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Q. Would you also agree that if there is any
doubt as to whether the allegations might be an issue in
the action, courts will deny the motion?
A. That was our position in our response to
Professor Dershowitz's motion to strike, yes.
Q. And in considering a motion to strike, the
court must consider the pleadings in the light most
favorable to the party making the pleading, correct?
A. Yeah, that's our position, that was our
position, yes.
Q. Okay. In your view, is it -- for an attorney
to ask a leading question at a deposition, does the
attorney have to have a good-faith basis to believe that
that question is true or the facts assumed in that
question are true?
A. I mean, that's a broad question, but as a
general rule, yeah.
Q. As a general rule -- I'm not being very
articulate --
A. Yeah.
Q. -- you don't ask a leading question about a
fact unless you have a good-faith basis to believe that
facts is true, correct?
A. I think that's right. I mean I don't know if
over the last day and a half, you know, narrow questions
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