Judge Allows Digital Audio in Lieu of Transcripts

 by Shannon P. Duffy, The Legal Intelligencer

November 10, 2008

As U.S. District Judge Michael M. Baylson sees it, advances in courtroom technology are valuable only if the courts are open-minded and flexible enough to harness them for all they're worth.

So when a losing plaintiff asked Baylson for permission to forgo filing transcript excerpts from a two-day trial -- citing instead to the court's digital audio recordings of the trial -- Baylson agreed.


Posted Nov 10 2008, 08:59 AM by Serge Obolensky, CAE
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