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Jacksonville, FL— Trial is scheduled to begin this week against a Florida woman accused of owing her former attorney more than $55,000, the Florida Fourth Circuit’s second fully remote jury trial in as many months.

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The sweeping impact of COVID-19 has forced courts across the country to reimagine age-old procedures in order to protect public health and effectively manage swelling caseloads. But reworking critical proceedings like hearings and trials in an age of social distancing has proven a monumental task for already overburdened court technology teams. And it’s made more difficult by the fact that there is no single solution. Every court has different needs to consider, from the complexity of proceedings to the locations of those involved. It’s why more courts have begun to partner with remote technology specialists to better address those needs, said an executive at one of the nation’s leading remote litigation support firms. 

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Add Massachusetts to the growing list of states aiming to reopen its courthouses to jurors, with in-person jury trials slated to begin there as early as next month.