The Chartwell Chronicles: Virtual Hearings
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Government in the Virtual World: A Look at Public Meetings and Hearings
The landscape of construction litigation has undergone a seismic shift in recent years. Gone are the days of crowded hotel conference rooms for mediations and face-to-face depositions. Today, construction litigators find...more
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Board) has published an updated Oral Hearing Guide to reflect current practice before the Board. The changes include: Remote option for participating in America Invents Act (AIA) trials....more
In response to COVID-19, courts were forced to adapt to the pandemic and adopt new rules regarding in-person and remote proceedings. The list below contains links to each state’s laws and rules related to remote proceedings....more
I currently mediate all of my cases on Zoom. I have mediated hundreds of cases on Zoom since March 2020. I have found a Zoom mediation to be a convenient, efficient, cost-effective and beneficial method of settling disputes....more
In this episode, Gina Rubel goes on record with Sabrina Mizrachi, who is the Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of Litigation and Global Product Regulatory at Estée Lauder. Sabrina provides regulatory guidance, manages...more
Brooks v. Griffy, No. 22 CV 3250, 2023 WL 6880248 (Pa.Com.Pl. Oct. 18, 2023) - In support of their forum non conveniens transfer request, the defendants submitted affidavits from the driver of the tractor-trailer and the...more
The American Arbitration Association (AAA) recently amended its Supplemental Rules on Mass Arbitrations as well as its fee schedule, in an attempt to streamline these arbitrations. These rules could potentially change the...more
Summer is over and court administrators are back at work, churning out proposals for streamlining litigation and increasing the constructive use of remote technologies to handle judicial business. This blog post identifies...more
Advances in Videoconferencing Do Not Change the Subpoena Power of the Court - In In re Kirkland, 2023 WL 4777937 (9th Cir. July 27, 2023), the Ninth Circuit held that a district court could not subpoena testimony outside the...more
The following highlights several of the changes to the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure that went into effect on July 1, 2023. The changes impact, among other things, physical and remote appearance, the rules governing...more
In August 2020, we circulated an article addressing COVID-19’s Impact on Commercial Evictions and Landlord-Tenant Relations in Minnesota. Nearly three years later, much has changed and it’s time for an update....more
The rapid transition to technology-enabled remote court hearings shows no signs of abating, with several state supreme courts proposing in recent weeks amendments to civil procedure rules that would standardize virtual...more
While we may have passed through the worst of the global pandemic, it has unquestionably left a deep and lasting impact on our personal and professional lives. Restrictions that left everyone housebound for months on end...more
In Episode 11 of The Chartwell Chronicles, hosts Colin Davis and Brittany Atkinson are joined by special guest Christopher Pavuk to discuss virtual hearings in the world of workers' compensation. Topics of discussion include...more
On February 15th, the Commission to Reimagine the Future of New York’s Courts’ Pandemic Practices Working Group (PPWG) issued a report evaluating the court system’s response to the pandemic and calling for, among other...more
The IRS proposed a revised version of Treas. Reg. § 1.401(a)-21 (the Proposed Regulation) that, if finalized, would make permanent the option of remote witnessing of required spousal consents to certain retirement plan...more
Magistrate Judge Elizabeth A. Pascal recently denied an unopposed Motion to Redact and Seal (“Motion”) portions of a transcript of a telephone conference with the Court. In denying the Motion, the Court found multiple...more
Since Texas Governor Greg Abbott declared a state of disaster in all 254 counties of the State of Texas in response to the Covid-19 pandemic in March of 2020, the Texas Supreme Court (the Court) has issued a series of...more
Three years ago we didn’t know that “unprecedented times” and “new normal” would become a mainstay in our cultural lexicon. While some things have faded with time, it seems that some pandemic upstarts like QR codes, Pelotons,...more
Effective January 1, 2023, the procedures for filing complex cases in the Southern District of Texas changed. The courts have made the procedures specific and detailed. Below are some of the highlights of the new rules....more
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
Three key pieces of legislation, AB 199, SB 848, and SB 241 are shaping the future of remote court proceedings in California. Remote court proceedings are no longer viewed as merely temporary pandemic-induced measures...more
With a marked increase in large-scale cross-border insolvency and restructuring proceedings in the Cayman Islands and elsewhere, there is a greater focus on principles of comity and co-operation between courts and...more
The American Bar Association holds high standards for legal practitioners. Lawyers have the professional responsibility to be competent, diligent, and to expedite litigation in the interest of their clients. In the client...more