Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 274: Winter OCI Update (w/Sadie Jones)
Episode 3.23: Rebecca Bratter of Greenspoon Marder on Life, Career, and Impacting the Community
The Do’s and Don’ts of Interviewing
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From Distance Meetings to Diversity Reports: 2020 Updates for NY State Businesses
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Digital Planning Podcast - Interview With Leeza Garber
VIRTUAL ADR UPDATE – TECHNOLOGY, CYBERSECURITY AND UNIQUE ISSUES PRESENTED BY HON. JOHN P. DIBLASI
Government in the Virtual World: A Look at Public Meetings and Hearings
The Impact On Litigation - Troutman Sanders and Pepper Hamilton COVID-19 Litigation Podcast Series
I currently mediate all of my cases on Zoom. I have mediated hundreds of cases on Zoom since March 2020. I have found a Zoom mediation to be a convenient, efficient, cost-effective and beneficial method of settling disputes....more
On February 13, 2024, Public Act 214 of 2023 (“PA 214”) takes effect, amending Michigan's Open Meetings Act to give some public bodies greater freedom in holding electronic meetings....more
The Business Court recently reminded that while there is great value to showing up and seeing what might happen at mediation, the costs of a decision to avoid the process can be more easily quantified. In Chi v. N....more
In addition to extending the provisions pertaining to the expanded patio service of alcoholic beverages and the ability to sell alcoholic beverages for takeaway and delivery, Chapter 2 of the Acts of 2023, signed by Governor...more
While we may have passed through the worst of the global pandemic, it has unquestionably left a deep and lasting impact on our personal and professional lives. Restrictions that left everyone housebound for months on end...more
In 2000, I was involved in trying to develop a system for online mediation. The broadband infrastructure to support such a system did not exist, so we were 20 years early. It took the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 to make...more
Currently, the California Corporations Code prohibits a California corporation from conducting a meeting of shareholders solely by electronic transmission by and to the corporation, electronic video screen communication,...more
Das Landesarbeitsgericht Hessen hat mit Beschluss vom 14. März 2022 (Az. 16 TaBV 143/21) entschieden, dass der Betriebsrat vom Arbeitgeber zur Ermöglichung der Teilnahme seiner Mitglieder an Betriebsratssitzungen mittels...more
As part of the 2022 adopted State Budget, the New York State Legislature amended the Open Meetings Law (Public Officers Law § 100, et seq.) to authorize public bodies to conduct meetings using videoconference technology...more
On February 17, 2022, Governor DeWine signed House Bill 51 into law. House Bill 51 includes an uncodified provision authorizing public meetings to be held by teleconference, video conference or other similar electronic...more
The virtual public meeting option available last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic will return with the recent passage of Sub HB 51. The Ohio Open Meetings Act requires public bodies, including Boards of Education,...more
In this video, captured during JAMS’ 2021 “Cocktails and Conversations” event on the future of alternative dispute resolution, JAMS neutrals and prominent leaders within the legal industry reflect on the growth and...more
From 2018 to 2021, the percentage of clients who want to work with a lawyer remotely grew considerably, from 23 percent to 79 percent. However, according to research published in Clio’s 2021 Legal Trends Report, clients’...more
When I started conducting mediations and arbitrations on Zoom almost two years ago, I could not have imagined that I would still be doing so today and that my practice and the alternative dispute resolution (ADR) field would...more
When the legal profession began to experience the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, I wondered specifically how it would affect alternative dispute resolution. I was not so concerned about arbitration. There was precedence in...more
I remember the day quite well, March 16, 2020, leaving NAM's midtown office after my last mediation, stepping out onto 42nd Street at the height of rush hour, and finding a ghost town. New York City, New York State, and most...more
The traditional audit experience for taxpayers large and small has, like many things, been impacted by COVID-19. Taxpayers and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have been forced to navigate audits in a remote environment,...more
On June 25, 2020, the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section co-sponsored with JAMS a live webinar featuring an interactive mock virtual arbitration of a commercial dispute. The Hon. Ariel E. Belen, arbitrator/mediator at...more
Do you ever wake up curious about unique, personal statistics and how those stats compare to others? I’m sure I am not alone in these metric-gathering moments. Today, for example, I woke up wondering how many hours I had...more
Since the onset of the pandemic, the workflow structure in the corporate world has drastically shifted. In response to the pandemic (but likely a practice here to stay), video conferencing on platforms such as Zoom has become...more
With the Delta variant surge, many companies have delayed plans for a return to in-person board and committee meetings. The go-to alternative, in many cases, will be a return to video conferences, which worked well in the...more
New Law Permits Local Governments to Continue to Meet Remotely Until 2024 - California’s historic open meeting law, the Ralph M. Brown Act, requires that local governments conduct their business in public meetings and...more
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
After months of litigation, Zoom Video Communications has agreed to pay $85 million to settle a proposed class action pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California....more
On June 30, 2021, Governor Abbott approved Attorney General Ken Paxton’s request to lift the open meeting law suspensions that had been temporarily suspended in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result,...more