEICO’s “So easy” advertising campaign.
Who are the GEICO Cavemen?
GEICO is a wholly owned subsidiary of this company, which means GEICO associates are also subject to its Code of Business Conduct and Ethics.
What is Berkshire Hathaway Inc.?
This person questions the corporate representative and typically attempts to establish the organization’s knowledge and positions on the noticed topics.
Who is the deposing attorney?
During a deposition, defending counsel may say this to preserve a challenge to the form of a question.
What is objection?
For a 30(b)(6) witness, these meetings with counsel before the big day help the designee get ready to testify about the topics identified in the deposition notice.
What are deposition preparation sessions?
After receiving a Rule 30(b)(6) notice, the organization must identify one or more of these individuals to testify on its behalf.
Who are the corporate designees or corporate representatives?
In a memorable 2010 GEICO commercial, this character gleefully cried “wee” all the way home from the back seat of a car.
Who is Maxwell the Pig?
Don’t confuse the company employing associates with the individual insurance company named in a lawsuit. Associates are employed by this organization.
What is GEICO?
Don’t forget about this important person in the room. This professional creates the stenographic record that can be transcribed into the deposition transcript.
Who is the court reporter?
After the questions, answers, and objections are recorded, they are turned into this written record of the deposition.
What is a deposition transcript?
During preparation, counsel should identify the documents, employees, systems, and other materials that make up this body of information.
What is GEICO’s organizational knowledge concerning the designated topics?
The corporate representative must testify about information known or reasonably available to this entity, not just the information personally known by the witness.
What is the organization/company?
This GEICO character famously celebrated Wednesday by asking office workers, “Guess what day it is?”
Who is Caleb the Camel?
This Berkshire Hathaway CEO has emphasized balancing GEICO’s growth, customer retention, and underwriting results.
Who is Greg Abel?
Lights, camera, testimony! When a Rule 30(b)(6) deposition is recorded audiovisually, this professional operates and monitors the video recording of the witness.
Who is the videographer?
What is the right to read and review the transcript, or waive?
What is the right to read and review the transcript, or waive?
The organization does not have one person who can address all of the listed topics. This may be the best method for covering all topics adequately.
What is designating multiple corporate representatives?
Before or promptly after service of the notice, the parties must do this in good faith concerning the matters for examination.
What is confer about the noticed topics?
“You have potential!” is a risky compliment when it comes from this fairy tale character featured in a GEICO commercial.
Who is Pinocchio?
This was the year Leo and Lillian Goodwin founded GEICO.
What is 1936?
This attorney prepares and defends the corporate representative, including reviewing the deposition notice for vague, overly broad, or otherwise objectionable topics.
Who is counsel for the organization or defending counsel?
A 30(b)(6) representative finishes hours of sworn testimony, then later reviews the written transcript and identifies changes to the testimony. This document records those changes and the reasons for making them.
What is an errata sheet?
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Better watch the clock! Under the federal rules, this is the general time limit for a deposition unless otherwise stipulated or ordered by the court.
What is one day of seven hour