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Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-016 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

Press release with attached guidance: Documentary Evidence for Remote Proceedings; Subpoenas for Remote Proceedings; revised AO 2020-03 (Aug. 6, 2020)

Press Release: adjustments to Court procedures to accommodate remote operations

Chief Judge Maurice B. Foley · United States Tax Court (Court)

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Context, not an order

This record is guidance or an announcement kept for context. It is not counted among the orders in force.

The record

Jurisdiction
United States Tax Court
Level
Court
Authority
I.R.C. 7453
Issued
2020-08-06 Aug. 6, 2020
Effective
2020-08-06
End
'until further notice' (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Aug. 6, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Courts and public offices
Addressees
  • litigants and counsel
Functions reached
  • CT courts
  • CS client representation (evidence and subpoena practice changed)
  • OF
Character
context
Collection
Federal lands, science agencies and courts AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS

Operative words

To accommodate remote operations during the COVID-19 pandemic, Chief Judge Maurice B. Foley announced that the Court is making the following adjustments to Court procedures: The Court will accept electronically filed stipulated decisions bearing digital image signatures.... The Court has provided additional guidance on procedures related to the submission of documentary evidence.... The Court has provided additional guidance on procedures related to subpoenas.... These procedures will remain in effect until further notice.

Enforcement

Court order

Retrieval note

The instrument with legal effect is the Administrative Order, standing order or general order it describes (for the Tax Court, the Administrative Orders of 2020-2021; for the Supreme Court, the Court's announcements and orders list). Retrieve and cite the order; keep the release as context).