Need deposition transcript tips for mass tort litigation? If you do, then Elizabeth Guthrie of Nextpoint has those tips for you here!

The article titled (wait for it!) Managing a mountain of testimony: Deposition transcript tips for mass tort litigation, available here) discusses how Burns Charest, a nationally recognized plaintiff litigation firm, found itself managing approximately 400 deposition transcripts in the middle of complex opioid litigation – the designation workflow alone became a major operational challenge.

Deposition designations in large-scale litigation are not a one-pass process. Each transcript generates rounds of designations, counter-designations, and objections exchanged between the parties — and every round requires precise tracking and efficient editing. At 400 transcripts, that process can bury a litigation team if the right system isn’t in place.

The Burns Charest experience illustrates something true of mass tort deposition management more broadly: the challenge isn’t just having a lot of transcripts. Everything about the deposition process — designation rounds, video management, co-counsel coordination, export workflows — multiplies with the volume. The firms that manage it well need a system built for the scale.

So, why is deposition management is different in mass tort? And how can Nextpoint take your mass tort deposition workflow to the next level? Find out here, it’s only one click. Hope you can manage to click! 😉

ICYMI, here’s the first and second posts in the mass tort series.

So, what do you think? How do you manage discovery for mass tort cases? Please share any comments you might have or if you’d like to know more about a particular topic.

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