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• Confronting The Challenges Of Virtual Mediation

  

  Conducting mediation via videoconference amid the ongoing pandemic poses significant challenges, including the difficulty of reading people when you are not with them in person. Daniel Garrie at JAMS shares six tips to overcome the limitations.

• COVID-19 Claims Reach Entire Insurance Coverage Spectrum

  Excerpt from Lexis Practice Advisor

  

  COVID-19's impact on public health and business is triggering a barrage of insurance claims across virtually all traditional coverage areas, with each type of policy featuring unique weaknesses, says LexisNexis insurance consultant Karen Yotis.

• 3 Steps To Building Effective Teams While On Lockdown

  

  When your team is working from different locations due to the COVID-19 outbreak, don’t default to just sending emails. Collaboration is much easier when team members are also communicating in real time over the phone or through videoconferences, say William Oxley and Meghan Rohling Kelly at BakerHostetler.

• Tokyo Olympics Move May Spark Wave Of Contract Litigation

  

  The postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics due to COVID-19 will likely lead to numerous contract claims from and against advertisers, sponsors, travelers, entertainers, service and technology providers, and other entities, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.

• Client Advocacy Tips For Remote Hearings During COVID-19

  

  As the judiciary implements telephone and video hearings in response to the coronavirus pandemic, attorneys can deliver effective advocacy by following certain best practices, such as using backup materials and specially preparing witnesses and exhibits, say attorneys at Fish & Richardson.

• How To Conduct Depositions Remotely

  

  Remote depositions are a useful tool for meeting discovery deadlines while allowing all parties to stay at home amid the COVID-19 outbreak. But they come with a unique set of challenges, say Eliot Williams and Daniel Rabinowitz at Baker Botts. 

• Collaboration Is Key For Entertainment Cos. In Virus Era

  

  As professional sports leagues and the live music industry shutter in response to COVID-19, commercial parties should keep in mind the importance of working together, given that they rely on long-term relationships, joint ventures, positive branding and reputation, say attorneys at Hogan Lovells.

• A Guide To Zealously Representing Clients During COVID-19

  

  The American Bar Association's Model Rules of Professional Conduct require lawyers to be zealous advocates for clients' interests, but how do these rules apply in this unprecedented time of COVID-19? Anne Lockner at Robins Kaplan offers some pointers.

• 7 Ways Attys Can Create The Right Home Office Environment

  

  In the midst of this health crisis when lawyers are working from home with their loved ones around all day, practitioners need to ensure their “home” and “office” settings coexist without one trumping the needs of the other, says Luciana Fragali at Design Solutions.

• 10 E-Discovery Challenges Caused By COVID-19

  

  The COVID-19 crisis will continue to affect e-discovery long after we overcome this pandemic. When litigation and investigations reengage and courts start moving their schedules forward, these concerns will need to be addressed, say David Kessler and Andrea D'Ambra at Norton Rose.

• ​​Coronavirus' Impact On Hospitality Businesses Is Profound

  

  COVID-19 is causing devastating and potentially irreparable damage to the hotel, food and beverage, sports, and related industries — with lawyers in these sectors suffering as well. R.J. O’Hara at Flaherty & O’Hara takes an in-depth look at the ripple effects.

• BigLaw Leaders Must Prepare For COVID-19 Economic Fallout

  

  The financial impact of COVID-19 is already starting to ripple through law firms in the form of diminished demand and time entry. A few lessons from the 2008 financial crisis and some new ideas can help firm leaders navigate the storm, says Peter Zeughauser at Zeughauser Group.

• 3 Ways Leaders Can Improve Remote Work For Lawyers

  

  Remote working doesn’t work when people feel they must apologize for or hide it, and lawyers often feel that way — even in unavoidable, disaster-related scenarios like we see with the pandemic today, says David Pierce at Axiom.

• Tips For Online Mediation In The Age Of Social Distancing

  

  While mediating via an internet conferencing platform during the COVID-19 crisis, remember that visual interactions are of vital importance. A simple phrase can be transformed into a sincere inquiry, a shocked response or a sarcastic put-down depending upon how we visually convey that message, says mediator Sidney Kanazawa at ARC.

• 4 Cases Show Growing Reach Of Federal Fraud Statutes

  

  The Second Circuit's recent insider trading decision in Blaszczak bears little superficial resemblance to the federal "Varsity Blues," NCAA basketball and Bridgegate prosecutions, but together the cases highlight concerns over criminalizing conduct outside the federal mail and wire fraud statutes' scope, say David Sarratt and Eric Silverberg at Debevoise.