By using I-DEP^® Internet Deposition Services, in-house counsel as well as contract litigators for insurance companies can maximize resources while minimizing costs during an era of corporate belt-tightening and travel restrictions.

Insurance industry attorneys can work with outside counsel in many ways. Whether you are taking, participating in, assisting or just overseeing the depositions, I-DEP can keep you connected to every deposition without leaving your desk.

I-DEP has three very different applications for the insurance industry.

1. Attending remotely means saving time, saving costs and avoiding travel.
The most obvious benefit of I-DEP allows an insurance industry attorney to monitor, participate in or even take a deposition remotely. This is the ideal tool for keeping in touch with the activities and performance of outside counsel. Avoid scheduling conflicts, avoid airport delays, avoid wasting time. In short, I-DEP is for any and all depositions that require your attention, but not your physical presence.

2. However, critical depositions may demand your on-site attendance.
When the deposition is too important to attend remotely, I-DEP also allows attorneys to bring additional resources to the deposition as off-site participants. I-DEP allows key resources to be utilized ñ such as:

• Trusted colleagues.
• Expert witnesses.
• Associates who are fresh on the case details.
• Paralegals to begin marking up the transcript.

Simply put, multiple minds allow you to become many times more effective when taking critical depositions. Plus, these resources are able to stay in their offices and apply more knowledge and communication than if they were actually attending - right through our private chat feature.

3. Review the deposition anytime, from anywhere.

I-DEP archives the deposition making it available from any online computer. This allows the insurance industry attorney to:

• Always have a copy of the video available without having to pay a videographer.
• A place to edit the transcript and add notes.
• Take true transcript management to the next level ñ search the video just by doing a keyword search on the transcript.

A wonderful tool for review, for transcript editing, for witness prep and for trial, this revolutionary service is only offered by I-DEP.

What are your legal department's biggest challenges?

• Budget constraints.
• Management/oversight of outside counsel.
• Providing proactive/preventive legal services.
• Technology.

According to a recent Corporate Legal Times survey, all of the above were cited as among the biggest challenges facing corporate legal departments, with "Budget constraints" ranked No. 1. I-DEP Internet Deposition Services allows attorneys involved in insurance-related litigation to:

• Take, participate in or monitor a deposition from any online computer with no special hardware or software to buy, install or learn.
• Confer with colleagues, outside counsel and expert witnesses remotely and discreetly.
• Slash travel costs, avoid scheduling conflicts.
• Remotely store, access and edit all archived deps (transcript and video).

To learn more about how I-DEP helps insurance companies save money, optimize time and depose better, please read our electronic brochure.

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