News and Notes

Data security is a global challenge for all businesses and it is especially critical for in-house counsel and legal service providers. Corporate law departments and law firms are in constant possession of highly sensitive information that could create serious enterprise risks if improperly accessed by unauthorized individuals.

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 a previous post, we discussed the emergence of live streaming depositions as a technological innovation that is helping to reduce litigation expenses, maximize productivity, and improve collaboration between in-house and outside counsel.

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.

Litigation is often a high-stakes and fast-paced business that does not always provide the luxury of comfortable lead times ahead of deadlines. But if you can schedule depositions as early as possible, it will help to maximize the quality of the service you receive and minimize the cost of court reporting services.

What a wonderful panel of amazing women judges/lawyers from the Association of Business Trial Lawyers (ABTL) of LA!  The topic was Class Action Settlements: Tips/Pitfalls for Obtaining Judicial Approval. Susanne Paisley, VP of Business Development, is a proud member of ABTL who attended the April 10th program on behalf of deposition services leader Henderson Legal Services.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Henderson Legal Services, Inc., a leading global provider of court reporting and related services to corporations, law firms and government entities, announced the promotion of Gary Sharn to vice president in its sales organization.  Sharn was the Company’s leading revenue producer in 2018.  He is based in Arlington, VA.

Henderson Legal Services (HLS), a leading global provider of deposition and related services to corporations, law firms and government entities, announced that it has hired three experienced sales professionals to accelerate its continued growth.  The newest sales team additions are based in multiple U.S. time zones to support the company’s expanding national client base.

Henderson Legal Services, Inc., a leading global provider of deposition and related services to corporations, law firms, and government entities, today announced that it has become a corporate business partner with the International Practice Management Association (IPMA), the premier resource for information and education on the management of paralegals and other practice support professionals in law firms and corporate law departments globally.

According to a report from Thomson Reuters, the top priority of legal departments is controlling the costs of outside counsel[1]. That’s no surprise, considering that 68 percent of legal departments are taking on more work without corresponding budgetary increases. Meanwhile, hourly rates for outside counsel are rising for 71 percent of survey respondents. In order to cope with this disparity, legal departments of all sizes are leaning heavily on technology to improve efficiency. Of the many solutions available, remote deposition streaming is one of the most promising.

Henderson Legal Services, Inc., a leading global provider of deposition and related services to corporations, law firms, and government entities, today announced that Gregory J. Mazares has been retained as Executive Vice President of Sales to expand, train, and manage the company’s national sales team.  In this capacity, Mazares will provide experienced senior leadership of sales.  He is based in Los Angeles, CA.

Our clients are saving at least $1,100 on per-person travel-related expenses when they attend out of town depositions remotely using Henderson Legal’s LiveLitigation streaming feed. Click this Link to view a 2-minute video showing how Henderson’s time-saving technology works.