Legal Education
May 11, 2023
Attorneys due costs for late cancellation of remote depositions
Attorneys for the students argued that the rule on which the sanctions order rested applied only to travel and other expenses for witnesses, but because the depositions were remote, no such costs were incurred. “But an attorney’s time is equally valuable,” U.S. Magistrate Judge William V. Gallo insisted.
Attorneys representing University of San Diego students who sued for tuition refunds following COVID-19 campus closures were ordered to pay legal expenses the private school incurred when the plaintiffs canceled remote depositions in March, hours before the scheduled start times.
Attorneys for the students argued that the rule on which the sanctions order rested applied only to travel and other expenses for witnesses, but because the depos...
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