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Courts near and far tire of incivility

Daily Journal
09.19.2014

In recent years, judges and bar associations have begun to lose their patience with uncivil attorneys. In Paramount Communications Inc. v. QVC Network Inc., 637 A.2d 34 (Del. 1994), a Texas attorney defended a deposition not with legal acumen but with abusive and obstructionist language, including telling opposing counsel: "You can ask some questions but get off of that. I'm tired of you. You could gag a maggot off a meat wagon."

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