Robert Gillespie James

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Exhibits not listed will be excluded from trial absent good cause shown and lack of prejudice to opposing parties. Except for demonstrative exhibits, all exhibits listed should have already been disclosed during discovery or in the parties’ Rule 26 disclosures. On or before (7 days before trial) the parties are to provide to the Clerk…

In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards.

For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location.

Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception.

Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom.