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Read guidance, analysis, and updates on the myriad issues arising from the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Updated hourly every day, the insights published here are written by leading lawyers and law firms helping to make sense of insurance, employment, tax, securities, M&A, risk management, and every other consideration touched by this crisis. Follow the channel for a daily email brief of the latest and best updates. less -
Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson PLLC

Virtual Family Law Hearings: Are They Here to Stay in 2025?

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As a product of the COVID-19 pandemic, Washington courts, like many others, were forced to adopt a virtual format with respect to live hearings and trials. This meant opting to conduct proceedings using Zoom, Microsoft Teams,...more

Perkins Coie

Remote Proceeding Tracker - Update April 2024

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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

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Remote Proceeding Tracker

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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

Roetzel & Andress

Recent Changes to the Ohio Rules Address Remote Attendance, Discovery Disputes, and Service of Process

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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

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Post-Pandemic Update on Commercial Evictions in Minnesota

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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

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Texas Supreme Court issues "final" Covid-19 Emergency Order and rule changes for civil court proceedings

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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

Array

Pandemic challenges have transformed the legal landscape. But there’s no going back.

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The phrase “a spanner in the works” is used in Great Britain to describe some sort of problem thrown into the clockwork machinery of life. Your previously precisely ordered schedule grinds to a halt, and you have to readjust....more

Miles Mediation & Arbitration

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

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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

Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C.

FINRA Dispute Resolution Update: The More Things Change . . .

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As it was for the rest of the world, 2021 was an interesting year for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). Originally published in American Bar Association’s Securities Litigation section - March 17th,...more

Benesch

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

Kilpatrick

3 Key Takeaways: The State of the North Carolina Judiciary: Pandemic & Beyond

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Kilpatrick Townsend Partner Steve Berlin, who leads the firm’s Winston-Salem office and serves as Chair of the firm’s Environmental Team, recently moderated a high-profile panel of judges from the North Carolina Superior...more

Saiber LLC

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

Epiq

Three Data Trends to Watch

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Each year, practitioners and the courts face data issues applying to collection, preservation, security, compliance, global practice challenges, and more. Some questions repeat or evolve, while others are entirely fresh...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Trial May Be Imminent – Are You Unhappy With Your Divorce Lawyer?

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Even before COVID, in some counties, divorce trials were hard to come by due to backlogs and/or judicial shortages. Some counties ceased trials altogether for a time, even those trials that were underway. Then COVID...more

Saiber LLC

District of New Jersey Issues Standing Order Restricting In-Person Court Proceedings in Response to Omicron

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As part of the District of New Jersey’s continuing response to the ongoing public health emergency and in light of the spread of the Omicron strain of COVID-19 in the state, on December 29, 2021, Chief Judge Freda L. Wolfson...more

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

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

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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

Conyers

Getting Ready for the Big Day – Keys for Planning a Successful Virtual Trial

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British Virgin Islands (“BVI”) companies are widely used as corporate vehicles for joint ventures in Asia, especially at their pre-listing stage. There are over 450,000 active BVI companies set-up by users around the world....more

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

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

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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

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

Post-Pandemic Reforms Are Remaking the U.S. Justice System

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When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in early 2020, the legal profession responded with a one-two punch. The first response was to fashion emergency procedures that enabled courts to function during the pandemic and, if...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Fourth Circuit Happenings – Back to Richmond and a New Member of the Court

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Two significant announcements came out of the Fourth Circuit this week. The first was that the Court announced that in-person oral arguments will resume for the Court’s December argument calendar (December 7-10). This, of...more

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

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

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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

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

Perkins Coie

US Remote Deposition and Oath Status - October 2021

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Remote depositions are becoming more prevalent in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. This list tracks the various state and federal authorities that govern remote depositions and the administration of oaths or affirmations...more

CDF Labor Law LLP

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

JAMS

[PODCAST] JAMS Neutrals See Strong Future for Hybrid ADR Proceedings

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A podcast from JAMS featuring neutrals Zee Claiborne and Michael Young on their experiences conducting hybrid proceedings at JAMS. In this podcast, JAMS neutrals Zee Claiborne and Michael Young discuss virtual and hybrid...more

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