Smid v. Molex, LLC

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION ROBERT SMID, ) ) Plaintiff, ) No. 19 C 5631 ) v. ) Magistrate Judge Jeffrey Cole ) MOLEX, LLC, ) ) Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER “Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, conducting depositions remotely has become the ‘new normal.’” Grupo Petro Temex, S.A. de C.V. v. Polymetrix AG, 2020 WL 4218804, *2 (D.Minn. 2020) The parties have filed competing and surprisingly contentious briefs [Dkt. ##36; 39] on the seemingly simple question of how a deposition of the Plaintiff in this case should proceed in these…