31 March 2008. Videoconferencing has been used to record witness statements and the deposition of persons under trial who are lodged in jails for it removes the need to bring the prisoner to the court, saving on the huge costs of taking those under trial to the courts. It has helped to reduce the backlog in judicial cases for the shortage of policemen to escort the prison...   (read article)

19 March 2008. Another Top 100 law firm has selected Glowpoint for managed multi-point video services. Glowpoint will provide multi-point video services for the video systems at the law firm’s 17 locations around the world 

This reflects Glowpoint’s continued strength in the legal sector.Currently, Glowpoint has over 45 customers in the legal sector, of which more...   (read article)

21 February 2008. In Bangalore India, The Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court, Cyriac Josephy had video meetings with the authorities at video conferencing studios at Tihar jail in Delhi and with prisons in Hyderabad and Pune.

The Chief Justice spoke soon after he inaugurated the multi-point videoconferencing system between Central Prison at Parappana Agharara and...   (read article)

22 January 2008.  Ashurst, a leading international corporate law firm with 200 partners in 13 countries, has successfully deployed MeetingZone’s audio conferencing services to facilitate meetings between remotely-located participants both internally and externally.  

MeetingZone was chosen as Ashurst considered them the strongest and most competent of th...   (read article)

 Posted 26 November 2007. Sarawak in Eastern Malaysia is the first state in Malaysia to embark on a videovonferencing network which helps lawyers check on their cases without coming to the Law Court. It is part of a system to computerise court records and activities.

 High Courts at Kuching, Sibu and Miri were linked in March 2007 and Bintulu will be linked up...   (read article)

Posted 13 August 2007. Aside from court hearings, trial work and other personal services that require a physical presence, virtual attorneys are more in demand, reports Thomas Leggett in New Orleans City Business on 13 August 2007.

Bill Hines, managing partner of Jones Walker, a law firm in New orleans told the writer that: “The use of technology to service clients is b...   (read article)

Posted 13 August 2007. Witnesses testifying in court cases in the Malaysian peninsula will soon be able to give evidence from one state while the judge, prosecutors and lawyers are located in another state. This will become a reality once videoconferencing infrastructures are put in place in the various courts throughout Peninsular Malaysia. (Picture is of the Petronas twin tow...   (read article)

Posted 16 July 2007. Parents who don’t have full custody of their children could increasingly be awarded virtual visitation in divorce cases because of a Texas law that became effective 15 June 2007. writes Elizabeth Pierson Hernandez in The Brownsville Herald of 30 June 2007. The law affects divorces settled in Texas courts.

The law says that judges can order electron...   (read article)

16 August 2006. Justice Digital Solutions LLC (JDS) – the Simtrol, Inc. (OTCBB: SMRL) and Integrated Digital Systems joint venture – has selected Polycom, one of the world's leading providers of unified collaborative communications solutions, as its video platform partner for the national launch of its Curiax Arraigner™ digital arraignment solution.

Curiax Arraigner is ...   (read article)

Posted 18 June 2007. Hamburger Evron & Co. is one of the most important law practices in Israel, specializing in an extensive range of high level services including real estate, corporate, banking and telecommunications.

Since its establishment in 1928, the firm has gradually evolved into a highly diversified practice with a fundamental role in numerous high profil...   (read article)

8 February 2007. The US Department of Justice has contracted with Applied Global Technologies, (AGT) for services associated with maintaining nearly 300 videoconferencing endpoints. AGT, leader in collaboration managed video services,  has provided services to the DOJ since 2002.

Heather Cray, Director of Customer Care, Applied Global Technologies stated: “We are p...   (read article)

 Posted 4 December 2006. Ethics and discipline loom large in the British armed forces, and violations of law are prosecuted to the fullest. The Military Court Service sees to that. It administers more than 600 criminal courts martial (prosecutions) per year around the world.

For the court service, it's important to keep all the proceedings moving ahead smartly. Whe...   (read article)

Posted 13 November 2006. At first glance, the McGlothlin Courtroom at William and Mary's law school doesn't resemble any familiar TV courtroom - not the grandeur of Perry Mason's or the spartan look of Judge Judy's. It's much more modern with its natural oak-stained judge's bench, attorneys' desks, witness stand and jury box, red-cushioned seats in the viewing gallery and reces...   (read article)

26 September 2006. Law School Connect is a network that provides videoconferencing equipment to law schools through law firm sponsorships. It has added four law schools to its network; UCLA, University of New Mexico, Lewis and Clark (Northwestern) and University of Wisconsin.

There are now 30 law schools on the network. The network’s prestigious list of law firms conti...   (read article)

14 September 2006. The New Zealand Minister responsible for law courts, the Hon. Rick Barker, has officially launched the extension of videoconferencing in courts. “Extending the use of videoconferencing will increase the public’s access to justice and save judicial and staff resources,” he said. So far, videoconferencing has been used only for remote expert witnesses.

5 July 2006. The Government of the Province of Alberta has run a pilot project since July 2004 to test the efficacy of using video conferencing in its law courts. The pilot was a success and 49 newly approved videocnferenincg site will mean that all 53 Provincial Court locations soon will be linked with correctional facilities around theProvince, reducing the number of prisoner...   (read article)

7 July 2006. Courtroom Connect (CC), the leading provider of advanced communication services tailored to the legal industry, including videoconferencing, video streaming, and Internet, is now helping courts become more efficient by streaming live video of proceedings to overflow rooms within the courthouse.

Picture is of the New York County Supreme Court building at 60...   (read article)

26 April 2006. Law firms are one of the well-established users of conferencing technology. In addition to saving on travel costs, law firms are increasingly turning to collaboration services such as audio, video and Web conferencing to increase their productivity through improved attorney, staff and client collaboration.

Utilizing these conferencing services, lawyers c...   (read article)

31 October 2005. The Arizona Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) is an independent agency that conducts hearings for other State agencies, boards and commissions by fairly and impartially hearing contested matters of citizens arising out of state regulation. With 18 judges on its staff, the agency holds an average of 25 hearings per day. The OAH offers expedient hearings for all t...   (read article)

7 November 2005. Many legal firms in the United States are increasingly relying upon DepoNet’s nationwide network of legal video service providers, including some of the most advanced video conferencing agencies across the country.

DepoNet’s network of video professionals are experienced in depositions, day-in- the-life documentaries, hearings and arbitrations, mediation and settlement ...   (read article)

19 May 2005—Glowpoint, Inc. has already added 14 new billable subscriber locations from legal-related customers since the start of the second quarter on 1 April. Two new national law firms, representing over 800 attorneys across the country, as well as one of California’s largest regional court systems now use the always-on GlowPoint IP videoconferencing service.

GlowPoint Legal Solutio...   (read article)

28 April, posted 9 May 2005. Polycom®, Inc.has launched two new judicial solutions in the United States based on its flagship VSX™ group video conferencing and collaboration platform – with TV-like video quality, near-CD quality StereoSurround™ sound, and AES encryption.

The Polycom Judicial Cart and Polycom Judicial Wall Unit, are specifically designed for the unique requirements of j...   (read article)

29 November 2004. The Supreme People’s Procuratorate of Shandong Province, China, has chosen RADVISION’s videoconferencing infrastructure to link all of its courtrooms and selected police stations into a single video network of 200 sites. This RADVISION-powered network will reach all offices and courtrooms of the provincial procuratorate of Shangdong Province as well as all city-level Shangdong...   (read article)

6 December 2004. Milan-based Law firm Maisto and Associates is one of the most important law firms in Italy (www.maisto.it). It chose Aethra video conferencing technology to allow its 40 employees, collaborators and consultants to work more efficiently between its remote offices. Thanks to Aehtra’s user-friendly video systems, staff were able to master using t...   (read article)

16 March 2004. The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) is an executive agency of the Scottish Executive. The SPS has around 4500 staff and manages 16 establishments in Scotland with a prisoner population of about 6,500 prisoners (inmates). There are two Supreme Law Courts and 49 Sheriff Courts spread throughout Scotland.

Polycom ViewStation® VC systems provide a video link between Barlinnie P...   (read article)

Posted 1 December 2003. (1) Courtrooms, legal offices, and police forces are conducting business each and every day using videoconferencing. Sometimes called cyber-law or the virtual courtroom, videoconferencing is enhancing the judicial process by allowing people to communicate face-toface, despite geographical distances.

In Alicante, Spain, a complete trial was recently held by video....   (read article)

27 October 2003. UK Conferencing service provider MeetingZone has won the audio conferencing business of DLA, one of the UK’s top law firms. With revenues of nearly a quarter of a billion pounds, DLA is the ninth largest law firm in the UK, and has offices throughout the UK, Europe and Asia. In 2002, it was named ‘Law Firm of the Year’ by The Lawyer.

Daniel Pollick, DLA’s IT director, ...   (read article)

13 October 2003.Oakland County has earned a nationwide reputation among local units of government as a leader in the development and implementation of cutting-edge technology for the benefit of its citizens and communities. Our mission statement is:“Oakland County, Michigan is committed to serving its people and communities. It’s empowered by progressive leadership, entrusted to embrace innovat...   (read article)

It is all part of the judicial process that defendants, witnesses, remand prisoners and even convicted criminals have to make several appearances in a court of law. In Northern Ireland alone, there are up to 25,000 annual transportations of defendants in custody to the court. Many of these are for short hearings that may last just a few minutes. As well as being potentially frustrating and stre...   (read article)

24 September 2002.  Videoconferencing technology is playing a leading role in the Bloody Sunday enquiry which involves a site in Londonderry and two sites in London. 12 Polycom ViewStations are used and Evidence is distributed to some 100 plasma, projection and LCD screens.

This unique application of video distribution won the prestigious Law Society’s SCL IT Award  for the m...   (read article)

27 September 2002.  Browne Jacobson is one of the fastest-growing and most progressive legal firms in the UK – more than doubling its turnover during the past 5 years. The firm’s partners and staff work with a diverse client base in the insurance, commercial and public sectors.

With 420 staff split between three sites in Nottingham, Birmingham and London, internal and external comm...   (read article)

2 September 2002. Minter Ellison is an Australian-based international law firm with more than 280 partners and 1,200 lawyers located in Australia, the USA, the UK, Hong Kong, Thailand, China and New Zealand. In Indonesia, Minter Ellison has an 'associated firm' relationship with a leading local law firm. The 2001 International Global 100 survey, compiled by the UK's Legal Business maga...   (read article)

Home Office Minister, Keith Bradley officially launched the national roll out of the new Videolinks between magistrates' law courts and prisons in England and Wales on 25 February 2002. It is expected that 57 prisons and 156 magistrates' courts will be using the new video network by September 2002.

Instead of defendants being discharged from prison to attend court in person they will go...   (read article)