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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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Virtually Litigating the Complex Case
In a July 2013 article that seems as if it could have been written yesterday, District of Columbia Superior Court Judge Herbert B. Dixon, Jr., predicted that virtual lawyering would become pervasive within the legal profession once lawyers familiarized themselves with the technology. Not only would lawyers embrace virtual litigation practices on their own initiative,…
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Remote Lawyering Is Here to Stay
Although the COVID-19 pandemic’s lasting effects on modern society are far from known today, there’s little doubt that the disease has prodded a reluctant legal profession into the digital age. During the past few months more lawyers and judges than ever have: Participated in remote hearings via videoconferencing Closed real estate transactions using electronic…
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Minimizing Employer Liability in Remote Workplaces
Almost overnight, the COVID-19 epidemic made remote work commonplace in many occupations across the country. While it has been challenging and stressful at times, employers have been surprised to see that the work is getting done, often sooner and at less expense. Nationwide, an insurance and financial services company with more than 27,000 employees, embraced…
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Information Security Basics While Lawyering From Home
With offices shuttered and stay-home orders still in place across much of the country due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the task of providing legal services means working from home for nearly everyone, including attorneys and support staff. Even clients are working from home. The consequence of all this remote work is that proprietary and confidential…
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Effectively Preparing and Defending Your Remote Deposition Witness
With over 90 percent of the U.S. population under some form of government-mandated closure or social distancing directive, the legal community has been forced to embrace remote proceedings or risk being left behind. In order to move important litigation matters along during the upcoming months, attorneys have no choice but to become adept at remote,…
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Impact of COVID-19 on In-Person Proceedings
Trial judges and lawyers have been getting a lot of screen time lately. And that’s a good thing. Rather than allow the legal system to grind to a halt during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, courts and lawyers are keeping their cases moving by embracing videoconferencing technologies. They might not have known last month how to…
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Fear Factor: The Remote Deposition Episode
Imagine a world where your greatest fears become reality. You’re in the middle of a deposition, frantically searching for a critical electronic document that’s nowhere to be found on your laptop. Opposing counsel is cross-examining your client, but the audio is so bad you can’t hear the questions or the client’s answers. You click the…
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6 Success Factors for Better Remote Depositions
Maybe you’re considering remote depositions as litigation grows and travel becomes more challenging. Or you’re already doing depositions remotely and want to improve. Either way, these six factors will help you get the most success and satisfaction out of your remote depositions: 1. Coordinate with opposing counsel As soon as you decide to go remote,…
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Corporate Counsel, Outside Attorneys Teaming Up for Better Depositions
As general counsel, you typically let your outside attorneys manage your cases. You can’t be everywhere at once and only have so much bandwidth to monitor each discrete activity—from the initiation of a suit through judgment—in each of the dozens or hundreds of matters on your plate. In a perfect world, you’d attend every deposition…
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Technology’s Role in Responding to the Coronavirus Pandemic
The impacts of the widening novel coronavirus pandemic are hitting home here in the United States. Within the legal community, law offices are scrambling to serve clients while keeping employees safe and complying with federal guidance and emergency rules in their localities. At the same time, state supreme courts across the country are issuing emergency…
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