Articles by Scot Henderson

Matthew J. Bieber has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Client Services and Operations at Henderson Legal Services (HLS), reflecting his outstanding contributions and leadership within the organization.

The Global Head of Litigation at a major international medical device corporation once shared with me, “The Annual Deposition Cost Savings Report” I receive from Henderson Legal Services provides the concrete data I can present to our board. In essence, it demonstrates that I am fulfilling my responsibilities to monitor and control costs.”

Recently, a live deposition of a key witness was rescheduled as a remote or virtual deposition due to travel restrictions caused by Covid-19. It was a simple request made more complex when the client indicated that fifty attorneys would be attending remotely. By drawing upon the best practices learned from scheduling hundreds of remote depositions, the Henderson Legal Services team was able to meet and exceed expectations for this virtual deposition.

The International Trade Commission (ITC) has emerged as a popular forum for businesses seeking to protect their intellectual property assets worldwide. Indeed, Section 337 investigations at the ITC typically involve high-stakes disputes for patent holders, parties accused of patent infringement claims and third-party business partners. The ITC is also a widely used forum for disputes related to trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets.

The North Atlantic hurricane season is a reminder of the havoc such storms wreak on travel plans for critical depositions- especially those to be conducted on a specific date and location. If you have a scheduled deposition that is threatened by a weather emergency, there are some key things your court reporting firm can do to assist you.

There are two types of electronic exhibits that can be used in depositions. Some are stored on a repository electronically with the transcript, enabling them to be retrieved at a later date. And now lawyers have the ability to access exhibits electronically in real-time during the deposition — something that was previously only possible with paper exhibits.

Litigation teams are often under intense pressure to develop the optimal case strategy, comply with key filing deadlines and confer regularly with their clients every step of the discovery process. With all of these crucial responsibilities to manage, it’s understandable that lawyers and paralegals would be tempted to view court reporting services for their case depositions as a routine task that just involves making a call and scheduling a reporter.  To ensure quality, it’s not that simple.

In-house counsel face pressure from corporate management to increase efficiency and cut and control costs of discovery. One of the principal strategies for achieving these strategic goals is to leverage technologies; two in three corporate law departments adopted new technology tools last year in order to improve processes, according to the 2018 Altman Weil Chief Legal Officer Survey.