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Videoconference Coronavirus/COVID-19

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Want employees back in the office?

You have an unlikely ally. A lot of employers are still trying to get their employees to come back to the office, with varying degrees of success. Once an employee loses the commute, and can work with both feet up, take a...more

Wiley Rein LLP

FCC Finally Determines Scope of “Interoperable Video Conferencing Services” under the CVAA, Seeks Comment on Accessibility...

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Driven by the central role that video conferencing services took on for millions of people during the COVID-19 pandemic and continue to have today, on June 12, 2023 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission)...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

Federal Court: Remote Depositions Are Prudent, Effective, and Still Appropriate

In a sign that civil trial practice hasn’t entirely emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic, a federal magistrate judge recently granted two college students’ request for a protective order blocking the University of San Diego’s...more

Bowditch & Dewey

Virtual Notarization to End in Massachusetts on July 15, 2022

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Remote online notarization will continue in Massachusetts through July 15, 2022. Originally approved on April 23, 2020, Chapter 71 of the Acts of 2020 “An Act Providing for Virtual Notarization to Address Challenges Related...more

Miles Mediation & Arbitration

Old Yeller and the Case for The Great, Big Virtual Mediation

Spoiler alert:  In case you haven’t seen the movie yet, Old Yeller dies in the end.  And the whole world cried.  And they still do, as the film continues to captivate new generations of audiences since its original release in...more

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Remote Hearings Are Ill-Suited Default For Litigation Realities

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Much undoubtedly changed in the world of pandemic litigation. From remote proceedings to Zoom depositions to mediation by virtual breakout room, we have grown accustomed to litigation from the living room. But to be...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Governor DeWine signs House Bill 51 into law, allowing for virtual public meetings until July 1, 2022

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On February 17, 2022, Governor DeWine signed House Bill 51 into law. House Bill 51 includes an uncodified provision authorizing public meetings to be held by teleconference, video conference or other similar electronic...more

Roetzel & Andress

The Return of Virtual Open Meeting

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The virtual public meeting option available last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic will return with the recent passage of Sub HB 51. The Ohio Open Meetings Act requires public bodies, including Boards of Education,...more

Firesign | Enlightened Legal Marketing

To Zoom or Not To Zoom: When Clients Want (and Don’t Want) to Videoconference

From 2018 to 2021, the percentage of clients who want to work with a lawyer remotely grew considerably, from 23 percent to 79 percent. However, according to research published in Clio’s 2021 Legal Trends Report, clients’...more

Holland & Hart - Your Trial Message

Don’t Assume Virtual Communication Creates Less Empathy

When you’re dealing with testimony, argument, or any other form of communication, it is easy to assume that you’re getting less when it is distanced. In a remote conference or any Zoom-like experience, it seems that the...more

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

COVID-19 and the Courts: What You Need to Know - Updated December 2021

Across the globe, courts have rapidly adapted their practices and procedures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. As waves of infections have spread throughout Canada, its courts have fluctuated between resuming activities...more

JAMS

Omicron and the Ongoing Pandemic: Accepting the Virtual Future of ADR - Mediating from Home and Avoiding Burnout

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When I started conducting mediations and arbitrations on Zoom almost two years ago, I could not have imagined that I would still be doing so today and that my practice and the alternative dispute resolution (ADR) field would...more

Hogan Lovells

Italy: the digitalisation of Italian Corporate Law has begun

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The Italian Government has enacted Legislative Decree no. 183 of 2021 – implementing the European Union Directive (UE) 2019/1151 and introducing measures aimed, inter alia, at developing digital processes in Italian company...more

Holland & Hart - Your Trial Message

Consider That Your Zoom Conferences Might Be Sapping Your Collective Intelligence

Even as things are fitfully returning to a post-pandemic normal (perhaps against the current COVID Omicron variant-driven medical advice) one feature of the last 21 months seems to be lingering: the Zoom conference. In legal...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Kamera an bei der Videokonferenz

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1. HOMEOFFICE UND INFEKTIONSSCHUTZGESETZ - Seit dem 24. November 2021 gilt das geänderte Infektionsschutzgesetz (IfSG). Zunächst befristet bis zum 19. März 2022 gilt nunmehr gem. § 26b Abs. 4 IfSG auch wieder die Pflicht...more

White & Case LLP

FTSE 350: Snapshot of arrangements for AGMs held after 30 March 2021

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Key Trends: ◾ Since August 2021, AGMs where shareholders were actively encouraged not to attend have become less common. Most companies are instead holding their meetings with physical attendance neither actively...more

JAMS

Virtual Mediation in Today’s World: A Pandemic Success Story - Why it works so well

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When the legal profession began to experience the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, I wondered specifically how it would affect alternative dispute resolution. I was not so concerned about arbitration. There was precedence in...more

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

The Future of Remote Litigation And Benefits Of In-Person Depositions And Proceedings For Attorneys And Clients

Legal professionals and commentators have rightly extolled the benefits of the massive shift in the legal work environment. Almost overnight, the practice of law went virtual. As we head into 2022, the legal profession and...more

NAM (National Arbitration and Mediation)

Reflections About The Pandemic, ADR And A Look At What's Ahead

I remember the day quite well, March 16, 2020, leaving NAM's midtown office after my last mediation, stepping out onto 42nd Street at the height of rush hour, and finding a ghost town. New York City, New York State, and most...more

DirectEmployers Association

OFCCP Week In Review: November 2021 #2

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more

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Beltway Buzz - November 2021

OSHA Issues Vaccine ETS - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published its COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) on November 5, 2021. The ETS, which is effective...more

McDermott Will & Emery

IRS Audit Update: Communicating Via Video Meetings and Secure Messaging

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The traditional audit experience for taxpayers large and small has, like many things, been impacted by COVID-19. Taxpayers and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have been forced to navigate audits in a remote environment,...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Recording Requirements for Mobile Devices, Electronic Communications, and Videoconferencing

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MiFID II introduced obligations to record telephone conversations and any electronic communications that are intended to lead to a transaction. Records must be kept for at least five years. The COVID-19 pandemic, which...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Necessity Is the Mother of Innovation: The Option of Virtual Evidentiary Hearings and Non-Jury Trials Goes from Provisional to...

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As we all are acutely aware, during the last 21+ months, the normally slow-to-change practice of law has been thrust into overdrive, forcing lawyers and courts to quickly pivot from a largely in-person practice to virtual....more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Residential Evictions: What Tenants Need to Know (Spanish) - October 2021

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DESALOJOS RESIDENCIALES: LO QUE LOS INQUILINOS DEBEN SABER- Al 26 de octubre de 2021- IMPEDIMENTO DE ACCESO- ¿Pueden impedirme el acceso a mi domicilio durante la emergencia sanitaria por la COVID-19?...more

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