Although remote court hearings continue to be afflicted by technical glitches and stressed-out judges tethered to their computers for hours on end, the benefits of remote hearings are worth investing ...
PHOENIX — Courts took many proceedings remote during the pandemic and, armed with new survey data, some are now assessing when and how to keep them that way. Several states are making remote court a ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has generally put a stop to in-person depositions nationwide. Many litigants and their attorneys have also resisted attempts to proceed with remote video depositions, some ...
In a recent (online it is assumed) Commercial Court user group meeting it was apparently announced by Mrs Justice Cockerill that the Commercial Court is considering whether to adopt remote or hybrid ...
For a long time, Judge Michael Christofeno just didn’t see a place for online hearings in his courtroom. “I needed to see people in person in my courtroom or I wasn’t going to be able to have the ...
Natalie Gross is a freelance journalist and podcast producer based in the Washington, D.C., area. She has a master’s degree in journalism from Georgetown University. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit and ...
As the pandemic swept in during spring 2020, many courts temporarily suspended jury trials and postponed nonemergency hearings, limited access to courthouse facilities and sent home nonessential ...
Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Harold D. Melton has already said he will be leaving at the end of June and won't be extending the Statewide Judicial Emergency he first declared in March 2020 ...
As part of comprehensive efforts to reduce foot traffic in court facilities, the Napa Superior Court recently completed the installation of video technology to support remote appearances in courtrooms ...
Before the pandemic, most court proceedings took place in person at the Deschutes County, Ore., Courthouse. Offenders sat on benches waiting for arraignments, and victims bravely stood up to deliver ...