July 29, 2020
In
COVID-19 Resources
Joffe v. King and Spalding LLP (SDNY June 24, 2020)
Denying pro se attorney-plaintiff’s motion for reconsideration where plaintiff sought to force in-person depositions instead of moving forward with remote depositions, finding, among other things, that 6-foot social distancing within deposition room did not solve issues around use of common spaces and travel to/from in-person depositions, likelihood that deponents would wear masks and sit at a distance defeated “trial-like” purpose of holding deposition in person, and court could properly take judicial notice of virus conditions.
