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Wire Transfers Case Trial Looms With Jury
Room Video Dec 9 Diversity Probed
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Dec 7 – For the Citibank wire
transfers virtual trial
scheduled for December 9,
there is a dispute about which
technological platform to use.
On
November 9 U.S. District Court
for the Southern District of
New York Judge Jesse M. Furman
held proceeding. Inner City
Press covered it.
Judge
Furman has written in advance
that he "is currently
conducting a fully remote
bench trial - using
TrialGraphix, which is a
zoom-based platform - and it
has worked remarkably
well."
Then Citibank's
lawyer John Baughman
complained that the lead
defense counsel Michael
Carlinksy's brother is a
principal in TrialGraphix, and
Citibank does not want that
platform used.
Judge
Furman asked the parties to
propose to him other
platforms. To his credit he
said he'd like if possible to
provide video and not just
telephone access to the press
and public. A YouTube channel
was suggested.
On December 7
Judge Furman held a final pre
trial conference. He has ruled
that "a video feed will be
provided in the jury assembly
room." But for what it's
worth, also on December 7
Inner City Press covered
arraignment proceedings in the
District of Massachusetts - by
Zoom / video. That may be the
best practice.
Judge
Furman also set a schedule for
investigating the citizenship
of two defendants (for
diversity purposes), and on
certifications under FRE
902(11). Then the list of
witnesses, and their
affidavits of direct
testimony. Watch this site.
On November 23
Citibank's counsel at Mayer
Brown filed a letter
supporting the intervention
and amici of the Loan
Syndication and Trading
Association and The Clearing
House and Bank Policy
Institute. Why not - "of
course, Citibank is a member
of organizations whose members
share interests with
Citibank." But eight of the 10
defendants are members of
LSTA. Watch this site.
The case is In re
Citibank August 11, 2020 Wire
Transfers, 20-cv-6539 (Furman)
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