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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a recall of additional lots of the blood pressure medication Losartan on March 15. In announcing the voluntary recall, federal regulators and Legacy Pharmaceuticals Packaging, LLC, the drug's manufacturer, said that it may have been contaminated by a cancer-causing chemical.

Losartan potassium tablets are the latest type of hypertension drug to be recalled by the FDA. The lots that have been affected are Legacy Lot numbers 180190 and 180191, both with an expiration date of 10/2020 and 181597, which expires on 02/2021.

Welcome to our final entry of the series on the discovery process in Texas court. As you know, discovery is where both parties gather information before a trial to facilitate a smooth and simple process. By this point the compilation of information is nearly complete through interrogatories, and request for production, disclosure, and admission. And now, depositions are the final part of discovery.

Depositions are interviews of parties to the case, as well as third parties (such as witnesses) with information about the case. Although depositions do not take place in a court room, similar rules apply. The lawyers are present, the witness is sworn in by a court reporter, and must answer questions honestly. A stenographer records the interview, which is submitted to the court. For convenience, the rules around the rigidity of deposition allow plenty of wiggle room. Depositions can by done over the telephone or videoed in person (without a stenographer). In Texas court, a deposition video can even be used in lieu of a live testimony.

A notice of intent will be served within a reasonable time of the deposition. The deponent will be notified to appear for a deposition through their attorney. If the deponent is a third party, a subpoena is served for the person to show up at a certain time and place to give their deposition. The notice also includes the identity of the witness, the means of conducting the recording, and any additional attendees.

Here is part four of our 5-part series on the discovery process in Texas court. Before parties go to trial, they gather information from each other so the trial can go as smooth as possible. Today we'll learn about "request for admission."

Following the information gathered in interrogatories, request for production, and request for disclosure, the request for admission phase seeks to confirm or deny the facts brought up in these previous discovery processes. This includes a "written request that the other party admit the truth of any matter within the scope of discovery, including statements of opinion or of fact or the genuineness of any documents served with the request or otherwise made available for inspection and copying."

The purpose of this phase is for both parties to agree on certain claims, so those claims can be set aside and not worried about during the trial. For example in a medical negligence case regarding a botched surgery, a plaintiff could send a request for admission to the defendant that the defendant was the doctor performing the surgery in question. This prevents extra time and costs to prove obvious facts so the case can move on quickly and smoothly.

Welcome to part three of our 5-part series on the discovery process in Texas Court. We've learned of the discovery process where parties gather information from each other before going to trial in the form of written questions (interrogatories) and hard data (request for production). Once these actions are complete, we move on to "request for disclosure."

Request for disclosure is all about getting the facts of the case correct. A form is sent out to both parties, and they answer specific questions. These are broad questions that are relevant to cases in general, rather than the specific questions pertaining to each individual case (such as the interrogatories). The questions are as follows: