In Califonia cause of the ST Andreys fault line where the PACIFIC PLATE and the NORTH AMERICAN PLATE slide pass each other.
Thus, my ballpark estimated cost (basically for the AT&T conference call, $50 witness fee, $150 process server's fee; $400 deposition transcript, $25 for copying costs, and about 10 hours of legal work amount to a grand estimated total of about $625 plus 10 hours of legal work.
One dirty trick we have been seeing more frequently is a bit of gamesmanship that permits a defendant to avoid the one deposition rule. In California, absent a court order providing otherwise (and upon a showing of good cause), a party is limited to taking only one single deposition of a party who is a natural person, i.e., a wage and hour plaintiff. Code of Civil Procedure Â§ 2025.610(a); Fairmont Ins. Co. v. Superior Court (Stendell) (2000) 22 Cal.4th 245, 254.