California attorneys and state judges on Tuesday largely endorsed Monday’s sweeping order by Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye suspending all jury trials across the state for 60 days.

The order allows courts to conduct trials earlier if they use “remote technology” or issue a finding of good cause. Presiding judges were also authorized to adopt new rules of court, or to amend current ones, aimed at coping with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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