Seyfarth Synopsis: The Chief Judge
of New York, in a recent address, has endorsed remote operations
statewide for essential and emergency matters and specifically
noted that discussions are underway to begin permitting
non-essential litigation, including commercial litigation, to
proceed again, also on a remote basis. Courts across the state
have, in particular, selected Microsoft's platform Skype for
Business, for remote appearances. Fluency in this platform will be
essential going forward, and both the New York Court System and
Microsoft have put out guides and tutorials that are a helpful
reference for any New York practitioner.
In our previous Legal Update,
COVID-19: Business Courts' Response to the Crisis,
we discussed how courts that handle high volumes of commercial
litigation were adjusting their practices and schedules. Since the
publication of that article, the New York State courts have been
working to embrace technology in order to make themselves
