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News from Around the PlanetLegal Networking
Legal networking can be fun and more easily integrated into your busy life if you make a point of not overdoing it and if you stick to attending events that interest you. If you like art, consider attending gallery openings. If you are -- or would like to be -- a...
What is Planet Viewer?
Planet Viewer is a complimentary software platform that includes a synchronized text-to-video transcript available to all Planet Depos clients who order a video deposition. The software is easy to use, requiring just a few clicks to create a video clip. Video clips...
Court Reporter Appreciation Week
The National Court Reporters Association has designated February 6-13, 2013, as Court Reporter Appreciation Week. In our October 8, 2012, blog post, “Appreciating a Court Reporter’s Skill Sets,” we explained how court reporters use their steno machines to create a...
The Future of Court Reporting
Since the advent of reel-to-reel tape recording, court reporters have been listening to naysayers advise them that they’d better retrain for another occupation, as technology will be replacing them. Although that may be the case in some courtrooms, court reporters...
Ivy Thomas – Planet Depos Scheduling Manager
Managing the daily schedule for Planet Depos is Ivy Thomas. Ivy has a Bachelor’s degree in Legal Studies and Criminal Justice, as well as a Paralegal Certificate. Ivy ensures that all services requested by the client are scheduled and resources assigned. Planet...
Taking Depositions in Asia – Part 1: It’s not as difficult as you think
By Jodi Harmon, Director of International Depositions Do you need to take depositions of witnesses in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong or other Asian countries? If so, you should know that the previously held belief that doing so was too complicated, time...
The Evolution of Stenography
The word “stenography” comes from the Greek words “steno,” meaning “narrow,” and “graphie,” meaning “writing,” and refers to abbreviated versions of writing the spoken word. Stenography dates back to the Parthenon and the mid-4th Century BC, and has been in use...
Translator or Interpreter: What’s the Difference?
Ever wonder what the difference is? Think they were the one and the same? What’s the difference? The Supreme Court’s ruling of May 21, 2012, in Taniguchi v. Kan Pacific Saipan, Ltd., differentiated between the two by indicating that a translator is someone who works...
Appreciating a Court Reporter’s Skill Sets
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 Reporters Association....
What is Mobile Videoconferencing?
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....