Litigating in the Virtual World: Passing Fad or Wave of the Future?
Sitting with the C-Suite: The New Normal - Embracing Remote Technology
VIRTUAL ADR UPDATE – TECHNOLOGY, CYBERSECURITY AND UNIQUE ISSUES PRESENTED BY HON. JOHN P. DIBLASI
Sitting with the C-Suite: COVID 19 Impact – Four Sectors of Change for the Legal Industry
For 2023, one trend is obvious: legal professionals prefer remote work. According to an ABA report on the future of the profession, 87% of lawyers say their workplaces allow them to work remotely. And in just a few years, the...more
Muting Audio and Video - It is critical that the participating attorney as well as all witnesses and client representatives be hyper-focused on appropriate muting of audio and video when doing virtual events. Back when...more
Background and Lighting - Lawyers need to consider whether items appearing in the background could potentially affect how someone feels about the speaker. Back when things were “normal,” mediations, depositions,...more
Platform Assistant - Try using an associate, paralegal, or other assistant to help the presenting lawyer with the virtual process. When considering a virtual mediation, hearing, deposition, or arbitration, we advise...more
Screen Real Estate - How to maximize your odds when preparing for your first virtual mediation, hearing, deposition, or arbitration. When preparing for your first virtual mediation, hearing, deposition, or arbitration...more
Today’s post explores how to best present yourself in a virtual mediation. Specifically, I tackle the issue of why what you wear is important. Yes, attire matters! Let’s start with the basics: Effective advocates in any...more
In a time of social isolation can litigation still be used to bring parties together to resolve problems? Are there advantages to the technology being relied upon by the courts and mediators and are clients and litigators...more
This CLE webinar will discuss some of the technology considerations for mediations, depositions, arbitrations, and court hearings by video conferencing as well as the practical issues that our attorneys have faced...more
Difficult times foster change and an exploration of alternative and better ways of doing business. With that thought in mind, NAM (National Arbitration and Mediation), one of the nation's leading providers of Alternative...more
Today’s post explores the role of body language in virtual or remote mediations, where mediators see participants in a box and on a screen as opposed to in a chair and in person. Understanding how mediators gather relevant...more
Hon. Sheila Prell Sonenshine (Ret.) on the impact of COVID-19 on the legal profession - The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic will endure long after this crisis has ended. Its impact will alter the way the world does...more