Industry Announcements

A February, 2014 Order of the USDC TXWD reaffirmed that uncommunicated edits and corrections made to federal court docket entries do not justify the reopening of time to file an appeal - http://www.courtalert.com/NewsAlert/OrderWithHighlights.pdf

A widely unknown peculiarity within the federal court e-filing practice holds attorneys and law firms responsible to remain current with edits and corrections made to federal court docket events, even if those edits and corrections made by court staff go uncommunicated to the case parties.

Often times, edits and corrections made to federal court e-filed events go uncommunicated to the affected parties on the case. Despite that fact, the parties are still help responsible to maintain a running knowledge of edits and corrections made to the events within the PACER docket. The Court's seem to have little sympathy for this situation as shown in some of the following research: http://www.courtalert.com/LegalResearchforECFAssurance.pdf.

Short of running a regular internal audit looking for edits made to e-filings within the PACER dockets, (which for many firms, is the equivalent of looking for a needle in a haystack) many firms are simply left vulnerable to this situation, or worse they aren't aware they should be running this type of an audit.

"ECF Assurance", by CourtAlert runs this cost effective internal audit for you, regularly comparing the e-filings your firm has received against their appearance on the PACER docket, on a schedule you determine. When ECF Assurance catches a difference between the e-filings you've received and they appear on PACER, your firm will receive a notice of the updated changes, highlighting removals and additions of text and providing a link to the PDF document within PACER.

Please feel free to contact me if you are interested in learning more about this extremely valuable service we provide at CourtAlert. Also, I'd be interested to hear what firms do in the alternative of our ECF Assurance service to mitigate this risk, so please feel free to comment!

Thanks,

Kara Looney
CourtAlert, West Coast Director of Business Development and Sales
Kara@CourtAlert.com
(310) 921-8741 

It was great seeing everyone at the conference. Thanks to my former fellow-board members of the NDA who pulled it off seamlessly and to those who participated in the CourtAlert workshops.  It was a huge success!

Members: I'll be hosting the following CourtAlert workshops at the conference.  Please let me know if you'd like to register to attend in advance.  Look forward to seeing you!

MONDAY 10/6: 1:45 -2:30 pm “Dockets Deadlines and Rules, Oh My”, detailing the benefits of the CourtAlert for CM/ECF docketing program.

MONDAY 10/6:  3:30-4:15 pm “Avoiding the Headlines (and Malpractice!)”, detailing the benefits of CourtAlert ECF Assurance program.

TUESDAY 10/7: 8:00-9:00 am  “Avoiding the Headlines (and Malpractice!)”, detailing the benefits of CourtAlert ECF Assurance program.

TUESDAY 10/7: 9:00-10:00 am “Dockets Deadlines and Rules, Oh My”, detailing the benefits of the CourtAlert for CM/ECF docketing program. 

If anyone in the San Francisco area is interested in having me stop by your office and conduct a demonstration on CourtAlert for PACER, ECF Assurance, and/or CourtAlert CM/ECF this coming Friday, please reach out to me. I'd be glad to pay you a visit and show you how our products can be useful to you.

kara@CourtAlert.com
(310)921-8741
www.courtlaert.com 

I'm excited to be representing CourtAlert's west coast expansion of services and products.  We have a number of powerful products that will streamline your firm's practice and reduce the potential for malpractice:

1) Assist your firm in tracking federal cases of interest anonymously, through CourtAlert for PACER;

2) Assist your firm in offsetting the liability created by the federal court's regular failure to communicate updated ECF notice that contain edits and corrections through CourtAlert's ECF Assurance; and last but certainly not least

3) CourtAlert CM/ECF Docket Calendar Management Program, a highly customizable, rules based program with real time updates and unique features such as a patent pending technology that automatically captures and imports federal e-filings directly into the program itself to help offset recurring PACER costs and a multi-functional knowledge management component.

Please contact me at (310) 921-8741, Kara@CourtAlert.com, or view or products at www.CourtAlert.com.

Thanks,

Kara C. Looney,

CourtAlert, West Coast Director of Business Development and Sales

The JuraLaw Justice League will defend the rights of lawyers to properly calendar and docket their cases at the upcoming ILTA show next week in Nashville in Booth 633.  Our team will get into the Comic Con spirit of this year’s ILTA conference as the JuraLaw Justice League. JuraLaw will be demonstrating several new features including multiple reminders, seamless connectivity to Outlook Exchange, document management with NetDocuments and New York court calendars and dockets. Don’t miss the full features of JuraLaw, the only completely web-based docket management product available at ILTA in Booth 633.  For more information about the ILTA show, visit the ILTA conference website. For more info, visit JuraLaw.com.

Kara C. Looney, an industry leader in nationwide docketing,e-filing, and court procedures will spearhead the new Los Angeles office

CourtAlert is pleased to announce the addition of Ms. Kara. C. Looney as the new West Coast Director of Business Development and Sales. Kara will head the West Coast office to meet the growing demand for CourtAlert services across the U.S. 

An experienced Docketing Administrator and CourtAlert Case Management user, Kara brings extensive experience to CourtAlert. Kara has led national projects focused on the implementation and centralization of docket management applications for firms such as Jackson Lewis PC, and Mintz Levin PC. Kara was also employed with the United States District Court, for the Northern District of New York where she was involved with the national implementation of the Federal Court’s electronic filing program. 

Kara most recently served as the president of this Association. We look forward to continued sponsorship of the NDA and undoubtedly, Kara will join us in this partnership. 

Kara will work closely with the CourtAlert East Coast team to develop and implement the various CourtAlert services used by law firms and law organizations.

Izzy Schiller, President of CourtAlert, said: "We are delighted to welcome Kara, she will be a valuable addition to our growing team. With such a successful history, she is perfectly placed to spearhead our drive for continued rapid growth."

Kara comments, "I am very pleased to be joining the CourtAlert team. The company has a fantastic reputation in the industry as an innovative market leader, and I look forward to being part of its future success." 

With a wide range of law firm and court experience, coupled with a rich business development and implementation skill set, Kara brings an essential combination of expertise and practical, real-work knowledge to her new position with CourtAlert.

Please join us in welcoming Kara.
Kara can be reached at Kara@CourtAlert.com

CourtAlert Announces: CourtAlert for PACER Enhancement

What it does: ECF Assurance alerts users in the event that you do not receive a CM/ECF email notification from the Court. It also alerts of revised dockets text when the court did not notify users.

Why it’s necessary: The ramifications for missing an important ECF emails could be devastating. Attorneys have found themselves having to ask the court for extensions, or worse, potentially open to malpractice liability because they missed a CM/ECF email. 

Relevant Rules and Case Law - Click Here for complete research

How it works:  CourtAlert ECF Assurance automatically and reliably compares the court docket to the email notifications you receive from court. Users are alerted when there is a new or revised docket entry which was not received by CM/ECF Notification. 

We recommend you speak with the Partners, General Counsel, Risk Manager and Ethics Manager of your firm to let them know about ECF Assurance. If you don’t regularly check the docket sheet you are at risk for what others have gone through.

For more details See our website or email Info@CourtAlert.com.