A Jones Day partner won’t have to write, “I will not make frequent deposition interruptions” 100 times, but the firm will have to make amends with U.S. District Judge Mark Bennett via an unusual sanction.

The judge is requiring a partner at the firm to make a video explaining “the impropriety of unspecified ‘form’ objections, witness coaching, and excessive interruptions.”  Above the Law has a story and links to the order, dated July 28.

Bennett says the firm doesn’t have to make the video publicly available and it can be filed under seal with his court.

He begins his opinion with a lament about “obstructionist discovery conduct” that “fuels the astronomically costly litigation industry.”