Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS
Part XXI - Certified Shorthand Reporters
Chapter 13 - Code of Ethics
Section XXI-1303 - Employment Relationship with Court Reporting Firm
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Application and Scope. This Rule protects the integrity, independence, and impartiality of court reporters in their relationships with court reporting firms, as defined in R.S. 37:2555(G) that are doing business in Louisiana.
B. Safe Harbor. A licensed Louisiana court reporter may accept employment from a court reporting firm and shall not be considered an "employee" for purposes of Code of Civil Procedure article 1434 upon furnishing to the board a certification, on a form approved by the board, from an authorized and knowledgeable officer of the court reporting firm that the firm has no prohibited employment or contractual relationship, direct or indirect, under Code of Civil Procedure article 1434 with a party litigant in the matter for which the reporter was retained to provide services. The reporter must file with the board a copy of the certification within 30 days after the date of the deposition. The reporter shall obtain and maintain, for a minimum of three years, the schedule of all charges and other disclosures, which shall be obtained by the reporter concurrently with the original certification from the court reporting firm. Upon request, the reporter shall provide to the board a copy of the schedule of all charges and other disclosures. The Louisiana court reporter shall immediately notify the board, in writing, if a safe harbor request was made upon a court reporting firm and the firm refused or failed to provide the requested certification or the schedule of all charges and other disclosures. The reporter shall include the name of the court reporting firm and the date the request was made.
C. Certification by Court Reporting Firm. Upon request by a licensed Louisiana court reporter, a court reporting firm doing business in Louisiana shall provide a certification on forms adopted by the board and executed by affidavit from an authorized and knowledgeable officer of the firm, attesting that the firm has no prohibited employment or contractual relationship, direct or indirect, under Code of Civil Procedure article 1434 with a party litigant in the matter for which the reporter was retained to provide services.
D. The court reporting firm and the court reporter shall immediately inform the board of any change in relationships or actual knowledge of any relationships, direct or indirect, that are at variance with representations made in the certification by the court reporting firm.
E. Certification Affidavit of Court Reporting Firm
CERTIFICATION AFFIDAVIT OF COURT REPORTING FIRM
STATE OF _____________________
PARISH OR COUNTY OF ____________________
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, duly qualified to take acknowledgments and administer oaths within the state and locality inscribed above, personally appeared __________________________________________________ ("Affiant"), who is representing _______________________________________________, a ____________ [state] corporation [or limited liability company or other form of business organization] that is doing business in Louisiana as a court reporting firm as defined by Acts 2014, No. 839 (hereinafter, "Court Reporting Firm"). The physical address of the entitys principal place of business is ______________________ [street and suite number, if any] in ____________________ [city], State of ________________, Zip _______, Telephone: () ________________, Email _________________________ . After being duly sworn, Affiant did attest as follows:
SIGNATURE OF AFFIANT: __________________________
Sworn before me this me this ______ day of ______, 20___
_________________________________
Notary Public ______________________
Print name:
My commission expires:
Form 10/15 Effective July 1, 2016
Each completed Firm Certification Affidavit in the foregoing form must be filed with the CSR Board by the taking court reporter within 30 days of the date of the deposition. The filing does not need to include the schedule of charges.
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I, a Louisiana Licensed Court Reporter, as the officer who took the depositions(s), hereby submit this certification affidavit via _____________________ [facsimile/e-mail] within 30 days of the date of the depositions to which this certification applies. I further certify that I have received the required schedule of all charges and other disclosures from the Court Reporting Firm in connection with this certification and acknowledge my obligation to maintain the schedule for a minimum of three years. I have read and confirmed that the language of the certification affidavit conforms with the form promulgated by the CSR Board. I have listed below or on additional pages, if necessary, the name and contact information for each taking attorney. _________________ ________________ Signature Date __________________ ________________ Printed Name LA CCR NO. Taking Attorney Name:______________________________ Firm Name:_______________________________________ Address: _________________________________________ _________________________________________ Phone: ____________ Email: ________________ |
I, a Louisiana Licensed Court Reporter, hereby submit this certification affidavit via _____________________ [facsimile/email] within 30 days of the date of the depositions to which this certification applies and acknowledge my obligation to maintain the schedule for a minimum of three years. I further certify that I have received the required schedule of all charges and other disclosures from the Court Reporting Firm in connection with this certification.
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Signature Date
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Printed Name LA CCR NO.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:2557(B), R.S. 37:2555(G), and R.S. 37:2556(D).
