Conducting Trials Post Pandemic
A Judicial Perspective on Using Technology at Oral Argument | Judge John Owens | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
Litigating in the Virtual World: Passing Fad or Wave of the Future?
Disruption and Increasing Access to Justice | Chief Justice Bridget McCormack | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
Original Proceedings and Emergency Relief in the Courts of Appeals | Kirk Cooper | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
Live Trials During the COVID-19 Pandemic: What’s Changed?
Perfecting the Remote Jury Trial | Judge Karin Crump | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
Law Brief®: Hon. Norman St. George and Richard Schoenstein Explore Virtual Court Proceedings
Episode 3.23: Rebecca Bratter of Greenspoon Marder on Life, Career, and Impacting the Community
Litigating During COVID: What You Need to Know
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
Balado Continuité – Audiences 2.0 : défis et solutions en litige commercial
Blakes Continuity Podcast: Litigation Fever – Part II: Dealing with Delays
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
German arbitration law is to be reformed to current needs and thus intended to be made more attractive overall. To this end, the German Federal Ministry of Justice on 1 February 2024 published a draft bill for an act to...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
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
Eighty-eight percent of lawyers responding to a recent American Bar Association survey said they prefer the use of remote depositions in their practices. Another 93% supported the use of remote technologies for all pretrial...more
Over the last couple years, the courts have updated their practices regarding hearings and pretrials. Most of domestic relations courts are utilizing virtual hearings, whether that is for a pre-trial, settlement conference or...more
Although remote court hearings continue to be afflicted by technical glitches and stressed-out judges tethered to their computers for hours on end, the benefits of remote hearings are worth investing the time and resources...more
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
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
Like the continuing need to have a ‘pocket mask’ in many places, the online judicial meeting or hearing has become an accepted fact of almost-post-pandemic life. But, chances are, the remote hearing will last longer (knock on...more
As courts continue their uncertain transition from a Covid to a post-Covid stance, the word from many is that the Zoom hearing is the pandemic adaptation that is most likely to become a normal feature of litigation going...more
With Zoom now as common as email, we can find ourselves inhabiting the four corners of a glowing screen more often than we’re inhabiting an actual office or meeting room. Status calls, strategy meetings, witness preparation...more
Courts over the past year and a half have moved with unprecedented speed into unorthodox territory, exploring ways to conduct trials, or portions of trials, via remote videoconferencing technology. In that setting, perhaps it...more
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
As the 2021 pandemic year winds to a close, while the 2022 pandemic year waits in the wings, it may be a good time to take stock of changes in legal procedure brought by the pandemic. Given the persistence of needed social...more
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
While firms are making decisions about getting back to the office post-pandemic, it appears that video collaboration and presentation is here to stay. At a recent Judges Panel during Relativity's annual conference, it was...more
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
For a while, we seemed headed toward resuming in-person jury trials here in Travis County. A few live trials took place under the civil district judges’ pilot program, including a two-week proceeding before Judge Amy Clark...more
As parties have adapted to the changes brought about by the pandemic, virtual evidentiary hearings have become more popular. We discuss what some say are disadvantages of virtual hearings and consider how these issues...more
Arizona may not be the model when it comes to partisan post-election audits. But when it comes to online or virtual trials, the “Cyber Ninjas” in that context seem to be doing much better. In the Grand Canyon state’s most...more
The jurors assemble and begin watching the trial — not the actual jurors but the shadow jurors, the ones who are recruited by one side, matched to the real jurors, and offer feedback on the trial as it comes in. They watch...more
During the past year or so, when clients have scheduled witness meetings or focus group and mock trial research, we will at some point get to the common question: “So, are we doing this in person or online?” Increasingly, it...more
As the “new normal” of pandemic virtual legal proceedings appears to be waning, a question arises as to which, if any, practices initially born out of necessity, but no longer so, should continue to be utilized. One such...more