What is the most ridiculous argument opposing counsel ever made in a motion? 🍿

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The doctrine of champerty prohibited client from having another entity pay its attorneys' fees.

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How about deposition. Deposing his legal standard of care expert in a legal malpractice case, he objected bc a standard of care question called for a legal conclusion. 🤔

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I was one of 6 defendants. Wasn’t taking. We all sat there baffled for like 10 seconds and then continued depo as if objection wasn’t made.

That fraud is an objection to discharge in a corporate chapter 11 case. Judge threatened to sanction opposing counsel sua sponte for an objection to discharge that clearly only applies to individual debtors.

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Arguing that it was unclear if an email address in an email their client sent was really to my client despite their client saying my clients name in the salutation of the email.

Not opposing counsel. But the court didn’t allow a business card into evidence (opposing party’s side hustle in a domestic case where child support was at issue) despite the opposing party testifying that it was his name and his phone number because he testified he allegedly didn’t recognize the card.

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