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When Time is of the Essence

The Challenge:

In a negligent construction case, where a witness shared detailed knowledge about the inner workings of the construction company being sued, the respondent challenged the deposition of that witness citing marital privilege. The time to respond to the challenge was limited due to the schedule of the hearings and, in this jurisdiction, marriage and divorce records were not available without a written request by mail. Our client, a real estate and business litigation firm, needed answers quickly.

The Result:

Legalis aggressively seeks out and acquires cutting edge AI enabled open-source intelligence tools. By searching multiple data sources quickly, we uncovered a data point indicating a divorce case number and court, conclusively negating the opponents’ assertions. Due to procedures for requesting records, finding such divorce information would normally have taken several weeks.