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Friday, October 29, 2004

US Court of Appeals for the 3rd circuit will implement mandatory e-filing on Nov. 1
Ready or not, New Jersey lawyers with federal court cases will have to start learning to file papers electronically. Starting Nov. 1, a change in local rules of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals requires that all briefs be filed in electronic form as well as on paper.

The U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey will soon follow suit. By Jan. 31, the court will make mandatory participation in its heretofore voluntary e-filing system, known as CM/ECF. Lawyers will have to register with the court's Web site and be trained on using the system.

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Wednesday, October 27, 2004

Idaho: US District and Bankruptcy Courts moving from free Racer to CM/ECF
Soon, anyone who wants to surf the Internet for Idaho federal court information will have to pay 8 cents every time they click a mouse to get to a new page within the district court Web site. After the changes take effect Jan. 3, users of www.id.uscourts.gov will also have to register for a special password to access the site, a process which will take an estimated two weeks.

Monday, October 25, 2004

Delaware: US District Court prepares for CM/ECF implementation
Starting early next year, people filing papers or doing legal research at US District Court in Wilmington will be able to use an electronic filing system.

All new lawsuits, criminal cases and documents filed in existing cases will be managed electronically. Nonlawyers who are acting as their own attorneys will still be allowed to file paper copies of their documents, which court staff will then scan into the system so they become available electronically, project manager Marlene Warrant said.

Friday, October 22, 2004

Colorado: Moffat County courts going paperless -- slowly
Trekking down to the courts to retrieve legal documents is slowly becoming a thing of the past in Moffat County thanks to an electronic filing system that slowly is gaining momentum locally.

Clerks in Moffat County's combined courts recently received training to become more fluent with the system that allows attorneys and court employees to file paperless pleadings.

The benefits, said Diana Meyer, clerk of courts for Moffat County's combined courts, is that the system saves on employees' workloads. She expects the clerk's office to embrace "e-filing" by the beginning of 2005.

Thursday, October 21, 2004

US criminal documents will now be available online starting November 1, 2004
According to the recently posted PACER quarterly announcement, criminal case documents filed on or after 11/1/04 (unless they are sealed) will be available for viewing online. Another blow to practical obscurity :)

Wednesday, October 13, 2004

Should CM/ECF be used in US Courts of Appeal?
This article by Howard J. Bashman in the The Legal Intelligencer explores some pros and cons.

Indiana implements CM/ECF
The US Southern Bankruptcy Court is now utilizing the CM/ECF system. This makes Indiana the 18th state to have CM/ECF running in all federal district and bankruptcy courts.

Tuesday, October 05, 2004

Tennessee: US Middle Bankruptcy Court ECF became mandatory yesterday
The transformation is part of a rolling nationwide adoption of Internet-based access to all federal courts, and according to Chief Deputy Clerk Lisa Perlen, the US Bankruptcy Court in Nashville is the first in the country to skip a half-paper/half-electronic transition phase and go straight to mandatory electronic filing.

Monday, October 04, 2004

Iowa implements CM/ECF
The US Southern District Court is now utilizing the CM/ECF system. They are the 17th state to have CM/ECF running in all federal district and bankruptcy courts.

Saturday, October 02, 2004

Florida: US Middlle District Bankruptcy Court (Jacksonville) ECF now mandatory
According to an order issued in June, beginning October 2 all attorneys filing a bankruptcy case in Jacksonville will have to file their cases electronically. Bankruptcy cases filed by an attorney via paper documentation will no longer be accepted after this date. However, individuals without legal representation may continue to file their bankruptcy pleadings on paper.

Friday, October 01, 2004

WestLaw also gets 7 year DOJ contract, but for $5 million more than Lexis
According to their press release "Seven-year, $40 Million Contract Is Largest Primary Award. Thomson West, a part of The ThomsonCorporation, today announced that the U.S. Department ofJustice (DOJ) has selected Westlaw(R) as a primary source of online legal,business, news and public records information. The seven-year, $40 million contract, which begins Oct. 1, 2004 is the largest information service award granted under the DOJ's recent procurement request. The agreement gives legal professionals at the DOJ access to premier information resources and research technologies, as well as powerful tools for representing the federal government in courtrooms across the country."

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