Local Rule LR 30.10: Depositions, Certificate of Conference to Remove Objections

LR 30.10 Depositions, Certificate of Conference to Remove Objections. If an oral or videotape deposition is to be used at trial, counsel for the party who intends to introduce such deposition shall file a certificate with the court at the final pretrial conference stipulating that the attorney has conferred with counsel for the opposing party in an effort to eliminate irrelevancies, side comments, resolved objections, and other matters not necessary for consideration by the trier of fact. It shall be the duty of counsel to make good faith efforts to remove such portions of such depositions prior to trial. If a videotape transcript is not available, counsel shall preview the videotape in order to comply with this rule. If the court finds that any counsel failed in good faith to seek to remove such portions, the court may make such order as is just, including an order that the entire deposition be read against a party, or that the entire deposition be excluded.