The Dawn of the Zoom Deposition: What Lessons Are We Learning So Far?
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused depositions to be held in a much different way than ever before, and it looks to be working well.
June 25, 2020 at 12:11 PM
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The original version of this story was published on National Law Journal
When history books are written about the COVID-19 era, they will certainly contain a chapter about how the virus changed the way we communicate—and the way we litigate. Civil discovery and depositions have, by necessity, moved online, and according to one prominent court reporting service, the number of remote depositions grew 400% since March 2020.
Zoom is more than the name of the brand. It's a metaphor for how quickly this discovery reality has hit us. In the past three weeks, we have completed several remote expert depositions. The lessons learned, we believe, are worth sharing.
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