Court reporters are expensive and often produce trial transcripts that are never needed again.
Videotaping some types of trials produces an immediate, inexpensive record of a trial. Salt Lake City and Ogden, Utah. As astonishing as this may sound, the cost of litigation is dropping in Utah. We have achieved significant savings by systematically and sensibly applying technology to the judicial delivery systems in our state. Most notable is our installation of systems over the past five years to videotape legal proceedings in our courtrooms.