Electronic filing comes with new rules and new pitfalls. Appellate courts zealously guard appellate deadlines, and it is up to appellate lawyers to ensure their compliance with those deadlines, even ...

In Randall Wenger's first year as Lancaster County prothonotary in 2004, the office had 30 employees who handled about 9,000 filings. This year, Wenger expects his 27 employees to process nearly ...

On May 2, 2023, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued an Order adopting a new Local Appellate Rule 26.1 and amending Local Appellate Rule 113.3 in order to establish a 5:00 p ...

As longtime readers of this column are aware, I am an enthusiastic supporter of electronic filing on appeal. Appellate e-filing has long been mandatory for attorneys in the U.S. Court of Appeals for ...

Starting Tuesday a trip down to the Spokane County Superior Courthouse won’t be necessary to file documents for some case types. The Spokane County Clerk’s office is launching e-filing Tuesday for ...

A recent opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal suggested that e-filing could leave taxpayers vulnerable to cyberattacks and IRS penalties. Don’t let these arguments scare you. E-filing is still the ...

When filing your tax return, having all the necessary documents is essential. Missing or incorrect documents can lead to delays, penalties, or even audits. The IRS relies on accurate information to ...

Court experiments with e-filing At 28, Tony Demma doesn't look like a dinosaur on the verge of extinction. Yet Demma, a legal documents runner for a Lincoln attorney, is part of a time-honored ...

A seismic shift is coming in the way work is done at the Allen County Courthouse. Electronic filing, the computerized way to record documents without setting foot in a courthouse, is arriving Feb. 6 ...

The change went into effect this month. "This clearly puts the Connecticut Judicial Branch into the 21st century," said Chief Court Administrator Joseph H. Pellegrino. While the judicial branch is ...

EDWARDSVILLE — Filing paper court documents in civil cases will soon be a thing of the past in Madison County and other areas of Illinois. Chief Justice Rita B. Garman and the Illinois Supreme Court ...