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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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Free Academic Access for LegalDockets.com/Courtport.comMany

Posted on August 28, 2008
Free Academic Access for LegalDockets.com/Courtport.comMany teachers, students, etc. currently maintain a free subscription to Legal Dockets Online (www.LegalDockets.com). We are now in the process of rolling out our new successor site, www.Courtport...

U.S. District Court for Maryland

Posted on August 08, 2008
U.S. District Court for Maryland Starts E-Filing Criminal Cases TodayThe court reports: Electronic Filing in Criminal Cases is here -- Beginning August 8, 2008, documents in criminal cases will be filed electronically. Click HERE to link to the Criminal Procedures Manual...

Fastcase Aims to Disrupt the Wexis

Posted on August 03, 2008
Fastcase Aims to Disrupt the Wexis DuopolyThis is an intesrting interview with Fastcase's CEO and President that took place on Fox Business.

Free Criminal Record Searches?We

Posted on July 28, 2008
Free Criminal Record Searches?We have seen it before. You find a site which claims to let you search for a person's criminal background for free. You put in a name hit the search button, and then get directed to a page with very little information and an option to buy records...

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The Virtual Chase Closing Down?Genie

Posted on July 24, 2008
The Virtual Chase Closing Down?Genie Tyburski, Web Manager of The Virtual Chase reports: To paraphrase Shakespeare, the inaudible and noiseless foot of time passes almost without notice. Indeed, the past 12 years, spent writing about research strategies and resources, flew by in no small part because of the fun I had doing it...

One Legal Launches Nationwide Process

Posted on July 16, 2008
One Legal Launches Nationwide Process ServingAccording to their press release: One Legal LLC, the pioneer in online court services, today launched nationwide process serving to provide legal professionals with reliable, time-sensitive process serving throughout the U...

Federal Court Online Availability

Posted on July 15, 2008
Federal Court Online Availability of Transcripts and HearingsThe July 2008 Pacer quarterly newsletter reviews the current status of audio file and transcript availability using CM/ECF (PACER):Transcripts of federal district and bankruptcy court proceedings that have been ordered by a party and produced by the court reporter or transcriber, and have been delivered to the Clerk's office, will be available for public inspection for 90 days...

Maryland State Court EFiling Moving

Posted on July 14, 2008
Maryland State Court EFiling Moving Forwardmddailyrecord.com reports: The Maryland judiciary will press ahead with its effort to create a statewide paperless, electronic case-management system ? which would include electronic filing and distribution of court documents ? despite mixed results regarding the e-filing of litigation documents in Anne Arundel and Baltimore City circuit courts, said State Court Administrator Frank V...

Cases of Interest: Does Your Firm

Posted on June 27, 2008
Cases of Interest: Does Your Firm Have Any? An Invitation to Law Firms. LegalDockets.com (and soon to be officially released successor site Courtport.com) maintains a collection of over 10,000 links to valuable public record sources in several categories...

Wisconsin Court of Appeals Moving

Posted on June 25, 2008
Wisconsin Court of Appeals Moving Towards Mandatory Electronic FilingMilwaukee Federalists reports: The Wisconsin Court of Appeals on June 19, 2008 filed a Petition with the Supreme Court for rules changes requiring appellate counsel to file an electronic copy of all appellate briefs and no-merit reports...

When Technology Really Helps: Iowa

Posted on June 13, 2008
When Technology Really Helps: Iowa Federal Court Flooded, but CM/ECF IntactThe Federal Judiciary Reports: The United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa has implemented a staged Continuity of Operations (COOP) response to the flooding in downtown Cedar Rapids and has closed the court site located at 101 First Street S...

Legal Dockets Online Expands Portal

Posted on June 10, 2008
Legal Dockets Online Expands Portal Adding Thousands of New LinksI'm happy to report that we have expanded the focus of our portal to now include Property, Recordings, UCCs/Liens, Business Entity Records and Licenses, Court Rules, and Forms.This expansion provides attorneys and other professional researchers a greater variety of access to critical public records needed to complete comprehensive due diligence for investigating people and businesses...

Legal Dockets Online Starts Promotional

Posted on June 03, 2008
Legal Dockets Online Starts Promotional Subscription SaleFor a limited time only, we are now offering access to our public record portal for the low price of $49 for a single user for the first year. This is the lowest annual subscription price we have ever offered to new users...

US Court of Appeals for the Fourth

Posted on May 28, 2008
US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Mandatory EFiling Starts June 1Beginning June 1, 2008, attorneys are required to file documents electronically [using CM/ECF] in all cases. Appendices, vouchers, and case-initiating documents (petitions for review, mandamus, permission to appeal) are excepted from electronic filing and are to be filed in paper format...

US Search Fined $250,000 in Penalties/Costs

Posted on May 26, 2008
US Search Fined $250,000 in Penalties/Costs for Selling Sensitive Credit Bureau DataPibuzz.com reports that the NY Attorney General determined that US Search illegally accessed the consumer information more than 2,385 times. If they sold each report for 100 bucks that would just cover the fine and penalties...

Illinois Supreme Court Plans for

Posted on May 23, 2008
Illinois Supreme Court Plans for a Unified E-filing System StatewideBryan over at The Connect Lawyer reports that a press release came out today with a few details of the plan with a 3 - 5 year implementation time frame.A Step in the Right Direction

NY Eastern District Court Transcripts

Posted on May 14, 2008
NY Eastern District Court Transcripts Coming OnlineThe court reports: Effective May 15, 2008, the Eastern District of New York, in accordance with Judicial Conference Policy and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5.2 and Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 49...

CM/ECF Now In Use In 99% of Federal

Posted on May 07, 2008
CM/ECF Now In Use In 99% of Federal CourtsThe federal judiciary reports: CM/ECF systems are now in use in all 94 district courts, 93 bankruptcy courts, the Court of International Trade, the Court of Federal Claims, 9 courts of appeals, and 4 Bankruptcy Appellate Panels...

PACER Maintenance NoticeDue to

Posted on May 07, 2008
PACER Maintenance NoticeDue to system maintenance, PACER Registration and Account Maintenance services and CM/ECF Appellate Filer Registration and Maintenance services will not be available from Saturday, May 10, 8:00 AM CST through Monday May 12, 8:00 AM CST...

California's Plans to Consolidate

Posted on April 23, 2008
California's Plans to Consolidate its Superior Court Case Management StatewideIn a press release by the CA Administrative Office of the Courts, an explanation and time frame is given estimating the public will be able to access statewide superior court case information online by the summer of 2010...

Beware of Fake Grand Jury Subpoena

Posted on April 16, 2008
Beware of Fake Grand Jury Subpoena EmailsThe Federal Judiciary reports: Reports have been received of bogus e-mail grand jury subpoenas, purportedly sent by a United States District Court. The e-mails are not a valid communication from a federal court and may contain harmful links...

Wisconsin State Courts Moving Towards

Posted on April 15, 2008
Wisconsin State Courts Moving Towards Electronic FilingWislawjournal.com reports: The state Supreme Court last week adopted in principle, a petition to implement a voluntary e-filing system in Wisconsin, which means attorneys and pro se litigants will soon be able to log on, rather than run out to file case information...

In Honor of National Library Week,

Posted on April 14, 2008
In Honor of National Library Week, Free Access to AllIn honor of National Library Week, please enjoy free access to Legal Dockets Online beginning today, and ending on April 20.http://www.LegalDockets.comLOGIN: nlwPASSWORD: freeNo forms or surveys to fill out, no emails will be sent to you...

Centralized U.S. Appellate ECF

Posted on April 09, 2008
Centralized U.S. Appellate ECF Filer Registration Now AvailableRegistration for Appellate ECF is separate from and in addition to registering for PACER. PACER registration grants you access to view docket reports and documents from a court's database, while ECF registration will enable you to file documents electronically...

The April 2008 Pacer Quarterly

Posted on April 09, 2008
The April 2008 Pacer Quarterly Newsletter is AvailableOf interest:Transcripts to be available on CM/ECF someday. 90 days after a transcript is created it can be made available on CM/ECF. Pacer reports that transcripts will start appearing on dockets "during the spring of 2008"...

More U.S. Appellate Courts Now

Posted on April 02, 2008
More U.S. Appellate Courts Now Providing CM/ECF Pacer AccessWhen fully implemented, CM/ECF (with a Pacer account) provides the public access to court case docket sheets and filings, allows attorneys to file electronically, court clerks to enter docket entries, and enables electronic noticing...

New Jersey Court Record Internet

Posted on April 01, 2008
New Jersey Court Record Internet Access Being DebatedThe New Jersey Law Journal via Law.com reports: A proposed rule that would make most state court records available via the Internet is drawing broad opposition, with some critics saying it takes transparency too far and others saying it doesn't go far enough...

Oklahoma State District Court Filings

Posted on March 12, 2008
Oklahoma State District Court Filings Made Inaccessible to Internet UsersNewsOK.com reports: In a case decided on Tuesday, March 11, 2008, the Supreme Court said individual pleadings and other recorded documents filed in state court actions shall not be publicly displayed on the Internet...

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth

Posted on March 07, 2008
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Now Using CM/ECFSo far they just have the "CM" in place, with the "ECF" still under development. Now instead of using the PACER interface, to access dockets users must go here. BAP docket access is here. Instructions for receiving electronic notices are here.

State Courts E-Filing Patchwork

Posted on February 26, 2008
State Courts E-Filing Patchwork Frustrates LawyersThe National Law Journal Reports via Law.com: Cook County, IL is one of many U.S. counties, including San Diego in California and Kings in New York, that hasn't kept pace with 21st century technological advances that have enabled electronic systems to come to some state courts, such as Maricopa County Superior Court in Arizona and the district courts of Harris County in Texas...

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