October 8, 2012Planet Depos Court reporters must “write” (stroke) between 225 and 280 words a minute on a court reporting machine in order to become certified by the state in which they practice or to receive a nationally recognized certification by the National Court … Continue Reading
October 3, 2012Planet Depos The Planet Depos team has created a list of tips to prepare for videotaped depositions. Organize everything, including both your materials and the witness’. Case management software is excellent for this purpose and enables document acquisition with just a click … Continue Reading
September 27, 2012Planet Depos Write down your cell phone serial number and keep it in a safe location separate and apart from your device, because if it turns out to be lost or stolen, you’ll be able to call your service provider and disable … Continue Reading
September 25, 2012Planet Depos Mobile videoconferencing allows lawyers and other parties to participate in legal proceedings from the comfort of their office or home. Mobile videoconferencing can best be described as Skype with security, for a fraction of the cost of traditional videoconferencing. All … Continue Reading
September 20, 2012Planet Depos Trying to determine which trial presentation software to purchase and utilize in the beginning to create and present hi-tech cases for judges, juries, mediators and arbitrators can be a daunting task, because they all seem to offer similar capabilities. While … Continue Reading
September 18, 2012Planet Depos Planet Depos’ professional, dynamic, highly experienced trial presentation consultants create impactful presentations that leave a lasting impression on the judge, jury, arbitration panel or medical review board that will be determining the outcome of your case. Rich Kirchen of the … Continue Reading
September 13, 2012Planet Depos Trial Presentation Consultants are members of Planet Depos’ highly trained and experienced technical team. They are skilled at working with law firms and their staff to develop powerful presentations for viewing by judges, juries, arbitrators, mediators, and medical review boards. … Continue Reading
September 11, 2012Planet Depos Videotaped deposition testimony can be used in many ways at trial, the most common being to impeach the witness as he/she testifies at trial. Impeaching a witness is much more effective when the contradictory statement(s) are played back to the … Continue Reading
September 6, 2012Planet Depos By Lee Bursten, CRR, RMR All court reporting students must practice in order to get through reporting school. Passing successively faster speed tests requires hours of daily speed and accuracy practice. But what happens after they graduate and begin working? … Continue Reading
September 4, 2012Planet Depos A streaming video deposition is a videotaped deposition in which the audio, video, and text are being streamed via a secure, encrypted internet connection to locations that are remote to the actual deposition site. David Randolph Smith, Esquire, in his … Continue Reading