Lewis Jeffrey Liman

Judge Specific

Electronic Exhibits

Judge Liman directs electronic exhibit submission by labeled file transfer or consolidated bookmarked PDF, with leave available for hard-copy submission.

All documentary exhibits from each party must also be submitted, when possible, as a consolidated and bookmarked PDF, in addition to individual files. If submission of electronic copies would unduly burden a party, the party may seek leave of Court ... to submit prospective documentary exhibits in hard copy.

Judge Liman's Individual Practices in Civil Cases ↗

Courtwide

Civil Remote Testimony

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 Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court ↗

Courtwide

Criminal Recording And Broadcasting

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.

Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited ↗