Mediations through Zoom!
On Sunday March 15, 2020, the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts issued a Memorandum clarifying that all non-essential court functions that cannot be accomplished through the use of remote technology must be postponed. Non-essential court functions include court ordered mediated settlement conferences, which are an integral part of Workers’ Compensation claims. So, what to do? We have now conducted three (3) mediations entirely through the use of remote technology using Zoom! In these mediations, the attorneys, client, and mediator are all in separate locations, but brought together on a video screen and then separately in Zoom breakout rooms.…
31 March 2020
