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Other NCRA Key Issues
Attorney responsibility for fees
The issue of who's responsible for the bill - the attorney or the attorney's client - has dogged the reporting profession for decades. Traditionally, courts have held that the attorney is an agent and thus is not personally liable for contracts made on behalf of a principal unless there is an express agreement to the contrary. However, in recent years, courts have …
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ER Resource Library - Tips & Tools
This Electronic Resource Library allows you to browse individual documents on issues concerning electronic recording (ER). Please feel free to use these articles for your information and research purposes. We will continue to add material as it becomes available.
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ER Resource Library - States
This Electronic Resource Library allows you to browse individual documents on issues concerning electronic recording (ER). Please feel free to use these articles for your information and research purposes. We will continue to add material as it becomes available.
States
Alabama - Georgia
County Courts To Phase Out Court Reporters FLLee and Collier counties criminal courts will be starting…
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ER Resource Library - Reports
This Electronic Resource Library allows you to browse individual documents on issues concerning electronic recording (ER). Please feel free to use these articles for your information and research purposes. We will continue to add material as it becomes available.
Reports
Opinion Dynamics Electronic Recording Cost Study
Court Reporting Technology JRI, part 1
Part one contains th…
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Electronic Recording Online Resource Library
This Electronic Resource Library allows you to browse documents and resources on issues concerning electronic recording (ER). Please feel free to use for your information and research purposes.
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Disclosure Policy
A court reporter shall always disclose to all parties present at a deposition the existence of any direct or indirect contracting relationship with any attorney or party to the case, so that the other parties may exercise their rights under Rules 28(c), 29 and 32(d)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and comparable state and local laws, to object to the taking of the deposition because o…
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Advocacy, Ethics and Business Practices
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Protecting the Reporter's Impartiality
by John J. Prout Jr.
Though court reporters normally play an unobtrusive role in the legal system, we do stand out for one primary reason: In a contentious environment where two parties struggle for victory, the court reporter remains neutral and impartial, ensuring through his or her efforts in making the record that each party will be treated fairly whether in the courtroom or the deposition sui…
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American Trial Lawyers Association
Resolution
ATLA Board of DirectorsOctober 24, 1998Washington, DC
WHEREAS court reporters are officers of the court, whose impartiality must remain beyond question to ensure the publics continued faith in our judicial system; and
WHEREAS some court reporting firms are contracting directly with the parties in interest of litigation, thereby circumventing counsel and their ethical obligations to the …
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American Judges Association
Resolution
Unanimously adopted April 24, 1998Portland, Oregon
WHEREAS court reporters are officers of the court, whose impartiality, as with judges, must remain utterly beyond question in order to ensure the enduring confidence and faith from which our judicial system derives its legitimacy; and
WHEREAS some court reporting firms are contracting directly with the parties in interest in litigatio…
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Model Legislation Rules
Citizens for Impartial Justice (CIJ) has created Model Legislation [Rules] for state associations or individuals to use when seeking to obtain new or strengthen current anticontracting legislation or rules. The suggested language is meant to serve as a resource for streamlining and assisting in the effort to restrict exclusive third-party contracting.
MODEL LEGISLATION [RULES]
Section 1
The purpos…
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