North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

By Tanisha Palvia, Brooks Pierce  Adjusting to life during a global pandemic, we have found ways to effectively do almost everything remotely—even depositions. Online depositions will likely remain in use long after the pandemic has passed, especially since more attorneys have ...

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The seeds of this article were planted during a discussion about the overwhelming number of meetings via videoconferencing. To be fair, it has been impressive what businesses have done to rapidly pivot during this pandemic. For the remote worker, we’ve ...

By Shawn Healy In the idyllic view of a trial, one often pictures scenes from classic movies that portray two lawyers in a professional sparring match, each party making an articulate, compelling argument for his side. They both use their ...

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By Mian R. Wang I am an introvert and a perfectionist. I am also a woman and a litigator. I think I am not alone in wearing all these hats. As a young attorney, I spent a lot of time ...

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By Kyle Scharoll The global pandemic has changed the practice of law in the U.S. and worldwide. Lockdowns forced firms to close offices, prompting mass work-from-home migrations for attorneys and staff. Thanks to laptops, mobile devices and Wi-Fi availability, the ...

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BY GARY PARSONS Most lawyers are well aware of and sensitive to protecting attorney-client privilege. We need to remember, however, that the Rules of Professional Conduct are broader than the privilege and impose confidentiality obligations on all that we learn ...

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By Angela Colon-Mahoney Humor in the workplace: Is it dead? Or simply deadpan? With professional conferences, networking, and business development now governed by a Zoom screen measured in inches, problematic Wi-Fi, bad lighting, and domestic photobombing, can business humor ever ...

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By Courtney Collins and Meagan Donohoe The legal profession’s transition into the online sphere in 2020 was abrupt, disconcerting and sometimes painful, but it is finally official: We continue forward, but (mostly) virtually. Hearings, mediations, arbitrations and—most commonly—depositions have vacated ...

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By F. Dennis Saylor IV and Daniel I. Small BridgeTower Media Newswires Whatever may divide us as a society, we all seem to have one thing in common: spending hours every day staring at screens. Pretty much everyone has now ...

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By Jeffrey Harradine BridgeTower Media Newswires We all know more than we did at the outset of this pandemic, including businesses seeking legal redress for business disruption, breach of contract, insurance protection and business loss. Enough time has passed to ...

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