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Yes, you're a great mind reader. Edit made. Thanks.
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Whether it's called a gift or incentive or ANYTHING OF VALUE, I think it's a violation of our current Code of Ethics: Refrain from giving, directly or indirectly, any gift, incentive, reward or anything of value to attorneys, clients, witnesses, insurance companies or any other persons or entities associated with the litigation , or to the representatives
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No kidding, Breck. If you find it, please help me:) I've been looking for a half an hour.
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Lillian, I don't like the idea of holding the reporters responsible for their firm's gifting practices either, quite frankly, but it's the only way I can think of that would make these firms toe the line and fast. Do the firms want to risk the loss of their valued CRRs, RPRs, RMRs, etc.? I bet not. If I lost my certifications because of
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These ideas about firm membership are a start, but I think they are flawed in that you certainly aren't going to get the biggest offenders to join NCRA and forego a big cash cow voluntarily, and that's all the firm membership is--voluntary. I say hold the reporters that work for these firms responsible for avoiding the appearance of impropriety
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Okay. This may be a stupid point, but since I do production for my IC's for my little bitty firm, what about this argument: The firm is an independent contractor for the working reporters. They pay the firm a commission for the services of providing them referrals, billing, binding, and doing payroll services. If you turn the argument around, would
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Hi, Jason! I'll just ME TOO the questions about gifting practices and Wal-mart Court Reporting Services? These are huge issues in the markets in which I work.