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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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Electronic Filing: Technology,

Posted on May 07, 2009
Electronic Filing: Technology, Rules, and PrivacyShari Claire Lewis via reports: The ability to file documents electronically is a boon to lawyers, and a means of cutting costs for clients. And it seems clear that the Internet will be used in the future in a number of different ways in litigation matters...

Mandatory E-Filing for 151st Civil

Posted on April 21, 2009
Mandatory E-Filing for 151st Civil District Court of Harris County, TexasJudge Mike Engelhart reports: [The court] posted its ?Standing Order? on its website?s Court Procedures page requiring all documents in new lawsuits to be electronically filed. A link to the court?s standing order is posted on the procedures page...

More Federal Courts Offering Digital

Posted on April 15, 2009
More Federal Courts Offering Digital Audio Recordings OnlineThe Federal Judiciary reports: The pilot project to make digital audio recordings of courtroom proceedings publicly available online has been expanded, from five federal courts to nine, through the end of 2009...

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th

Posted on April 04, 2009
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit Begins ECFOn March 31, 2009, the court started accepting voluntary ECF filings. On June 1, 2009, ECFwill become mandatory for counsel of record. Read the order here. The 10th circuit includes Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, and Wyoming.

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Want to Share Your Opinion of PACER?Pacer

Posted on April 02, 2009
Want to Share Your Opinion of PACER?Pacer wants to know. According to the April quarterly announcement: In 2009, the Federal Judiciary's Electronic Public Access Program will begin a year - long, comprehensive program assessment. The goal of the assessment is to identify potential enhancements to existing services and new public access services that could be provided...

New Jersey Civil Court Mandatory

Posted on March 23, 2009
New Jersey Civil Court Mandatory E-filing for Some Starting in May of 2010Law.com reports: E-filing in the Special Civil Part has been such a success on a voluntary basis that it's being made mandatory -- at first for frequent filers and at length for most court users...

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Posted on February 27, 2009

Public Record Abuse: Intentionally

Posted on February 21, 2009
Public Record Abuse: Intentionally Making Burdensome Requests to The GovernmentWe all know about how identity thieves can take advantage of the increasing number of public records being made available online. But how about making public records requests to government agencies knowing that they cannot comply to collect fines? Sounds time-consuming, but not if you have nothing but time, while you serve out your prison sentence...

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th

Posted on February 18, 2009
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit Now Using CM/ECFFinally, the 5th circuit COA is using CM/ECF. To file, go here. To access dockets and filings with a PACER account, go here. I'm not sure it's fully functional yet, so you may still have to use the clunky webPACER interface here, to get case information...

California State Court: E-Filing's

Posted on February 04, 2009
California State Court: E-Filing's Effect on Filing Notice of AppealsBruce Nye on calbizlit.com writes: In this era of electronic mail, what does it mean that the court clerk "mails" a document? Particularly when the court has established procedures for service through the court's electronic filing system? We now have conflicting answers to that question, as explained after the jump...

Mississippi to Launch Statewide

Posted on January 15, 2009
Mississippi to Launch Statewide E-Filing for State CourtsThe Mississippi state supreme court has adopted rules and procedures for electronic case filing. A pilot project for the development of an electronic filing and case management system is already underway in Madison County Chancery Court, which is based upon the successful federal court CM/ECF system...

CM/ECF Implementation Update--So

Posted on January 05, 2009
CM/ECF Implementation Update--So Which Court are Left?The Federal Judiciary reports that CM/ECF is being used in 99% of all federal courts. However the following courts have still not completed implementation:-U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern Mariana Islands-U...

Mandatory E-Filing in Philadelphia

Posted on December 31, 2008
Mandatory E-Filing in Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Civil Division Starting MondayThe Legal Intelligencer via Law.com reports: After years of planning and six months of optional e-filing, court leaders, court employees and the bar are preparing to make the move from a paper filing system to a mandatory computer-based, electronic system...

New Goodson Law Library Research

Posted on December 30, 2008
New Goodson Law Library Research Guide to Court Records and BriefsAlthough designed for Duke students, Jennifer L. Behrens has created this useful guide that contains helpful information for any legal researcher. The guide outlines compilations of records and briefs which are available at Duke, as well as sources and strategies for locating specific documents related to a particular case in the Goodson Law Library, LexisNexis, Westlaw, PACER, HeinOnline, and on the free web...

strongVermont State District Court

Posted on December 19, 2008
strongVermont State District Court Criminal Conviction Record Access Now Available Online/strongbr /Burlingtonfreepress.com reports: Each record currently costs $20 per request. On July 1, the cost will increase to $30 per request. Users may securely pay for the service with a credit card...

Viewing PACER Documents Downloaded

Posted on December 03, 2008
Viewing PACER Documents Downloaded with Firefox Work-AroundTechnoEsq reports: Firefox is gaining large ground against Microsoft?s Internet Explorer with Firefox jumping to a 20% market share while Explorer dropped to 69% for the first time since 1998...

PACER: 20 Years Old With Over 900,000

Posted on December 01, 2008
PACER: 20 Years Old With Over 900,000 User AccountsThe Third Branch Reports: Back in September 1988, the Judicial Conference authorized ?an experimental program of electronic access for the public to court information in one or more district, bankruptcy, or appellate courts in which the experiment can be conducted at nominal cost...

Are Audio and Video Recordings

Posted on November 17, 2008
Are Audio and Video Recordings of Court Proceedings Considered Court Records?Palmbeachpost.com reports: Don't believe your ears. That's essentially what a committee of Florida judges is asking the State Supreme Court to tell the public about recordings of court proceedings - that an actual court recording is not an official one...

Madison County, MS Could Be the

Posted on November 13, 2008
Madison County, MS Could Be the First State Court System in the Country to Utilize CM/ECFOnlinemadison.com reports: Madison County, Mississippi Chancery Clerk Arthur Johnston's office is currently testing the CM/ECF system, which is used by U.S. District and Bankruptcy Courts...

Local Criminal Record Technology

Posted on October 24, 2008
Local Criminal Record Technology Continues to ImproveThe Sarasota County, FL Sheriff's office claims that by using Vinelink, the public can "Search for the current custody status of arrestees. Updated every 15 minutes." This is very surprising to me...

Free Pacer Access SuspendedThe

Posted on September 30, 2008
Free Pacer Access SuspendedThe Barco Law Library, University of Pittsburgh School of Law reports: Apparently the 2-year PACER pilot program begun in 2007 has been suspended. A notice went out that "GPO and the Administrative Office of the United States Courts undertook a pilot to provide free public access to Federal court records at 17 Federal depository libraries through (PACER) ...

Courtport, LLC Announces its Launch

Posted on September 16, 2008
Courtport, LLC Announces its Launch of www.Courtport.comMassapequa Park, NY ? September 16, 2008 ? Courtport, LLC is pleased to announce the launch of its LegalDockets.com successor site, Courtport.com. Courtport� is an effective public record portal designed for law librarians, paralegals, attorneys, investigators, and other professional researchers to complete due diligence on individuals and businesses...

One Legal Announces Expansion of

Posted on September 15, 2008
One Legal Announces Expansion of Online Court Filing ServiceLitigation Professionals Can Now File Court Documents in Nine States Using OneLegal.comNOVATO, CA, September 15, 2008 - One Legal LLC, the pioneer and leader in online court services, today announced the expansion of its online court filing service to eight additional states...

Due Diligence: What are you missing?The

Posted on September 15, 2008
Due Diligence: What are you missing?The term ?Due diligence? can have a different meaning depending on who is using it, and in what context. Often used by attorneys, it is generally the thorough, comprehensive investigation of a business or individual in preparation for an event...

Another Great Function of CM/ECF

Posted on September 12, 2008
Another Great Function of CM/ECF - Victim NotificationThe Federal Judiciary reports: Through a cooperative effort, the Administrative Office of the United States Courts and the Executive Office of the United States Attorneys have developed a system that can automatically send crime victims and their families information from federal courts' Case Management/Electronic Case Files (CM/ECF) systems...

Online Legal Research Usage Up;

Posted on September 08, 2008
Online Legal Research Usage Up; Free Legal Research Surpasses Fee-Based ServicesThe Law Librarian Blog reports: According to the ABA?s 2008 Legal Technology Survey Report, 96% of private sector lawyers perform legal research online, up from 79% in 2003...

California Electronic Filing Projects

Posted on September 04, 2008
California Electronic Filing Projects in Superior CourtsI stumbled upon this California Judiciary page that lists (presumably) all electronic filing programs in California Superior Courts. Unfortunately it does not say when the list was last updated, but it may be a useful bookmark for our California readers...

Hurricane Gustav Court Closure

Posted on September 03, 2008
Hurricane Gustav Court Closure UpdateThe Federal Judiciary reports: Several federal courts remained closed today, and some for the remainder of the week, due to the effects of Hurricane Gustav.In New Orleans, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit will remain closed through Friday, September 5th, with the court reopening for business on September 8, 2008...

Several Federal Courts Closed Due

Posted on September 02, 2008
Several Federal Courts Closed Due to Hurricane GustavThe federal Judiciary reports: Three federal courthouses in New Orleans had to be evacuated, including the John Minor Wisdom U.S. Courthouse, the primary home of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit...

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