Lawyer tells judge 'I'm not a cat' after a Zoom filter mishap in virtual court hearing

cnn ^ | 2/9/2021 | cnn

[Jane Long]

OMG....that....is hilarious!!

[Jamestown1630]

He handled it very gracefully; and I’d personally have a lot of fun at those parties...

[Behind Liberal Lines]

It was but how are we seeing it, given there is a prohibition right on the screen that says recording of the video hearing is prohibited?

[RummyChick]

i read where it showed up on posted by the Judge but I didnt verify

[Scrambler Bob]

I’m a Lawyer, that makes me a Cool Cat.

[Kommodor]

Well, at least he didn’t ask to be called “Shamisen”

[rlmorel]

“I’m not a meow cat.”

That is a hilarious scene. That one, and the one where they pull over the stoners...

[PUGACHEV]

This Covid lockdown has led to some interesting accommodations. Federal Courts in my district at least have been physically closed for civil proceedings since last March. At first, they did hybrid telephone/internet hearings, but that was too awkward for anything other than simple motions. Now the courts use Zoom.gov instead.

I have already done a two-day trial in Federal Court via Zoom, and it required a bit of a different skill set than in-person trial work. You learn, for instance, how important camera angles and lighting are. Get them wrong, and you’ll look like Count Diracula or the corpse he invited for lunch. I learned also that no matter how neat your office really is, it always looks like a cluttered mess on Zoom. Subpoenaing witnesses who have to appear by Zoom is both more difficult and easier. It requires at lot of planning and preparation. Working with exhibits, which are submitted and distributed beforehand electronically, turned out to be far easier than I expected. Anyway, the advantages seem to outweigh the disadvantages, so I expect this is here to stay in some form to another.

[John Milner]

Glad I don’t do zoom. Only a few condo board meetings and they have normal phone number you can call and listen in without the video.

I have no intention of loading the software on any device I own nor learning how to use it at any point.

Now stay off my lawn!

[jmcenanly]

I didn’t know that Hogwarts had a law school