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May 13, 2020 In COVID-19 Resources Colorado

Colorado Order Extending Prohibition on Jury Calls (March 20, 2020)

Extends prohibition on jury calls through May 15, 2020. Colorado Order Extending Prohibition on Jury Calls (March 20, 2020)

Type of Order: Juries, Orders Statutes and Rules

May 13, 2020 In COVID-19 Resources California

Governor of California Executive Order (Issued March 27, 2020)

Empowers Judicial Council and the Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court to take necessary action to be able to conduct business and continue to operate during pandemic; allows the Judicial Branch to permit remote depositions in every case and electronic service of process; leaves…

Type of Order: Depositions, Orders Statutes and Rules

May 13, 2020 In COVID-19 Resources California

California Statewide Emergency Order (issued March 30, 2020)

Extending certain deadlines in criminal cases and finding good cause to “support courts in making use of available technology, when possible, to conduct judicial proceedings and court operations remotely, suspend any rule in the California Rules of Court to the extent such rule would prevent…

Type of Order: Orders Statutes and Rules, Remote Proceedings

May 13, 2020 In COVID-19 Resources California

Emergency Rules of the California Rules of Court (adopted April 6, 2020)

Among many other things, provides at Emergency Rule 11 that a “party or nonparty deponent, at their election or the election of the deposing party, is not required to be present with the deposition officer at the time of the deposition”. Emergency Rules of the…

Type of Order: Depositions, Orders Statutes and Rules

May 13, 2020 In COVID-19 Resources Alabama

Administrative Order Pertaining to Suspension of In-Court Proceedings (Issued March 13, 2020)

Suspends in-court proceedings until April 16, 2020. Administrative Order Pertaining to Suspension of In-Court Proceedings (Issued March 13, 2020)

Type of Order: Court Closures, Orders Statutes and Rules

May 13, 2020 In COVID-19 Resources Alabama

Administrative Order No. 2 Pertaining to Suspension of In-Court Proceedings (Issued March 15, 2020)

Clarifies that earlier court closure order applies only to in-court proceedings and should not affect out-of-court activities in civil cases such as depositions. Administrative Order No. 2 Pertaining to Suspension of In-Court Proceedings (Issued March 15, 2020)

Type of Order: Court Closures, Orders Statutes and Rules

May 13, 2020 In COVID-19 Resources Alabama

Order Approving Remote Administration of Oaths to Witnesses in Hearings and Deposition (Issued March 24, 2020)

Permits court reporters to administer oaths by audio-visual technology; suspends all contrary rules. Order Approving Remote Administration of Oaths to Witnesses in Hearings and Deposition (Issued March 24, 2020

Type of Order: Depositions, Oaths, Orders Statutes and Rules

May 6, 2020 In Updates Gender & Sexual Violence

Public Justice Condemns New DeVos Title IX Regulations

In reaction to the Department of Education’s Title IX guidance released this morning, Public Justice Kazan Budd Staff Attorney Alexandra Brodsky had this to say: “At a time when our country yearns for meaningful action, Betsy DeVos and the Trump Administration have instead decided to…

April 30, 2020 In Updates

COVID-19: Public Justice’s Response and Resources

COVID-19 has caused extraordinary harm to Americans in a host of ways and we know that many of our Members are on the frontlines fighting to ensure justice prevails, even during a pandemic. At Public Justice, we’re fighting to protect people, too, and standing with…

April 28, 2020 In Updates Access to Justice, Food Project, Workers' Rights

Public Justice Comment on Reports of Administration Invoking DPA and Ordering Liability Shield for Meat Corporations

To news that the Trump Administration is preparing to invoke the Defense Production Act for the sole purpose of keeping meatpacking plants open no matter their safety measures, and intends to draft an executive order shielding agribusiness corporations from many lawsuits regarding harm to workers…