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Electronic Filing

OASIS LegalXML Offers E-Filing Technical Assistance - Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Some limited technical assistance is available for courts who wish to implement E-filing.

NCSC E-Filing Survey Results Posted - Monday, October 12, 2009

The results of the 2009 National Center for State Courts electronic court filing survey have been posted online.

NCSC Conducts E-Filing Survey - Friday, May 29, 2009

The NCSC is conducting a nationwide survey on state court e-filing.

Wikipedia Gets Court E-filing Page - Tuesday, April 21, 2009

The courts finally get their own e-filing page on Wikipedia

Nevada Supreme Court Expands E-filing - Friday, February 27, 2009

Effective February 23, 2009, the Nevada Supreme Court will begin accepting electronic filings, or e-filing, of all criminal cases at the Court.

Mississippi State Courts Developing E-Filing - Friday, January 23, 2009

The State Court system in Mississippi have been working toward E-filing.

Joint Technology Committee Approves E-Filing Standard Update - Friday, May 09, 2008

The Joint Technology Committee (JTC) of COSCA and NACM recently approved the use of the OASIS LegalXML Electronic Court Filing (ECF)Standard Version 3.1

Montgomery County, Ohio E-Filing Blog - Wednesday, March 19, 2008

The Common Pleas Court in Dayton, Ohio has a blog on their E-filing project.

Seattle Bike Messengers a Dying Breed - Monday, March 03, 2008

An article in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer describes the end of bike messengers as we know it.

Ingham County Michigan E-Court Plans - Monday, March 03, 2008

Ingham County, Michigan Circuit Court works toward an electronic records and E-filing system.

Sterns County Minnesota Tests E-Court Ideas - Friday, February 01, 2008

An article in the St. Cloud Times in Minnesota notes the new electronic juvenile courtroom and plans for scanning and E-filing of case documents.

Georgia Appellate Courts Plan for E-Filing - Friday, September 21, 2007

The Daily Report newspaper notes plans for E-Filing in Georgia's Appellate Courts.

ECF Forum - Wednesday, June 06, 2007

Discussion forum for electronic court filing

Federal Courts Speed Prisoner Transfers - Tuesday, April 10, 2007

A new eDesignate system has been developed to reduce delays in designating a federal prisoner to the Federal Bureau of Prisons

US Federal Court E-Filing Rules - Monday, November 27, 2006

Attorney Howard J. Bashman, in his regular column for Law.com, discusses new rules for unpublished citations and appellate court E-filing in his article "What Do the Federal Appellate Procedure Rule Changes Mean for You?"

US Sentencing Comission Electronic Reporting - Tuesday, October 10, 2006

In its Fall 2006 Guidelines Newsletter the US Federal Sentencing Commission notes that 70 Federal District Courts are "submitting their case files electronically."

Electronic Case Filing Program Kicks Off At Orange County Clerk's Office - Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Orange County Clerk of Courts Lydia Gardner is pleased to announce that Ed Foster of Akerman, Senterfitt and Edison became the first attorney to electronically file a case under our new Electronic Case Filing system.

Alabama AOC Intoduces AlaFile - Friday, March 17, 2006

Chief Justice Drayton Nabers, Jr. recently introduced via direct webcast the new statewide AlaFile(tm) electronic court document filing system to Alabama Attorneys.

National Judicial College Survey on E-filing - Wednesday, June 08, 2005

While we are waiting for news from the GJXDM Users' Conference, we received notice today about the publication of a new survey on electronic filing conducted by the National Judicial College and Lexis-Nexis File and Serve. More than 1,500 judges responded to the survey.