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With Court Authorization, Litigators Discover Remote Depositions

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She used it for the first time on April 1, 2020 when taking a remote deposition over Zoom. Routines of work, school, family and other obligations were clicking back into place. Routines of work, school, family and other obligations were clicking back into place. For the foreseeable future, it’s the way we work now.

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Top 5 Tips: Taking Depositions in a Post-Pandemic World

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While much of the world stopped last year, depositions didn’t. Cases forged ahead and lawyers scrambled to establish new ways of taking depositions and handling proceedings that, for decades, had been routine. But if you follow these five tips, you’ll be ready to handle any deposition that comes your way in the post-pandemic world.

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Five Questionable Legal Billing Practices That Are Increasing During the Pandemic

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Working from home poses challenges across the board, including an increase in certain overcharges that can show up on a client’s legal bill. Here are five suspect billing practices that have been on the rise with attorneys working from home: Failure to Delegate. Excessive Time.

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5 Tips for Making the Transition to Virtual Law Firm Status

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Virtual law firm status has worked out so well for some firms, they’re making the switch permanent. While firms are announcing their back-to-the-office plans, you may be wondering if it is possible to move your law office to a virtual setting permanently. Benefits of a Virtual Law Firm. Should you? Lower overhead.

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Opportunity in Crisis: Innovative Ways Law Firms Are Stepping Up Client Relationships

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How have law firms supported their clients during the COVID-19 pandemic? Most in-house legal departments still grapple with the challenges of working remotely, making do with leaner budgets and resources, and managing virtual teams — all during an unprecedented era across nearly all industries and geographies.

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Physical Security in a Transformed World

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The Evolving Practice of Law . It has been several years since we wrote on the topic of physical security, but it seems like a good topic now that so many law firms are changing how lawyers work. Pre-pandemic, we thought about conventional physical security (which some law firms still do not have).

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Secure Remote Work and the Legal Field

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Over the last year, meetings that were once exclusively held in courtrooms or law firms were suddenly happening in kitchens and home offices. Hard-wired desk phones were replaced with cloud telephony, and in-office firewalls and security protocols needed to be transformed for home WiFi. So where do we go from here?