New Court Rule Sets Available:
California Superior Court, Placer County – Appellate Division
Detailed information regarding updated rules can be found on the Rule Update Details page.
July 1, 2015 Rules Update
New Court Rule Sets Available:
United States District Court, Central District of California, Mag. Rozella A. Oliver
California Superior Court, Alameda County – Probate Division
California Superior Court, Sonoma County – Probate Division
California Superior Court, Yolo County – Probate Division
Colorado District Court (Cases Filed on or After 7/1/15)
New York Supreme Court, New York County, Hon. Geoffrey D. Wright
Detailed information regarding updated rules can be found on the Rule Update Details page.
June 1, 2015 Rules Update
New Court Rule Sets Available:
United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Alabama
United States District Court, Central District of California, Mag. Gail J. Standish
United States Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York, Hon. James L. Garrity
Arkansas Rules of Appellate Procedure
California Superior Court, Contra Costa County – Probate Division
California Superior Court, Fresno County – Probate Division
Florida Circuit Court, 19th Judicial Circuit
Florida Circuit Court, 19th Judicial Circuit (St. Lucie County)
Illinois Circuit Court, 21st Circuit
Kansas District Court, 3rd Judicial District
New York Supreme Court, New York County, Hon. Lynn Kotler
New York Supreme Court, New York County, Commercial Division, Hon. Anil Singh
Detailed information regarding updated rules can be found on the Rule Update Details page.
May 1, 2015 Rules Update
New Court Rule Sets Available:
United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, Mag. Anne Y. Shields
United States Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York, Hon. Michael E. Wiles
Florida Circuit Court, 12th Judicial Circuit
Florida Circuit Court, 12th Judicial Circuit (Sarasota County)
North Carolina Superior Court, 5th Judicial District (New Hanover County)
Detailed information regarding updated rules can be found on the Rule Update Details page.
April 1, 2015 Rules Update
New Court Rule Sets Available:
Idaho District Court, 4th Judicial District
Illinois Circuit Court, 11th Circuit – McLean County
Louisiana Supreme Court
Maryland Circuit Court, 2nd Judicial Circuit – Queen Anne’s County
Nevada District Court, 4th Judicial District – Elko County
Oregon Circuit Court, 2nd Judicial District – Lane County
Detailed information regarding updated rules can be found on the Rule Update Details page.
Press Release: American Legalnet Launches Edocs Direct™ for Immediate Document Delivery
New document delivery service will ensure instant access to critical documents from state jurisdictions.
ENCINO —March 24, 2015 – American LegalNet Inc., the legal industry’s leading provider of calendaring and workflow software solutions, today announced the launch of eDocs Direct™, an instant document delivery and document access service for state jurisdictions.
For the New York Supreme Court, eDocs Direct™ automatically includes all NYSCEF documents for subscribed cases as an attorney of record or as an attorney monitoring and tracking cases of interest.
“We are excited to bring to the legal community, the first and only system in the market place that automatically delivers all documents associated with New York Supreme Court cases being monitored but are not an attorney of record,” said Erez Bustan, President and CEO, American LegalNet. “eDocs Direct™ automates the resource and time consuming manual process of researching the courts’ records and downloading the electronically filed documents.”
Besides saving time, other benefits of eDocs Direct™ include faster receipt of e-filed documents by eliminating manual routing to attorneys and staff, business intelligence by monitoring court activity for cases with similar motion or pleading activity such as before a certain judge, and automated tracking of documents for legal matters in the New York Unified Courts.
About American LegalNet, Inc:
American LegalNet (ALN) was founded in 1996 and is a trusted partner to law firms, empower them with innovative workflow management technologies that help mitigate risk, increase operational efficiencies, and reduce costs so they can focus on their core competencies. Today American LegalNet is the premier provider of Desktop to Courthouse workflow solutions that include eDockets, Docket Direct, Forms WorkFlow, Smart Dockets and eFiling. For more information, visit http://www.alncorp.com.
Media Contact:
American LegalNet Inc
818-817-9225
Marketing@alncorp.com
March 1, 2015 Rules Update
New Court Rule Sets Available:
United States District Court, Northern District of California, Hon. Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr.
United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Hon. John Robert Blakey
United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, Hon. Thomas C. Platt
California Superior Court, El Dorado County – Probate Division
Illinois Circuit Court, 20th Circuit – St. Clair County
Washington Superior Court, Chelan County
Detailed information regarding updated rules can be found on the Rule Update Details page.
American Legalnet Strengthens Risk Management Portfolio With ECF Verify™
American LegalNet Inc., the legal industry’s leading provider of calendaring and workflow software solutions, today announced the launch of ECF Verify™ at the 14th Annual LMRM Conference in Chicago.
ECF Verify, an electronic case file (CM/ECF) verification service for attorneys, law firms and their clients is based on a subscribed schedule that will scan for any changes in the court dockets that did not generate email notifications from PACER.gov, and will send an alert to the subscribing attorney. By monitoring and delivering undelivered e-mails from PACER.gov, ECF Verify protects firms from the risk of missed court dates and critical information including scheduling times for arguments or change in courtrooms.
“Missing email notifications or docket information from the courts can have significant consequences on the outcome of a case and can expose the firm to the risk of malpractice claims”, said Michael Friedman, Managing Attorney at Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP. “With ECF Verify, firms can have the assurance that they will not miss any court docket information.”
“This is an exciting time for ALN. Our success is built on our commitment to delivering workflow solutions that greatly minimize the risks associated with practicing,” said Erez Bustan, President and CEO, American LegalNet. “With the addition of ECF Verify, law firms and their clients have a complete workflow solution that addresses the risk management challenges they face.”
ALN’s flagship calendaring and docketing solution, eDockets, features an extensive national court rules subscription with regional coverage and are written, updated and maintained by a team of in-house, US licensed attorneys. The 1,600+ court rules set incorporates service offsets and local holidays. This mitigates the risks associated with manually calendaring dates, especially in unfamiliar jurisdictions.
In addition to the national court rules coverage, the Docket Direct module automatically adds docket entries and calendars court appearances directly from the court’s docket to ensure firms always meet their dates and deadlines. Other features including Attorney Change Utility, Attorney Admissions Tracking, automated reporting and a robust Exchange integration give law firms the safety net they need to address the operational risks and professional liability.
If you are a subscribing attorney to cases on PACER.gov, insure that you receive all ECF notification. To learn more, visit http://www.alncorp.com/ecfverify.
About American LegalNet, Inc:
American LegalNet (ALN) was founded in 1996 and is a trusted partner to law firms, empower them with innovative workflow management technologies that help mitigate risks, increase operational efficiency, and reduce costs so they can focus on their core competencies. Today American LegalNet is the premier provider of Desktop to Courthouse workflow solutions that include eDockets, Docket Direct, Forms WorkFlow, Smart Dockets and eFiling. For more information, visit http://www.alncorp.com.
Media Contact:
American LegalNet Inc
818-817-9225
marketing@alncorp.com
Who’s in Charge – You or Your Software Vendor?
All too often I hear complaints from my friends in the legal world that their current software vendor is not listening to them. There have been no product enhancements in years, the vendor just does not understand the firm’s workflow, and the annual subscription costs just keep going up. And that’s not the worst of it.
What happens when a vendor stores all your data on their servers, like in a SaaS model, and you want to terminate the agreement? Does your vendor give you a hard time providing you with the data? Isn’t that data yours? You paid them to store the data, not to own it.
A few months ago, I had a conversation with a CIO from a very prominent firm. He shared with me that, after providing proper notice of termination of the contract, the vendor would not hand over the firm’s data they stored unless he paid an exorbitant fee for exporting the data in a format the firm could use with their new vendor. That sounds to me like retaliation, doesn’t it? The CIO said he would never do business with that vendor again and has shared that story with other colleagues and peers.
At last year’s ILTA conference in Nashville, I was the moderator of a panel discussion with industry leaders that shared their experiences and knowledge of best practices in supporting law firms with calendaring and docketing support as well as security concerns with “cloud” providers. One IT professional in the audience spoke of a similar story where the vendor gave him such a hard time with exporting the firm’s data from the cloud. It became a hot topic for discussion with the attendees. Turns out both stories relate to the same vendor.
Contrary to the consumer side of cloud options for data storage, when companies leverage a vendor that offers a SaaS or cloud storage option, there is a very clear definition of data ownership. The company always owns the data and not the vendor.
During my former career on the other side of the sales table, I made sure the vendors I dealt with knew I was in charge, and not them. So who’s in charge at your firm – you or your software vendor?
Chris Gierymski is the Director of Business Development at American LegalNet and can be reached at cgierymski@alncorp.com.
February 1, 2015 Rules Update
New Court Rule Sets Available:
United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Hon. Jorge L. Alonso
California Superior Court, San Mateo County – Probate Division
California Superior Court, Ventura County – Probate Division
Detailed information regarding updated rules can be found on the Rule Update Details page.
