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Tuesday, March 29, 2005

Florida: Panel agrees on Internet access to court documents (finally)
Dara Kam of the Palm Beach Post reports "As paper records head the way of the horse and carriage, a Florida Supreme Court committee is wrapping up a year-long struggle with balancing the public's access to court documents against the threats posed by cyber-savvy thieves.

The committee, composed of judges, lawyers and clerks of court and chaired by former House Speaker Jon Mills, agreed Monday in Tampa on a basic principle: General electronic access to court records should be available to the public.

And — despite a recent spate of security faults by data compilers, including ChoicePoint of Boca Raton — the committee also decided not to limit access to anyone, including companies that make millions of dollars raking through court files and other public records..."

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Tuesday, March 22, 2005

The PACER U.S. Party/Case Index has added an additional bankruptcy search option
Now, when searching for bankruptcy cases, a user can search by entering only the last four digits of a social security number combined with at least three characters of the last name. Previously, the complete social security number was required.

Monday, March 21, 2005

Free US District Court written opinions for Pacer account holders
Read the CM/ECF 2.4 release notes on the PACER site giving details. Also this release includes the option to use header information on downloaded PDF documents.

Saturday, March 19, 2005

Electronic Filing and the U.S. Appeals Courts: Pros and Cons
This Legal Intelligencer article written by Howard J. Bashman, and posted on Law.com, provides a brief overview of what's inevitably coming next in the momentum-gaining advancement of federal court technology.

Friday, March 18, 2005

Identity theft: The social security number is the root of all evil?
The ChoicePoint and other recent data thefts have been hot in the news but I had decided not to post anything concerning this because 1)It's nothing new, and 2) It's gotten more than its share of press. However, I will continue to post selectively chosen articles in this area of public records v. privacy concerns now and then. One such article, No Security in SSNs?, by Susan Kuchinskas and posted on the internetnews.com site is worth a look.

Tamara Thompson, a California private investigator, offers a divergent view to the dominant press published regarding this privacy issue on her PI News Link Blog.

Thursday, March 17, 2005

Whitehill Technologies helps law firms meet the e-filing demands of U.S. federal courts
According to their press release "Whitehill Technologies, Inc.,., a provider of leading document composition and data transformation software solutions that enable insurance, legal and financial companies to accelerate key business processes, today announced at the LegalWorks West Coast conference that its software is helping law firms meet U.S. federal court requirements for electronic case file submission...

Tuesday, March 15, 2005

Florida: Access to public records debate drags on
MANATEE - To Clearwater resident Ken Kramer, the quest for public access continues to be an uphill battle in Florida.

Kramer isn't a journalist, a detective or a lawyer. But he has frequently sought public records for his private research firm in Florida for the past seven years.

And now, more than ever, he believes Floridians need to continue pressuring legislators to keep public records accessible without further restrictions. HeraldToday.com

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Monday, March 14, 2005

Mississippi implements statewide CM/ECF
CM/ECF is now up and running in all federal district and bankruptcy courts in this state. Upon completion they joined the 27 others, bringing the total to 28 that are using CM/ECF statewide.

Friday, March 11, 2005

2005 FOI update: Electronic access
First Amendement Center article by Andrew Schotz that addresses practical obscurity, and lists some federal and local courts' current policies regarding online court record access.

Thursday, March 10, 2005

FREE access to Legal Dockets Online for students and faculty!
I'm pleased to announce that Legal Dockets Online is now offering free unlimited access to students and faculty of any school. If you're a law student or professor learning about how to access case information and criminal records, Legal Dockets Online can be tremendously useful. Try our site free for one week, and if you would like your school to have access just follow the subscription instructions here.

West Virginia implements statewide CM/ECF
CM/ECF is now up and running in all federal district and bankruptcy courts in this state. Upon completion they joined the 26 others, bringing the total to 27 that are using CM/ECF statewide.

Wednesday, March 09, 2005

Need to e-file? Better brush up on your PDF knowledge and skills
This Law.com article by Brett Burney is a good place to start, and provides an excellent summary of available tools for your document preparation.

Wednesday, March 02, 2005

Louisiana implements statewide CM/ECF
CM/ECF is now up and running in all federal district and bankruptcy courts in this state. Upon completion they joined the 25 others, bringing the total to 26 that are using CM/ECF statewide.

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