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<p>Unless the IT guy(s) were asked by the senior partner of the case concerned to be present at the discussions to ensure there are no technical snags during the meetings. Especially when said partner wasn’t comfortable with technology and there were issues with digitization of such agreements to comply with early electronic filing requirements with some court systems with its endemic teething issues. </p>
<p>Also, lost count of how many times I’ve had to double-check the electronic files sent to opposing counsel were produced correctly because it turned out opposing counsel had technical issues or used the wrong application to access the files. </p>