The following words and phrases when used in this chapter
shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
" Court reporter. " A person who makes, by a written system of
either manual shorthand or stenotype or by use of a stenomask or
any other means, a verbatim record of any adjudicatory or
testimonial proceeding, public hearing or testimony given under
oath.
§ 4603. Prohibited contract provisions.
A contract entered into between a court reporter or a court
reporting firm and an attorney, a law firm, a party to a legal
proceeding or a party having a financial interest in a legal
proceeding shall not include provisions that:
(1) Undermine the impartiality of the court reporter by:
(i) Failing to charge all parties to the legal
proceeding or their attorneys the same price for copies
of a transcript or the same price for like services
performed in the legal proceeding.
(ii) Failing to provide copies of a transcript to
all parties to the legal proceeding, or their attorneys,
simultaneously with the delivery of the original.
(2) Require the court reporter to provide any service to
a party to the legal proceeding not offered to the other
parties.
(3) Otherwise give an advantage to a party to the legal
proceeding over the other parties.
§ 4604. Applicability.
(a) Government agency.--This chapter shall not apply to a
contract for court reporting services to which a court, agency
or instrumentality of the United States or the Commonwealth is a
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