Specialty practice

Reporting for technology and AI litigation

Patent, trade secret, and software disputes produce the densest transcripts in civil litigation. Getting them right is a preparation problem, and we prepare for it.

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Where this matters

Matters we are built for

Technology litigation concentrates in a handful of venues and a handful of recurring fights. These are the ones we organize around.

Patent and ITC

Infringement and invalidity depositions, Markman proceedings, PTAB-related testimony, and ITC investigations — where the technical vocabulary is dense and the schedule is unforgiving.

Patent litigation

Trade secret

DTSA and state trade secret matters, including the identification-specificity fights where a plaintiff is pressed to articulate the algorithm, architecture, or code rather than a functional description.

Trade secret litigation

AI and machine learning

Depositions of machine learning and software experts: training data provenance, model architecture, evaluation methodology, algorithmic bias claims, and generative AI disputes.

AI and machine learning

How we handle it

Protected material, handled to the order

Source code testimony carries its own tier of protection and its own handling rules. We work from the protective order, not from habit.

Read the order first

Send us the protective order before the deposition. It decides access, what may leave the room, realtime and rough draft availability, and how designated testimony is bound and delivered.

Source code depositions

Segregated transcript volumes

Designated pages and exhibits are separately bound and marked by category, with the designation noted on the original transcript, so restricted testimony never travels with the ordinary record.

Designation window respected

The full transcript is treated at the highest designation until the parties' written designations arrive, and the final notice is attached to the transcript and every copy in our possession.

Preparation

The terminology is the job

A transcript full of phonetic guesses at library names and model architectures is a transcript counsel cannot cite cleanly.

Glossary before the date

Built from the pleadings, asserted patents, expert reports, and witness list, so specialized terms are already in the dictionary when they are first spoken.

Terminology preparation

Names and products spelled right

Engineers, products, internal codenames, and third-party libraries confirmed in advance rather than reconstructed afterward from audio.

Clean citation later

The point of all of it is a record counsel can quote in a brief without a bracketed correction in the middle of the key answer.

Protected-material depositions

How this actually works

Can a court reporter be present in a source code review room?
Source code protective orders generally permit outside counsel, necessary legal support staff, retained experts, and court personnel — the category the reporter falls under. The order itself controls, so the practical step is to get us the protective order before the date rather than at the door.
How is designated testimony kept separate from the rest of the transcript?
Testimony designated at a restricted tier is noted on the front of the original transcript, identified by category, and the designated pages and exhibits are separately bound into their own volume. That separate binding is the mechanism that keeps source-code testimony segregated from the ordinary record.
What happens between the deposition and the designation deadline?
Protective orders typically give the parties a set window after the deposition to designate portions in writing to the other parties and to the reporter. During that window the entire transcript is treated at the highest designation unless the designating party agrees otherwise. Once the final written notice arrives, it is attached to the transcript and to every copy in our possession.
Are realtime feeds and rough drafts available on protected-material depositions?
Sometimes, and it depends entirely on the protective order. Many source code orders restrict what may leave the secured room, which can limit realtime streaming and rough draft distribution. We read the order first and tell you what is actually available rather than promising a feed we then have to withdraw.
How do you prepare for terminology-heavy expert depositions?
We build a glossary before the date from the pleadings, asserted patents, expert reports, and witness list — model and library names, architecture and algorithm terms, parameter names, and the proper spelling of people and products. The goal is that a term is right the first time it is spoken, not corrected in errata.

Have a technical deposition coming up?

Send the caption, the date, the venue, and the protective order if one is in place. You will get an itemized quote and a straight answer on realtime availability.

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