In March 2020, as COVID-19 spread and the quarantine began in earnest, it became clear that in-person depositions in federal civil cases could not proceed in the normal course. Even aside from the travel difficulties and "stay-at-home" orders, it was too risky to gather multiple people in close proximity in a conference room for 8 to 10 hours to conduct a traditional deposition. In many cases, depositions ground to a halt. But clients and their attorneys quickly began to adapt to the "new normal" and sought ways to advance their federal cases.