that Lovasz left with the distinct impression that counsel did not want him to tell what he knew to be the truth.
On November 6, 1985, the Court scheduled a conference on the alleged document destruction. At that conference, Oppenheimer's counsel moved to withdraw as Lovasz's counsel, and the Court granted the motion. Gold explained to the Court that the microfiche record of Lovasz's account had not been destroyed and that Lovasz's original account statements had now been found and produced. Caridi explained that any difficulty in locating the allegedly destroyed microfiche statements had been the result of a misspelling of Lovasz's name in the computer retrieval process and that the missing microfiche had indeed been located and produced. Lovasz, when questioned by the Court, agreed that his concernshad been satisfied.
On November 12, 1985, Oppenheimer terminated Feinberg. Ten days later, Oppenheimer's counsel moved to withdraw as Feinberg's counsel, and the Court granted that motion.
Discovery proceeded under the Magistrate, and, on March 7, 1986, the Court ordered that the depositions of Lovasz and Feinberg be continued at the courthouse to assure the prompt resolution of disputes *1276 before the Magistrate. On March 10, Kempner continued the deposition of Feinberg. Because Lovasz, who was now living in Arizona, had arranged with Kempner's counsel to be available only on March 10 and 11, the parties agreed to continue Lovasz's deposition on March 11 and Feinberg's on March 13.
At the conclusion of Kempner's direct examination of Lovasz on March 11, Kempner's counsel, seconded by Lovasz, objected to cross-examination of Lovasz