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Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Litigating in the Virtual World: Passing Fad or Wave of the Future?

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, litigators were forced to pivot their practice and adapt to virtual technology to continue pursuit of their matters. Analyzing the benefits and drawbacks to this new virtual world, today,...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Trial by Zoom: virtual trials in the time of COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic’s impact continues to send ripples into an ever-evolving court system as the quarantines and lockdowns endure. The early days of the pandemic halted hearings and stayed cases, but after almost a year of...more

Miles Mediation & Arbitration

Top 3 Misconceptions Attorneys Have About Virtual Mediation

Although largely unknown to the average litigant, alternative dispute resolution providers across the country have offered virtual mediation services for upwards of a decade. The sudden increase in the popularity of these...more

NAM (National Arbitration and Mediation)

Is Mediation Conducted Through Videoconferencing Better?

Time for some good news: We already know that we can hold effective mediations online, but dare we say that videoconferencing may actually be better than in-person hearings? ...more

BakerHostetler

Litigating in a Pandemic: Tips on Dealing with the New Abnormal

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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

Holland & Hart - Your Trial Message

Expect Attorney Resistance to Online Trial Innovations

Across the country, restaurants are changing what it means to be a restaurant, movie theaters are changing what it means to be a movie theater, and conferences are changing what it means to be a conference. So maybe it’s...more

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Courtroom Drama: Trial Presentation Best Practices for the Virtual Courtroom

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As early as May, the ABA Journal was raising the idea of Virtual Trials becoming a part of the “New Normal,” an oft-used phrase to indicate life moving forward in the aftermath of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Now, three...more

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Why Now Is a Good Time to Engage in Mediation or Other Streamlined Dispute Resolution

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As a recently retired federal judge who served for more than two decades on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, I know firsthand how daunting managing a caseload can be even in normal times. Now,...more

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Embracing Technology and Keeping an Open Mind: Utilizing Telephonic, Videoconference, Skype, Facetime and Zoom Conferencing...

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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

Hicks Johnson

Do Masks Compromise Witness Credibility?

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As American society copes with the COVID-19 pandemic, masks and face coverings have become the focus of legal mandates, political protests, and nonstop commentary—in some instances, even violence. But beyond the public health...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Depositions in the COVID-19 Era

COVID-19 has caused a swift and unprecedented change to many social institutions in the United States (and worldwide). As a result, lawyers have been compelled to adopt new practices and policies to face the challenges of...more

Holland & Hart - Your Trial Message

Before Your Next Web-Conference, Fix Your Camera Position

If you’re like me, you have been clicking into a ton of web-conferences lately. That’s true of the whole business world, but I think the legal workplace is a natural fit for web conferencing. After all, it is a field that is...more

NAM (National Arbitration and Mediation)

Thoughts on ADR in the face of the Covid-19 Pandemic – A Neutral’s Perspective

As we are all challenged by the current pandemic, it strikes me that alternative dispute resolution (ADR) is perhaps no longer an alternative to traversing the court system, but rather the only viable method for the...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

More Courts Attempt to Move Civil Cases Forward Despite the COVID-19 Pandemic

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We continue to track the impact of COVID-19 on court operations and parties in civil litigation across the country.  (You can read our most recent update here.)  Many courts seem to have shifted from the earlier pauses and...more

NAM (National Arbitration and Mediation)

Video Mediations: The Future Of Alternative Dispute Resolution

Lately, I am reminded of the John Lennon song, “Nobody Told Me There'd Be Days Like These.”  Courts are essentially closed.  Settlement conferences and trials are suspended for the foreseeable future.  Without cases going...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Litigation Management Checklist in the Time of COVID-19

We are all experiencing unprecedented challenges right now, both personally and professionally. To ease some of your legal team’s anxieties, we have put together a litigation-specific checklist with the measures we recommend...more

Holland & Hart - Your Trial Message

Adapt to Remote Communication (Including Testimony)

Okay, show of hands: Two weeks ago, how many of you were familiar with Zoom, Webex, GotoMeeting, and/or MS Teams? And how many of you are familiar with them today? These tools for multi-party videoconferencing over the...more

NAM (National Arbitration and Mediation)

How Alternative Dispute Resolution and Technology Can Keep Your Cases Moving in the Face of Court Closures

Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence Marks’s administrative order in combination with Governor Cuomo’s PAUSE (Policies Assure Uniform Safety For Everyone) executive order eliminate all but emergency in-person legal proceedings...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Bankruptcy Courts: Open for Business

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During challenging economic times, Bankruptcy Courts serve an essential governmental and financial function. The COVID-19 outbreak has forced closures of businesses and governmental entities throughout the country, resulting...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Lawyers' Lawyer...

Client Service Continuity Strategies for Law Firms Responding to Coronavirus Pandemic

The Lawyers' Lawyer Newsletter – Special Edition - On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the Coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic. Reactions to this declaration and the spread of the virus are in a...more

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