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The Executive Committee of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section of the New York State Bar Association hosted a very special guest speaker at its final meeting of 2024: The Honorable Timothy S. Driscoll from the Commercial Division of Nassau County. Justice Driscoll opened the meeting with some general points about how he runs his courtroom; discussed his preference for in-person appearances and hearings; and shared his views on how AI is affecting the practice of law.

However, the highlight of Justice Driscoll’s discussion detailed how to effectively utilize his new technologically-advanced courtroom. Justice Driscoll recently decked out his courtroom with a few large monitors and with smaller monitors at each counsel table, the witness stand, and the bench. The litigators connect their personal computers to the monitor at the counsel table, and each monitor throughout the courtroom mirrors the exhibits that the litigators display from their computers.Continue Reading Litigating in the Digital Age: How to Succeed in Justice Driscoll’s Electronic Courtroom

As we all are acutely aware, during the last 21+ months, the normally slow-to-change practice of law has been thrust into overdrive, forcing lawyers and courts to quickly pivot from a largely in-person practice to virtual.

New York courts in particular have done an incredible job expanding access to litigants online by, among other things,…

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The New York Commercial Division continues to be a beacon of innovation with a recent amendment to ComDiv Rule 6, now requiring bookmarking and hyperlinking within briefs and affidavits filed with the court.  The amendment is no doubt welcome news to an overburdened (and underbudgeted) court system already well-known for its efficient administration of…

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To be sure, much has been reported on here at New York Commercial Division Practice concerning Commercial Division innovation — including in the areas of courtroom technology and, more recently, in adapting to the “new norm” of virtual practice in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.  As we observed a few months back, the…

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The Commercial Division Advisory Council (the “Advisory Council”) has proposed three new amendments to the Commercial Division Rules: (1) a proposed amendment to Rule 1, which will allow counsel to participate in court conferences remotely, via Skype or other videoconferencing technology; (2) a proposed amendment to Rule 6, which will require proportionally spaced…