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Presuit Lawyer Information Duties Relevant To Civil Litigation, Jeffrey A. Parness
Presuit Lawyer Information Duties Relevant To Civil Litigation, Jeffrey A. Parness
Marquette Law Review
In both federal and state courts in the United States, there are significant civil procedure, professional responsibility, and substantive laws addressing presuit lawyer duties on creating, preserving, producing, and protecting information relevant to later civil litigation. These laws speak to lawyer conduct both in personally handling information and in overseeing the information acts of others. To date, the challenges these laws pose to lawyers have not been well examined, or even largely perceived. And, to date, lawyers have been left unaccountable for their personal violations of these duties.
A Survey Of Civil Procedure: Technology To Covid-19 Within State Courts, Joshua H. Hernandez
A Survey Of Civil Procedure: Technology To Covid-19 Within State Courts, Joshua H. Hernandez
Marquette Law Review
The COVID-19 pandemic catalyzed the implementation of technological innovation within the legal field. Specifically, state courts used technology to adjust their civil procedures while maintaining accurate results, limiting costs, and providing meaningful participation to varying degrees of success. In addition, given the piecemeal nature of these adjustments, there is a lack of knowledge regarding what actions were taken in the early months of the pandemic. Thus, this Comment conducts a survey focusing on how the states adjusted their judicial civil procedures to respond to COVID-19’s impact. This Comment then argues that the most liberal implementation of technological adjustments may not …