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A resource for researchers seeking news and information about electronic filing and public record retrieval. Authored by Paul Bush, who is the President of Professional Law Technologies, LLC - the provider of Legal Dockets Online. He is also an Electronic Services Analyst for New York's Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson.

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Mandatory E-Filing For NY County

Posted on April 13, 2010
Mandatory E-Filing For NY County Supreme Starting May 24thPursuant to Chapter 416 of the Laws of 2009, mandatory electronic filing will be instituted in this Court soon in certain commercial cases (?mandatory commercial cases?). The target date for commencement of this program is May 24, 2010...

Pacer U.S. Party/Case Index Being

Posted on March 15, 2010
Pacer U.S. Party/Case Index Being Replaced with Case LocatorThe PACER Case Locator which allows you to search for court records in all district, bankruptcy, and appellate courts is now available. The Case Locator replaces the U.S. Party/Case Index and provides enhanced search and display capabilities including the ability to:request lists of cases for a specified date range by court type; conduct searches based on chapter, discharge date and dismissal date for bankruptcy cases; access case information for the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation; choose result formats, including HTML, delimited text, and XML which can be easily imported to other programs for analysis; change the sort order of the results displayed; and conduct refined searches within the results of a previous search...

Merging Three into One: DLA Piper's

Posted on March 03, 2010
Merging Three into One: DLA Piper's Docketing Software SuccessChris Gierymski, Director of Docketing at DLA Piper (U.S.). shares his experience in selecting and merging case managment software."In 2005, three law firms undertook an unprecedented transatlantic merger to create DLA Piper...

Implementing PACER & CM/ECF

Posted on March 02, 2010
Implementing PACER & CM/ECF Comes With a Price to Pay (Besides Fees)From examiner.com: "By installing PACER AND CM/ECF, the US courts introduced a sea change in operations of the courts, with no legal foundation.? In a paper entitled ?Notice of Electronic Filing,? Joseph Zernik writes, ?The authority for implementation of CM/ECF is often cited as the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which allow Local Rules of Court...

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second

Posted on January 26, 2010
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Implements Mandatory Electronic FilingFrom the court's site:Effective January 20, 2010, electronic filing in all counseled 2010 casesis mandatory in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit...

Clark County, NV 8th District Court

Posted on January 26, 2010
Clark County, NV 8th District Court Implements Mandatory Electronic FilingBeginning February 1, 2010 mandatory e-filing will be enforced for Civil and Domestic cases.Here's the notice which includes a links to the official order and their e-filing site.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd

Posted on January 14, 2010
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit Finally on CM/ECFYes, it's true. Congratulations to the 2nd circuit as being the last federal court in the country to finish implementing CM/ECF. Although the old web-Pacer system is still accessible from their web site, Pacer and the Federal Judiciary sites say the new system is ready for use to retrieve dockets and filings...

Georgia State Court of Appeals

Posted on January 08, 2010
Georgia State Court of Appeals Launches Electronic FilingAll attorneys representing litigants in the Court of Appeals of Georgia are eligible to register with the court to submit briefs electronically. With a cool name like "EFAST", it's gotta be good...

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd

Posted on December 31, 2009
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit Finally Starting CM/ECFAs one of the last federal courts in the country to implement, the 2nd Circuit is finally going to start using CM/ECF on 1/20/10. See the clerk's new section and information here.

Utah State Courts Begin Electronic

Posted on November 12, 2009
Utah State Courts Begin Electronic FillingsAccording to the Davis County Clipper: The eFiling program, which began on Monday in the 2nd District, allows electronic filing, or interface, between the attorney filing the case and the court?s electronic filing system...

Chambers County, Texas District

Posted on October 15, 2009
Chambers County, Texas District Court E-Filing ImplementedTheanahuacprogress.com reports: Attorneys now have the ability to file civil documents in the District Courts electronically with eFiling for Courts. This service is offered to filers through the Office of the District Clerk, Patti L...

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th

Posted on October 09, 2009
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit to Begin E-FilingAccording to their web site: The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals will begin offering electronic filing to attorneys on a voluntary basis by the end of 2009.Registration for voluntary electronic filing began October 7, 2009...

RECAP?s Filings Lack Authenticity,

Posted on October 02, 2009
RECAP?s Filings Lack Authenticity, But Will This Change?RECAP, a plugin for Firefox that helps PACER users build a free repository of public court records, has received lots of press since it debuted for various reasons. I suspect many people are attracted to its principle of increasing government transparency and praise it, yet have never used it...

U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC

Posted on September 02, 2009
U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit Begins Mandatory Electronic FilingAll cases filed on and after September 1, 2009, will be assigned to the court?s CM/ECF system.The spokesman for the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, Dick Carelli, said two other federal appellate courts set up mandatory e-filing earlier this year?the 9th and 10th circuits...

Mississippi State Court E-Filing

Posted on August 28, 2009
Mississippi State Court E-Filing Access using CM/ECF PlatformPublic access to electronically filed court documents in Madison County ChanceryCourt became available on Thursday, August 27. The interface for the Mississippi Electronic courts (MEC) can be found here...

Courtport Announces its Launch

Posted on August 18, 2009
Courtport Announces its Launch of FreeCourtDockets.com with Free Pacer Docket AccessAnyone with Internet access can now retrieve Pacer dockets 100% free.Massapequa Park, NY ? August 18, 2009 ? Courtport, LLC, a legal research and technology company, today announced the launch of its free federal court docket retrieval site, FreeCourtDockets...

Senate Passes Legislation to Make

Posted on August 07, 2009
Senate Passes Legislation to Make New York State Court E-Filing PermanentThe State Senate Thursday passed a bill that makes permanent the court e-filing program. The legislation, sponsored by Sen. Eric Schneiderman (D-Manhattan/Bronx), modernizes the court filing process by allowing more civil cases to be filed electronically...

TexasOnline Partners with nCourt

Posted on August 03, 2009
TexasOnline Partners with nCourt to Provide eFiling Services for Justice of the Peace CourtsBusinesswire.com reports: WOODSTOCK, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--nCourt, LLC, a leading provider of eFiling and payment solutions for lower courts, today announced that its eFiling system was selected through TexasOnline, the official online portal for the state of Texas...

Social Security Numbers Exposed

Posted on July 30, 2009
Social Security Numbers Exposed by Government Officials and Social NetworkingThe Wall Street Journal reports: Consumers who have spent hours locking up their passports, shredding their billing statements and filing away their tax returns may soon learn they've wasted a great deal of time...

Virginia's Statewide E-Filing System

Posted on July 17, 2009
Virginia's Statewide E-Filing System Making Progress, with Careful Implementationvalawyersweekly.com reports: Virginia Chief Justice Leroy Rountree Hassell Sr. drew applause when he told a roomful of lawyers the state?s planned electronic filing system will be lawyer-friendly...

Wisconsin Appellate Court E-Filing

Posted on July 10, 2009
Wisconsin Appellate Court E-Filing Not Good For Litigants?Wislawjournal.com reports: The new rule requiring electronic filing of appellate briefs is now in effect, and practitioners are feeling their way through the process with some trepidation.Some appellate attorneys have experience in federal court, where e-filing is mandated, and they say the state system offers little benefit to litigants...

Hays County Civil District Court,

Posted on July 06, 2009
Hays County Civil District Court, Texas E-Filing BeginsSanmarcosrecord.com reports: As of Monday, attorneys in Hays and surrounding counties will have the ability to file civil documents in the Hays County District Courts electronically through eFiling for Courts, a service developed by TexasOnline, the official Web site of the State of Texas and offered through the Hays County District Clerk?s Office...

Internet Explorer Version 8 Not

Posted on June 26, 2009
Internet Explorer Version 8 Not Compatible with CM/ECFThe Northern District of New York has stated "This message is to inform you that Microsoft's recently-released Internet Explorer version 8 web browser is not compatible for use with CM/ECF. Neither the the PACER Service Center nor The Northern District of New York has a timeframe for when this new version will be certified for use with CM/ECF...

St. Louis County Minnesota Criminal

Posted on June 15, 2009
St. Louis County Minnesota Criminal Complaint E-Filing ProgressGovtech.com reports: Last March, the state began an electronic filing pilot, developed by Minnesota-based Intertech -- which allows an officer to complete the required paperwork from his home station...

New U.S. Courts PodcastsA new podcast

Posted on June 11, 2009
New U.S. Courts PodcastsA new podcast page on the federal judiciary web site gives users the choice of listening on their computer, subscribing via RSS feed, downloading the MP3 to import into any MP3 player, or subscribing via ITunes.Federal Courts Podcast Page Offers Listening Options

Don't Be Late E-Filing Your Notice

Posted on June 09, 2009
Don't Be Late E-Filing Your Notice of AppealHoward J. Bashman via law.com reports: Just last week, two different federal appellate courts disposed of separate cases in which parties alleged electronic filing-related tales of woe as the excuse for the untimely notice of appeal filed in each case...

Mandatory Wisconsin Supreme Court

Posted on June 02, 2009
Mandatory Wisconsin Supreme Court E-Filing Starts July 1David R. Schanker, clerk, Wisconsin Supreme Court, reports: Appellate e-filing is here. Beginning July 1, 2009, attorneys must electronically file a copy of all appellate briefs, no-merit reports, petitions for review, and responses...

Davidson County First to E-Filing

Posted on May 27, 2009
Davidson County First to E-Filing in a North Carolina Superior CourtDavidson and Chowan counties were chosen last year to pilot the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts e-filing system, and the first filing has been completed.The state?s first e-filing was made May 15 in Davidson County...

Kansas Supreme Court Appoints 32-Member

Posted on May 21, 2009
Kansas Supreme Court Appoints 32-Member Committee for Statewide E-Filing?While no one expects implementation of such a statewide program in the immediate future, it is important that we begin looking at how electronic filing could be implemented in the Kansas Courts,? Justice Luckert said in announcing the committee?s first meeting [to be held on June 3rd]...

First Cook County Circuit Court,

Posted on May 14, 2009
First Cook County Circuit Court, Illinois E-Claim FiledThe Clerk?s Office of Cook County?s Circuit Court, under the leadership of The Honorable Dorothy Brown, launched a new electronic filing system program that will allow attorneys to file cases and pleadings online in the commercial calendar section of the Law Division...

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