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Appellate Division Develops Factors Regarding Remote Testimony at Trial Are our rules keeping pace with modern technology? The NJ Court Rules do not explicitly provide for a party's trial testimony "by way of contemporaneous video transmission," but they do not specifically prohibit such testimony either. In the current environment, it is essential that practitioners familiarize themselves with the circumstances in which remote trial testimony is permissible. By Beth S. Rose and Natalie R. Colao

Compelling Arbitration: Recent Rulings and Issues to Consider New Jersey's Supreme Court addressed arbitration clauses in 2019 and will confront them again in the upcoming term. Practitioners continue to face unique issues, outlined in this article, which are sometimes overlooked by a court when construing an arbitration clause. By Rose A. Suriano and Robyn K. Lym

The Need for Special Masters in Complex Antitrust Cases The ABA resolution advises the bench and bar that utilization of special masters has evolved over the last 50 years from the rare exception to a commonplace tool to manage complex litigation, including antitrust cases. By Carl W. Hittinger and Tyson Y. Herrold

Confidentiality Order Sufficiently Protects EU Data in U.S. Discovery In their Federal E-Discovery column, Christopher Boehning and Daniel J. Toal discuss a recent case in which the court conducted a comity analysis and issued a decision that confirmed the value of a protective order when producing names and positions in response to a discovery request—information considered benign by U.S. discovery standards, but protected under international data privacy laws. By H. Christopher Boehning and Daniel J. Toal