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Office Status – Updated January 27th, 2021 Our Bannockburn, IL Headquarters is OPEN for in-person depositions and following CDC-recommended actions for social distancing, face mask requirements, as well as plexiglass barriers in all conference rooms. All participants are temperature screened, required to wear masks, and keep a safe distance behind plexiglass barriers when in conference rooms. Attorneys can continue to attend remotely via Zoom/WebEx, and all conference rooms are equipped with high definition room systems to allow remote attorneys to …

Know the risks of digital recordings so you can make an informed decision. With new technology and automation emerging throughout the world, some parties within the legal industry are considering switching from licensed court stenographers to digital recording solutions for their depositions and trials. Licensed court reporters receive extensive training, continuing education, and are held to a high ethical standard mandated by the state of Illinois.

Residential Comcast customers will have new data limits starting next month. Cable giant Comcast announced today that, starting August 1, residential customers would be limited to one terabyte of data usage per month using their existing internet plans. While Comcast utilized data limits in markets with little to no competition for broadband internet in the southern and eastern United States, Chicago will be the largest market yet to receive data limits. The cable giant said in an email sent to customers that it believes …

Lake Cook Reporting offers the ability to stream legal video from a web browser or smartphone app. Lake Cook Reporting has been offering electronic delivery of legal video media for several years. We’re proud to introduce our next enhanced feature: stream legal video online. When using our legal videography services, clients can request digital delivery via our online repository. Users can watch testimony and stream legal video right from their browsers or smartphone devices. View our mock deposition online at this link. …

Using videoconferencing to avoid the long lines at airports. Let’s face it: we’re all dreading the five hours or more waiting to get through TSA checkpoints. The videos of the long lines are enough to make anyone regret flying, even for the smallest trips. So what can attorneys travelling for depositions do to avoid the hassle of flying? That’s where court reporting agencies and videoconferencing services can help. Court reporting agencies like Lake Cook Reporting provide affordable technology solutions such …

Court reporter jobs available in the Chicago Loop. We are currently looking to fill Chicago court reporter jobs! Lake Cook Reporting, a Chicago-based agency that’s been in business over 20 years, is looking for freelance court reporters to help cover cases in the city and suburbs. We have recently opened a new location in the Chicago Loop, and we’re looking for court reporters to help us cover cases in the city and suburbs. Our agency receives top-notch out of state work, expert …

Free deposition suites when using our court reporters While other court reporting agencies rent rooms from Regus and put the charges on the client, Lake Cook Reporting does it differently. We’re in the business of providing our clients with the best service at a reasonable cost. As part of that philosophy, we offer free deposition suites to our clients when they use our court reporter. Four free deposition suites available north of Chicago At Lake Cook Reporting’s main headquarters in …

High quality, high definition mobile videoconferencing available wherever you need it. Recently, Lake Cook Reporting began offering a new kind of mobile videoconferencing service that seeks to bridge the gap between traditional video conferencing and consumer-grade mobile products like Skype and FaceTime that’s available to setup in any office, courtroom, meeting space, hospital, and more. Our mobile videoconferencing system provides both portable and high-quality teleconferencing connections in just about any location. The benefits of our system include: Multipoint connections with multiple …