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Published: March 4, 2013
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The staff of Virginia Lawyers Weekly has been checking in with local courts on their diverse policies for dealing with personal electronic devices, or PEDs.
This general overview of how courts handle the PED-packing public – and lawyers – sorts courts into gross categories. There are, however, nuances and exceptions that make for overlapping policies on ...
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