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Tax Consequences for Gifting
Gifting as a marketing strategy for court reporting firms continues to be a relevant topic of discussion for professionals operating within this industry. Recently the DRA and CCRA, California’s two court reporting state associations, sought a legal opinion in the matter of the IRS tax consequences for law firms accepting “gifts” from court reporting firms. [...]
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Danger Associated with Gift-Giving
The Ethics First Program, developed by the NCRA, has released a video that seeks to educate attorneys and the legal industry of the dangers posed by corporate gifting. Click on the video below to view. For more information about the NCRA and their gift giving policy follow the links below. Policy Update Court Reporter Gifting
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Convention Report
The end of last week our own Ron Cook and Steve Crandall attended the NCRA annual Convention in Las Vegas. It was a whirlwind of a week with court reporting competitions, seminars, workshops, and some great opportunities to connect with the NCRA community. At the annual Realtime Competition, Ron participated and placed as a top [...]
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Policy Update
During the holiday season we posted a report on the Ethics of Corporate Gifting within the court reporting industry. Recently, the NCRA updated their guidelines regarding the policy of gift-giving. In March of this year, the Board of Directors approved an amendment to Provision 8 of the Code of Professional Ethics. The change was made [...]
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Court Reporting Video
The NCRA is gearing up for their annual convention. This year years location? Las Vegas. Although the event is not scheduled to take place until July 28th, the NCRA has started previewing the event on their website. In keeping with the Las Vegas theme, the NCRA has created a CSI: National web-series. This clever production [...]
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National Medal of Honor Day
In 2007 the United States Congress designated March 25th as National Medal of Honor Day to commemorate the first-ever presentation of the award in 1863, during the Civil War. We take this day to honor Bruce Crandall, the father of our founder, who received the Medal of Honor on February 26, 2007 for his heroic [...]
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Court Reporting Cartoons
For the past 68 years Bob Hopkins and Mike Bumpus have been entertaining through their original court reporter cartoon art. While the words funny, comical, or humorous are not the words that leap to mind when hearing the words court reporting, these two men have been able to keep the court reporting community entertained. The [...]
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Firm Owners Presentation
The NCRA Executive Firm Owners Conference in Arizona was a tremendous success. We have been getting a lot of positive comments from other attendees and wanted to share their experiences. “What was very useful for me was Steve Crandall and his amazing use of social media for marketing and branding purposes.” “I really enjoyed the [...]
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The Best Just Got Better
As of January 31, 2011, Watkins Court Reporters will be partnering with Premier Realtime, a division of ProMotion Holdings, LLC. For over 20 years Watkins Court Reporters has been one of the top court reporting agencies in the Pacific Northwest. This strategic partnership will bring together the qualities of both companies by aligning all aspects [...]
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Court Reporter Gifting and Lawyer Ethics Violations
It’s the time of year that the holiday gifts start flowing in from our vendors. Already we’ve received boxes of chocolate, tins of cookies, and an elaborate basket of Northwest goodies. Most people seem to agree that reasonable “thank you” gifts — like those which we all receive around this time of year — [...]
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