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
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
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
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
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
The courtroom is a special place, and there are both symbolic and substantive layers to that special status. At the symbolic layer, there are the physical trappings of the courtroom: dark wood, granite, columns, raised...more
A courtroom process is supposed to be formal and solemn. The habits of delivering justice in person, through decorum and civic ritual, are designed to evoke a deference to the rule of law. When conducted remotely using a...more
With the extended pandemic restrictions and the resulting court backlogs across the country, we have moved tentatively into the world of online trials and hearings, with participants joining from different locations. In that...more
The courtroom trial is one setting where lawyers feel they can sometimes dial up the dramatic delivery. In the hands of some, that liberty can lead to an overbearing style. One question with the newer Zoom environments is...more
It has gone from being a surprising observation last spring to a daily truism at this point: Zoom fatigue is real. Now that we are engaged in regular meetings by video web-conferencing, we’ve come to fully grasp the reality...more
Highlights - Courthouses are here to stay but virtual options may stay for pre-trial proceedings. - Remote trials raise some concerns, including due process claims. - Courts will continue to use technology to relieve the...more
As we are moving up yet another hill on the pandemic case-count rollercoaster, hopefully the last rise before the final descent into a vaccine landing zone, courts are once again pulling back in–person trials, while lawyers...more
As the coronavirus pandemic drags on and intensifies, courts around the country are moving toward reopening in fits and starts, with distancing, temperature checks, masks, and hand sanitizer. Some courts are also exploring...more
At this point, after nearly three months of practicing law virtually from home, I think it’s fair to say that what was once novel and experimental has become a kind of new norm for the future....more
We are now all faced with the reality of social distancing, constant hand washing, flattening the curve, business closures, and the tragic public health consequences of the coronavirus. As we all try to adapt to the new...more