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A longtime leader in deposition services and technology, Esquire Deposition Solutions won two TopLaw 50 Awards for its articles on using ChatGPT for depositions and stipulations for remote depositions," says TopLaw publisher Neil J. Squillante. "This impressive feat serves as a testament that the company's blog has become a must-read for deposition insights and tips.
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Assessing Cyber Insurance Coverage for Data Breach Losses
Cybersecurity liability insurance policies are finding increased favor among law firms. We dive into the data behind this growi
Read More ...Are We Taking Data Security Seriously Enough?
Every litigator should be able to give a positive answer to the following question: “Did I do everything reasonably possible to protect my clients against the loss of information they entrusted to me?” Although most attorneys would find the question well-timed and entirely legitimate, the unfortunate reality is that many law firms are not taking…
Read More ...What the Legal Profession Was Reading in 2020
Yogi Berra, a data science pioneer and Hall of Fame manager for the New York Yankees, once declared, “You can observe a lot just by watching.” How true. It’s in that same spirit we take a look at our 2020 output to see what, if anything, can be asserted about the state of the legal…
Read More ...Advice on Virtual Jury Trials From Online Pioneers
Jury trials are among the last pieces of the judicial system to undergo a virtual transformation in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although some aspects of jury trials will never be replicated online — for example, the bonding process that jurors experience after spending days or weeks together — courts across the country have…
Read More ...Practical Presentation Tips for Your Next Virtual Proceeding
Litigation moved online in a big way in 2020, demanding that attorneys learn new advocacy skills and shed tried-and-true courtroom habits that do not work well in virtual courtrooms, remote depositions, and other online environments. For example, the act of looking at the audience — an instinctive and powerful technique for in-person presenters — can…
Read More ...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that is unfamiliar to many and a new approach to trial advocacy, where the litigator’s voice and physical presence have been replaced by a video transmission that is, in many cases, substantially outside of the litigator’s control. Some attorneys are mastering this new litigation environment,…
Read More ...Remote Technology and Trials After COVID-19
The legal community’s forced apprenticeship with remote technology during the COVID-19 pandemic changed, almost overnight, how litigation is conducted in the United States. From mundane interactions like client meetings to courtroom hearings with constitutional significance like arraignments and trials, courts and lawyers have replaced in-person processes with technology-enabled, socially distant substitutes wherever feasible and lawful.…
Read More ...Will In-Person Depositions Vanish Before COVID-19?
Did you notice that in-person depositions and remote depositions traded places in 2020? Legally speaking, that is. When 2020 began, in-person depositions were the default means of obtaining pretrial testimony. Remote depositions were possible, of course, but only by stipulation or court order. As 2020 ends, the situation is reversed. Remote depositions — widely encouraged…
Read More ...Looking Your Best During Remote Depositions
Few in the legal community question the aphorism that “appearances matter.” They do. Rightly or wrongly, typos in a brief, tardiness, or other signs of inattention to detail are all impediments to successful representation of the client. A lawyer’s attire can also promote, or detract from, professional success. A neat and professional personal appearance projects…
Read More ...When Deposition Advocacy Becomes Unethical
The German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, a cranky cultural observer who believed human beings were doomed to an existence no more fulfilling than the lives of moles, was nevertheless clear-eyed about the value of civility. Willful incivility, Schopenhauer wrote, is as foolish as setting your house on fire. For litigators, incivility during a deposition can have…
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