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Endnotes
1 https://abovethelaw.com/legal-innovation-center/2021/03/17/some-of-the-tech-mishaps-lawyers-have-
experienced-during-virtual-court-are-bonkers/
2 https://www.bakermckenzie.com/-/media/files/insight/publications/2021/02/are-virtual-hearings-here-to-
stay-baker-mckenzie-and-kpmg-report_010221.pdf at 4
3 https://abovethelaw.com/legal-innovation-center/2021/03/17/some-of-the-tech-mishaps-lawyers-
haveexperienced-during-virtual-court-are-bonkers/
4 https://www.lawpracticetoday.org/article/zoom-court-appearances-rising-to-the-occasion-while-seated/;
5 See https://www.ncsc.org/__data/assets/pdf_file/0014/41171/2020-06-24-Managing-Evidence-for-Virtual
Hearings.pdf at 7, recommending courts offer technology test drives and/or detailed instructions to attorneys,
especially when exhibits will need to be presented.
6 https://brooklynbar.org/?pg=News&blAction=showEntry&blogEntry=60830
7 https://www.lawpracticetoday.org/article/zoom-court-appearances-rising-to-the-occasion-while
seated/
8 https://www.ncsc.org/__data/assets/pdf_file/0014/41171/2020-06-24-Managing-Evidence-for-Virtual-
Hearings.pdf at 4
9 See https://www.lawpracticetoday.org/article/zoom-court-appearances-rising-to-the-occasion-while-seated/
10 (Baranowski, A. M., & Hecht, H., Empirical Studies of the Arts, Vol. 36, No. 1, 2017).
11 https://sproutsocial.com/insights/screen-sharing/
12 https://brooklynbar.org/?pg=News&blAction=showEntry&blogEntry=60830
13 https://www.lawpracticetoday.org/article/zoom-court-appearances-rising-to-the-occasion-while-seated/
14 https://www.ncsc.org/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/40363/RRT-Technology-Guidance-on-Remote-Hearings.
pdf
15 See, e.g. https://www.justia.com/covid-19/50-state-covid-19-resources/court-operations-
during-covid-19-50-state-resources/ ; https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/
viewcontentcgi?article=1461&context=nulr at 1901
16 See generally https://www.ncsc.org/__data/assets/pdf_file/0014/41171/2020-06-24-Managing-Evidence-for
Virtual-Hearings.pdf
17 https://www.ncsc.org/__data/assets/pdf_file/0014/41171/2020-06-24-Managing-Evidence-for-Virtual-
Hearings.pdf at 2
18 https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/206476313-Managing-breakout-rooms#:~:text=It%20is%20
currently%20only%20possible,up%20to%2050%20breakout%20rooms.
19 https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2020/03/31/are-your-zoom-chats-private-heres-why-you-
should think-before-opening-the-app/?sh=69544dd11979
20 Model Rules of Prof'l. Conduct R. 1.1, Comment 8.
21 Melissa Heelan, “Luddites Out, Remote Work in for Legal Ethics Post Pandemic,” Bloomberg Law (Mar. 22,
2021), https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/luddites-out-remote-work-in-for-legal-ethics-post
pandemic.
22 Formal Opinion Interim No. 20-0004, The State Bar of California Standing Committee on Professional
Responsibility and Conduct, https://www.calbar.ca.gov/Portals/0/documents/publicComment/2021/20-004
Ethical-Obligation-when-Working-Remotely.pdf (last accessed Feb. 10, 2023).
23 See Heelan, supra.
24 Timothy Murray, Corbin on Contracts: Force Majeure And Impossibility of Performance Resulting From COVID-19, § 1.02
(2021).
25 30 Samuel Williston et al., A Treatise On The Law Of Contracts, § 77:31 at 358 (4th ed. 2021).
26 15 U.S. 100, 1817 WL 2040, 4 L.Ed. 194, 2 Wheat. 100 (1817) (referencing the French Code de Commerce).
27 78 U.S. 2441870 WL 1283820 L.Ed. 8611 Wall. 244 (1870).
28 See Chaney Hall, “Force Majeure Litigation in the Post-COVID World,” American Bar Association (January 6, 2023).
29 See Palm Springs Mile Associates, Ltd. v. Kirkland Stores, 2020 WL 5411353 (S.D. Fla. Sept. 9, 2020) (slip opinion).
30 Rexing Quality Eggs v. Rembrandt Enters., 360 F. Supp. 3d 817, 841 (S.D. Ind. 2018), quoting Williston at 359.
31 See 55 Oak St. LLC v. RDR Enterprises, Inc., 2022 ME 28, 275 A.3d 316, amended (June 9, 2022)
(force majeure clause did not excuse tenant's duty to pay rent after Governor lifted partially COVID-19 pandemic
restriction).
32 See Id. at 322 (“Beginning on June 1, 2020, however, the force majeure clause does not apply to partially excuse RDR
Enterprises’ duty to pay rent because the unambiguous language of the clause (1) contains no indication that it can apply to partially excuse a party's nonperformance . . .”).
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