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Refer back to the beginning of this chapter to the excerpt from a Los Angeles Times article about Reed Slatkin's fraud. The article insinuates that the FBI and IRS's raiding of Slatkin's office marked the beginning of the government's investigation of Slatkin's financial activities. In fact, Slatkin was under investigation for at least four years prior to the raid, and nearly a year and half previous to it, the SEC had already conducted a series of depositions featuring, among others, Reed Slatkin as a witness. Transcripts of two of these frauds are available online: Open http://slatkinfraud.com/ depo_jan.htm (Depo 1) and http://slatkinfraud.com/ depo_feb.htm (Depo 2). All page numbers refer to Depo 1 except as individually noted. 1. Page 1. Where was this deposition conducted? 2. Page 1. Name the three individuals representing the SEC. 3. Based on the chapter's explanation of depositions, you think these three are lawyers or SEC inves- tigators (fraud examiners)? do 4. Page 1-11. Using the explanation of discovery in the chapter, what is meant by "The above- entitled matter came on for hearing at 10:12 a.m., pursuant to notice"? (italics added) (Also, see page 6-23 to page 7-7.) 5. Page 2. Another vital aspect of deposition is sub- poena duces tecum, a written order that com- mands an individual or organization to produce case-related documents, which will often be used Refer back to the beginning of this chapter to the excerpt from a Los Angeles Times article about Reed Slatkin's fraud. The article insinuates that the FBI and IRS's raiding of Slatkin's office marked the beginning of the government's investigation of Slatkin's financial activities. In fact, Slatkin was under investigation for at least four years prior to the raid, and nearly a year and half previous to it, the SEC had already conducted a series of depositions featuring, among others, Reed Slatkin as a witness. Transcripts of two of these frauds are available online: Open http://slatkinfraud.com/ depo_jan.htm (Depo 1) and http://slatkinfraud.com/ depo_feb.htm (Depo 2). All page numbers refer to Depo 1 except as individually noted. 1. Page 1. Where was this deposition conducted? 2. Page 1. Name the three individuals representing the SEC. 3. Based on the chapter's explanation of depositions, you think these three are lawyers or SEC inves- tigators (fraud examiners)? do 4. Page 1-11. Using the explanation of discovery in the chapter, what is meant by "The above- entitled matter came on for hearing at 10:12 a.m., pursuant to notice"? (italics added) (Also, see page 6-23 to page 7-7.) 5. Page 2. Another vital aspect of deposition is sub- poena duces tecum, a written order that com- mands an individual or organization to produce case-related documents, which will often be used

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