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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,…
Read MoreRemote 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…
Read MoreMinimizing 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…
Read MoreInformation 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…
Read MoreEffectively 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,…
Read MoreImpact 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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