If you find yourself with an upcoming jury trial date and are wracked with anxiety over trying a case during a pandemic, you’re in luck. Three prominent trial lawyers recently shared their experiences and lessons learned so you’re not in the dark.

The litigation dockets of nearly one-third of Texas businesses increased in 2020 because of Covid-19 37% of corporate legal departments in the state believe that the social justice movement of the past year has made them more vulnerable to employment litigation, according to Norton Rose Fulbright’s 16th annual litigation trends survey.

Texas federal courts are defrosting from a late year, Covid-spike-induced freeze in jury trials, with two federal judges resuming jury trials next week. They were among a group of four Texas federal judges who recently shared their wisdom of trying cases in the Covid era.

Dallas personal injury attorney Amy Witherite wants the opportunity to question under oath her old boss and law partner, Brian Eberstein, about possibly violating an agreement the duo reached in 2015 when Eberstein decided to retire and Witherite paid him for exclusive rights to their old firm’s intellectual property.