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class="main"> <div class="main-inner group"> <section class="content"> <div class="page-title pad group"> <h1><i class="fa fa-folder-open"></i>Category: <span>Civil Procedure</span></h1> </div> <div class="pad group"> <article id="post-9165" class="group post-standard post-9165 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-civil-procedure tag-covid-19 tag-depositions tag-geotab-inc tag-livelitigation tag-sonrai-systems-llc tag-the-heil-co"> <div class="post-inner post-hover"> <div class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://www.thetmca.com/federal-magistrate-shuts-down-socially-distanced-live-depositions/" title="Federal Magistrate Shuts Down Socially Distanced Live Depositions"> <img width="320" height="320" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.thetmca.com/files/2020/07/shutterstock_414957316.jpg?resize=320%2C320&ssl=1" class="attachment-thumb-standard size-thumb-standard wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" 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href="https://www.thetmca.com/category/civil-procedure/" rel="category tag">Civil Procedure</a></p> <p class="post-date">30 Jul, 2020</p> </div> <h2 class="post-title"> <a href="https://www.thetmca.com/federal-magistrate-shuts-down-socially-distanced-live-depositions/" rel="bookmark" title="Federal Magistrate Shuts Down Socially Distanced Live Depositions">Federal Magistrate Shuts Down Socially Distanced Live Depositions</a> </h2> <div class="entry excerpt"> <p>Earlier this month, a federal magistrate judge in the Northern District of Illinois granted a defendant’s request for a protective order to avoid in-person depositions of its experts, by requiring that the depositions instead be conducted remotely in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. 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