The purchaser of this realtime or RUFF (Realtime Unedited File Format) draft text acknowledges that this transcript is not an official record of the proceedings;that this text is unedited and uncertified, and therefore may contain computer-generated untranslations and mistranslations of stenotype strokes, as well as nonsensical word combinations, which cannot be deciphered by non-stenotypists; it may contain notes written to the reporter and misspellings and other discrepancies.
The purchaser also understands that the above discrepancies in the text will be corrected when the text has been proofread, finalized, and certified to as the official record.
The purchaser therefore agrees that the realtime and RUFF draft text shall be used only to supplement the lawyer’s notes and that the lawyer, the lawyer’s staff, agents, or employees:
- Will only use it in conjunction with trial preparation (which includes trial preparation with the lawyer’s clients and experts);
- Will not distribute, read, share, nor disclose text in any form to any other party, the press, or to anyone who is not connected to this case;
- Will not file the text with the court for any purpose; such as, use on appeal or in conjunction with any motion or pleading filed with the court;
- Will not cite nor read verbatim from the text to the court;
- Will purchase a certified copy of the transcript when it is necessary to cite or read or file a transcript in court or with the clerk;
- Will not use the text to rebut, contradict, or disagree with the official certified transcript of the proceeding produced at a later time.
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