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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Feb 19, 2024

A coalition of major U.S. plaintiffs' law firms are asking the federal judiciary to modernize rules that govern civil trials to encourage live-streamed testimony by witnesses who are unable to appear in person. Attorneys at 12 law firms led by the class action firm Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro wrote in a letter to the federal judiciary's top rulemaking committee, arguing that when a witness could not appear in person, the courts should favor having them testify virtually rather than use "spliced, disjointed video clips from depositions." Read more about the proposal from Reuters.