When Defense Lawyers Weaponize Discovery Requests
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Episode 5: When Defense Lawyers Weaponize Discovery Requests
How far will defense lawyers go to harass and intimidate plaintiffs? In this episode of The Velvet Hammer™ Podcast, Karen Koehler, Mo Hamoudi, and special guest behind the microphone, Mike Todd, expose the most absurd, offensive, and downright unethical discovery requests they've ever seen.
From Amazon’s lawyers demanding irrelevant personal details to Ride the Ducks attorneys asking grieving families about their sex lives, this episode exposes the legal bullying tactics defense teams use to break plaintiffs down.
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Chapters
1. Intro: The Wild World of Discovery Requests (00:00:00)
2. The Amazon Case: How Defense Lawyers Go Too Far (00:01:42)
3. The Most Offensive Interrogatory: STD & Sexual Dysfunction Question (00:24:55)
4. The Defense’s Social Media Fishing Expedition (00:28:46)
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