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District of New Jersey Reinstates In-Person Appearances effective February 1

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As previously reported, in light of the spread of the Omicron strain of COVID-19 in New Jersey, on December 29, 2021, Chief Judge Freda L. Wolfson of the District of New Jersey issued Standing Order 2021-11, which temporarily...more

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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

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SB 241: The Future of Virtual Courtrooms and the Impact on Employment Law

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Every court in California relies increasingly on remote video technology since the COVID-19 pandemic effectively closed courtrooms.  California’s Judicial Council adopted temporary emergency rules to assist courts providing...more

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Perfecting the Remote Jury Trial | Judge Karin Crump | Texas Appellate Law Podcast

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As courts tentatively start to reopen in person, the extent to which remote proceedings will remain is uncertain. But when COVID-19 shuttered courthouses everywhere, Travis County, Texas took the lead in providing courthouse...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Virtual Civil Jury Trials Begin Without Consent In New Jersey Beginning April 5

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Virtual civil jury trials will be scheduled statewide in New Jersey starting April 5, 2021, with consent to proceed remotely not required as part of the state’s two-phase approach to virtual jury trials for all dockets and...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Putting Your Best Foot Forward In A Remote Arbitration

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At the beginning of 2020, arguing hearings and trying cases in a completely remote environment seemed like science fiction. Now, just a year later, courts and litigants have adapted to our new virtual litigation environment....more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

BLS 2020 Year in Review: Five Key Takeaways

A few weeks ago, the Social Law Library sponsored its annual review of the BLS. Like most events over the past year, the 2020 Year in Review was conducted virtually with Judge Kenneth Salinger and BLS practitioners logging on...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

Fox Rothschild LLP

Fourth Circuit Remains Remote For March

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The Fourth Circuit announced that its March session of oral arguments would remain remote...more

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How Important Is Oral Argument In The Fourth Circuit?

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The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many changes in the legal profession over the last 10 months. Those receiving the most focus have been, for obvious reasons, things like remote proceedings such as telephonic hearings and...more

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Chambers Litigation 2021 Guide: Introduction

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International commerce is undergoing a period of rapid and tumultuous change. Globalisation continues to create new markets, new technologies, new competition and, with them, increased demand for effective mechanisms to...more

A&O Shearman

Love them or hate them: Virtual hearings are here to stay

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Commercial dispute resolution has undergone a forced revolution during 2020, with courts and arbitral tribunals in many major jurisdictions responding to social restrictions put in place to control the spread of coronavirus...more

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Technology Tips From Virtual Trial Experts

Virtual trials are different from in-person trials. They demand technology that is unfamiliar to many and a new approach to trial advocacy, where the litigator’s voice and physical presence have been replaced by a video...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

[Webinar] 2021 Litigation Landscape: Key Trends to Watch After a Year of Disruption - December 10th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET

Nine months after the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, how has the litigation landscape been transformed? Join Manatt for a discussion of key trends that have come and gone—and those to prepare for in...more

BakerHostetler

2020 Supreme Court Update

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The U.S. Supreme Court’s October term started earlier this month, and promises to be an unprecedented session. How is the Court responding to the pandemic and adapting to a virtual environment? Which cases should you be...more

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Access to Justice and Lessons Learned During a Pandemic

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Mediation can play an important role in improving access to justice during the pandemic and after. As a JAMS mediator and former federal judge for over two decades, I am mindful of the command of Rule 1 of the Federal Rules...more

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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

Troutman Pepper

Virtual Trials Are No Longer Just a Remote Possibility

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On August 6, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina (M.D.N.C.) completed a five-day bench trial that was conducted entirely by videoconference. ...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

The Commission to Reimagine the Future of New York’s Courts Releases Goals for Restarting in-Person Juries

In mid-June, Chief Judge Janet DiFiore appointed the Commission to Reimagine the Future of New York’s Courts, and charged it with examining technological, regulatory, and other long-term innovations for New York Courts. ...more

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Hong Kong COVID-19: Hong Kong Courts expand the use of remote hearings for civil cases

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The remote hearing arrangement and its recent expansion  - The recent COVID-19 pandemic and the General Adjourned Period encouraged the Hong Kong Courts to explore and expand the use of technology to conduct hearings. The...more

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[Webinar] ACEDS Toronto Chapter: e-Hearings: Perspectives from the Front Lines - June 25th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET

Join the ACEDS Toronto Chapter for an overview of the recent initiatives of the Ontario e-Hearings Task Force. This session will include a discussion of e-Hearings best practices, different perspectives on participating in an...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Will Virtual Jury Trials be part of the “New Normal” Ushered in by the COVID-19 Pandemic?

Just a few months ago, the idea of a virtual jury trial probably seemed inconceivable to most judges and lawyers. Now, with the COVID-19 pandemic shuttering courthouses throughout the nation and most in-person proceedings...more

White and Williams LLP

Virtual Jury Trials: The Next Wave of Remote Legal Practice

One of the most obvious and unavoidable results of the COVID-19 crisis has been the postponement of jury service and, by extension, all jury trials. Given the inherent difficulties of convening juries in a world of social...more

McDermott Will & Emery

[Webinar] A View from the Courtroom: How COVID-19 is Affecting Jury Trials - June 1st, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

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As courts are beginning to open, litigants and their counsel are forced to navigate the “new normal” of courtroom proceedings. Videoconferencing tools are allowing cases to progress with virtual depositions, oral arguments...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Blakes Continuity Podcast: Litigation Fever – Part II: Dealing with Delays

As businesses focus on the new normal and gradually reopen, courts and litigants are facing their own set of challenges — playing catch-up and running virtual hearings. In episode 5 of Continuity, Blakes litigators Max...more

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