eLaw Insider – September 2014 edition

10/28/2014

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Welcome to the eLaw Insider

THANK YOU to everyone who voted for eLaw in the 2014 New York Law Journal Reader Rankings survey. Thanks to you, eLaw was voted “Best Docketing & Calendaring Software” for the 4th consecutive year.

Now that summer is winding down, it’s time to gear up for a busy fall. Do you have all of the award-winning eLaw products you need to help you search, monitor and manage cases, dockets and court calendars in the New York and New Jersey courts?

We are always interested in your feedback on eLaw products and features as well as any suggestions on new product ideas. Please send your comments to me at Dominick@elaw.com.

Dominick Esposito
Executive Director

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eLaw Overview with 2014 Best Logo

Download the eLaw Overview PDF.

Make sure you have the right eLaw products so you can practice with confidence:

eDocket: Comprehensive online search engine covering all 62 New York Supreme courts and five City Civil courts with unlimited cross-county, multi-year access to search case dockets

eWatch: Automated case monitoring that generates email alerts on future appearances or changes in appearances; motion decisions; note of issue (NOI) or request for judicial intervention (RJI) filings; and so much more

eCalendar: Automatically captures any future appearance dates for cases being monitored by eLaw in your account and displays the dates in a customized online calendar

eCopy: Order copies of any decision or court filing in all 62 counties in New York and all 21 counties in New Jersey as well as State, Federal and Appellate courts

eServe: Electronic portal to file and serve demands and other documents in all New Jersey personal injury protection (PIP) arbitration cases

Custom On-Demand Reports: Reports conducted by eLaw’s knowledgeable staff members on any query covering current and archived cases in the New York Supreme and City Civil courts

Lawsuit Alerts: Earliest notification of new lawsuits filed in New York and Brooklyn identifying plaintiffs and defendants

For more details about our products, download the eLaw Overview PDF.

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Fast Facts: 2014 to Present

• More than 4.1 million eDocket searches conducted
• More than 1.7 million eWatch Alerts emailed to clients
• More than 20,000 eServe orders processed

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Sign up for additional eLaw services by visiting www.eLaw.com, emailing Dominick@elaw.com or calling 973-642-1440, ext. 8.

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eLaw® Chosen as Best Docketing and Calendaring Software in the 2014 NY Law Journal Reader Rankings

9/17/2014

 New York legal community names eLaw No. 1 for the fourth consecutive year

NEW PROVIDENCE, N.J. – September 17, 2014 – eLaw, the leading Web-based platform that provides critical and up-to-date court-related case information, was recognized for the fourth consecutive year as the Best Docketing and Calendaring Software in the fifth annual New York Law Journal (NYLJ) Reader Rankings survey. eLaw was chosen as the winner from 15 other contenders and open write-ins for New York state.

Published since 2010, the New York Law Journal Reader Rankings allows the New York legal community to acknowledge who they believe to be the best providers of products and services to their market. In 2014, more than 8,000 votes were cast in an online survey composed of 13 main categories, including Litigation Support, Research & Information Services, Technology: Software and Services, Consulting and Outsourcing, and Recruiting and Staffing. Voters had the option of selecting firms listed on the ballot or writing in their favorite firm if not listed. Once the survey was closed, the New York Law Journal team verified that the votes had been cast by lawyers or legal professionals.

eLaw provides the local knowledge required by legal professionals to productively manage caseloads by searching and monitoring court dates and events. Subscribers have access to federal, state and select local and appellate courts in New York and New Jersey. eLaw’s features and benefits include:

  • Ensuring that subscribers never miss a court appearance in New York and New Jersey
  • Covering all 62 Supreme Court counties and five City Civil courts
  • Providing filing alerts for New York and Kings County clerk minute books
  • Notifying subscribers when subpoenaed records have arrived at the courts
  • Conducting searches using index numbers or litigant names
  • Eliminating manual data entry and errors by syncing with case management software, including Lawex Corp.’s TrialWorks™, Legal Labs Inc.’s LexPI, LexisNexis’ Time Matters™, Needles Inc.’s Needles® and SmartAdvocate LLC’s SmartAdvocate®
  • Ensuring office and on-the-go access by seamlessly syncing appearances with calendars, including Microsoft® Outlook® and Google as well as Apple® iPhone® and Android™ smartphones and tablets

The top three award winners in all categories will be listed in today’s special supplement of the New York Law Journal.

About eLaw

Since 2000, eLaw® is the leading Web-based platform that provides critical and up-to-date court-related case information. Annually ranked as the leading docketing and calendaring software by New York legal professionals, eLaw allows attorneys to search, monitor and manage active and archived cases, dockets and court calendars in New York and New Jersey trial courts. eLaw users locate cases of interest; register them for email alerts based on court dates, decisions, orders and notices; view individual assignment system dockets; and retrieve copies of any filed court documents from anywhere at any time. eLaw improves case management so that lawyers can practice with confidence. For more information, visit www.eLaw.com or call 973-642-1440, ext. 8.

Media Contact:

Dominick Esposito
890 Mountain Ave., Suite 300
New Providence, NJ 07974
Phone: 973-642-1440, ext. 8
Email: dominick@eLaw.com

eLaw® Chosen as Best Docketing & Calendaring Software by NYLJ Readers

9/19/2012 – NEWARK, NJ – September 19, 2012 – eLaw, the single source of critical knowledge for busy legal professionals, was recognized for the second year in a row as the best docketing and calendaring software in the third annual New York Law Journal (NYLJ) Reader Rankings. Published this month, the reader rankings allow the New York legal community to rank vendor products and services according to which are best in the users’ opinions.

More than 6,800 lawyers and legal professionals cast ballots in an online survey comprised of 63 categories, including technology, research, accounting, insurance, financial services, litigation support, real estate, education, recruiting, and staffing. Voters had the option of selecting companies listed on the ballot or writing in another favorite. The voting was conducted via online ballot and compiled by the sales and marketing teams of the NYLJ.

eLaw provides the local knowledge required by legal professionals to productively manage caseloads by searching and monitoring court dates and events. eLaw subscribers have access to federal, state, and select local and appellate courts in New York and New Jersey. Features of eLaw include:
– Automated monitoring of cases of interest and alerts to events on registered cases.
– Automated synchronization of court dates with calendars in eLaw, Outlook, or several other case management systems.
– Virtual search of all dockets throughout NY and NJ across counties and years.
– Custom, on-demand reports to improve business intelligence.

eLaw also offers a secure electronic portal for filing, serving, and exchanging documents with opposing parties and clients and much more.

About eLaw
eLaw is the single source of critical knowledge for busy legal professionals. With access to courts and dockets, legal research and comprehensive directories, tens of thousands of subscribers use eLaw every day to efficiently manage cases, reduce expenses, and improve productivity. eLaw is owned and operated by Skinder Strauss Associates, publisher of the renowned Lawyers Diary and Manual®. Its sister companies also include American Clerical Services and Aetna Judicial Services, the premier attorney services and process service business in New York. For more information, visit http://www.eLaw.com.

Media Contact:
Dominick Esposito
890 Mountain Ave., Suite 300
New Providence, NJ 07974
Phone: 973-642-1440, ext. 8
Email: dominick@eLaw.com

eLaw® Chosen as Best Docketing & Calendaring Software by NYLJ Readers

9/16/2013 – NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ – September 16, 2013 – eLaw, the single source of critical knowledge for busy legal professionals, was recognized for the third consecutive year as the best docketing and calendaring software in the fourth annual New York Law Journal (NYLJ) Reader Rankings. eLaw was chosen the winner from 15 other contenders and open write-ins for New York state.

Published since 2010, the New York Law Journal Reader Rankings is celebrating its fourth year of enabling the New York legal community categories across litigation support, consulting and outsourcing, technology, recruiting and staffing, research the opportunity to acknowledge who they believe to be the best providers of products and services to their market. In 2013, more than 8,200 lawyers and legal professionals cast ballots in an online survey composed of over 80, accounting, financial services, real estate, mediation and education. Voters had the option of selecting firms listed on the ballot or writing in their favorite firm if not listed. Once voting the voting was closed, the New York Law Journal team verified that all those who cast votes were lawyers or legal professionals.

eLaw provides the local knowledge required by legal professionals to productively manage caseloads by searching and monitoring court dates and events. Subscribers have access to federal, state and select local and appellate courts in New York and New Jersey. Features of eLaw include:

  • Automated monitoring of cases of interest and alerts to events on registered cases
  • Automated synchronization of court dates with calendars in eLaw, Outlook, or several other case management systems
  • Virtual search of all dockets throughout New York and New Jersey across counties and years
  • Custom, on-demand reports to improve business intelligence

eLaw’s sister company, inSync Litigation Support, was named Best Attorney Services Firm in the NYLJ Reader Rankings.

About eLaw
eLaw is the single source of critical knowledge for busy legal professionals. With access to courts, dockets and comprehensive directories, tens of thousands of subscribers use eLaw every day to efficiently manage cases, reduce expenses and improve productivity. eLaw is owned and operated by Skinder-Strauss Associates, publisher of the renowned Lawyers Diary and Manual®. Its sister companies also include inSync Litigation Support and New Jersey Lawyers Service (NJLS). For more information, visit http://www.eLaw.com.
Media Contact:
Dominick Esposito
890 Mountain Ave., Suite 300
New Providence, NJ 07974
Phone: 973-642-1440, ext. 8
Email: dominick@eLaw.com

eLaw® Streamlines Calendaring with Integration of iCal Functionality

3/20/2013NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ – March 20, 2013 – eLaw, the single source of critical knowledge for busy legal professionals, today announced the addition of iCal to its popular case management platform. iCal enables users to copy a calendar entry from eLaw into any iCal-compliant calendar (such as Microsoft Outlook) with ease and accuracy. As appearance dates of interest arise, they can be seamlessly added to a calendar without risking the errors that may occur when manually entering dates, times and places.

Subscribers can automatically synchronize updates between eLaw and their Outlook calendar when they register cases for automated tracking via eWatch. In addition to Outlook Sync, eLaw supports synchronization with a wide range of CMS platforms including web services for customized CMS. eWatch also provides notices for upcoming court events called Reminder Alerts, a feature introduced by eLaw in February along with enhancements to the eCopy portion of the platform. The improved communication and scheduling features recently announced help subscribers better collaborate with colleagues and staff, promoting increased efficiency and productivity.

The new iCal feature and Outlook Sync are both available to eLaw subscribers at no additional charge.

eLaw offers state-of-the-art programming and services that level the playing field for small firm attorneys and sole practitioners by simplifying calendaring, scheduling and other case management functions. eLaw provides the local knowledge required by lawyers to productively manage caseloads by searching and monitoring court dates and events. Subscribers have access to federal, state and selected local and appellate courts in New York and New Jersey, and they receive automated monitoring of cases of interest and alerts to events on registered cases. eLaw provides automated synchronization of court dates with calendars on iPad or iPhone and in eLaw, Outlook, Google and several other major case management systems. eLaw also offers custom, on-demand reports to improve business intelligence.

About eLaw
eLaw is the single source of critical knowledge for busy legal professionals. With access to courts, dockets and comprehensive directories, tens of thousands of subscribers use eLaw every day to efficiently manage cases, reduce expenses and improve productivity. eLaw is owned and operated by Skinder-Strauss Associates, publisher of the renowned Lawyers Diary and Manual®. Its sister companies include American Clerical Services and Aetna Judicial Services, the premier attorney services and process service business in New York. For more information, visit http://www.eLaw.com.
Media Contact:
Dominick Esposito
890 Mountain Ave., Suite 300
New Providence, NJ 07974
Phone: 973-642-1440, ext. 8
Email: dominick@eLaw.com

eLaw® Improves User Productivity with Enhanced eCopy Functionality and New Calendar Alerts

2/22/2013NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ – February 22, 2013 – eLaw, the single source of critical knowledge for busy legal professionals, today announced new enhancements to the popular eCopy portion of its case management platform. The improved communication and scheduling features help subscribers better collaborate with colleagues and staff, promoting increased efficiency and productivity.

eLaw now automatically sends each eCopy order to a subscriber’s eLaw account, in addition to users receiving the orders by email or fax. By having eCopy accessible via an eLaw account, subscribers can view or download the order at any time and not worry about the person receiving the email being on vacation or out sick. With appropriate permissions established, anyone from a firm can access an account and view, print or download and save the requested eCopy at any time, 24/7.

Additionally, eLaw has improved its calendar reminder alerts. Clients can now schedule appearance reminders one week, two weeks, three weeks or four weeks prior to the appearance and can schedule the day of the week on which they wish to receive the alert. This enhancement offers a more customized experience tailored to each subscriber’s unique needs.

eLaw provides the local knowledge required by lawyers to productively manage caseloads by searching and monitoring court dates and events. Subscribers have access to federal, state and selected local and appellate courts in New York and New Jersey, and they receive automated monitoring of cases of interest and alerts to events on registered cases. eLaw also provides automated synchronization of court dates with calendars in eLaw, Outlook, Google, iPad, iPhone and several other major case management systems. eLaw also offers custom, on-demand reports to improve business intelligence.

About eLaw
eLaw is the single source of critical knowledge for busy legal professionals. With access to courts, dockets and comprehensive directories, tens of thousands of subscribers use eLaw every day to efficiently manage cases, reduce expenses and improve productivity. eLaw is owned and operated by Skinder-Strauss Associates, publisher of the renowned Lawyers Diary and Manual®. Its sister companies include American Clerical Services and Aetna Judicial Services, the premier attorney services and process service business in New York. For more information, visit http://www.eLaw.com.
Media Contact:
Dominick Esposito
890 Mountain Ave., Suite 300
New Providence, NJ 07974
Phone: 973-642-1440, ext. 8
Email: dominick@eLaw.com

eLaw Unveils New Product Features

12/5/2012 – NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ – December 5, 2012 – Today, eLaw—the single source of critical knowledge for busy legal professionals—announced new features on its popular case management platform. These key enhancements help subscribers to make faster decisions and prioritize their upcoming commitments by making even more critical case data available at their fingertips.

eLaw® provides the local knowledge required by lawyers to productively manage caseloads by searching and monitoring court dates and events. The latest eLaw® improvements include:

~ Pending trial calendar appearances are now on the user dashboard of each subscriber’s home page and provide a list of upcoming commitments at a glance upon entering the eLaw® site.
~ A quick view is available for the number of times each case appears on a trial calendar.
~ A “trial” button on each user’s eLaw® calendar provides a list of upcoming appearances, including the number of times each has appeared on the trial calendar after the name of the case.
~ A relief sought list is available for motion appearances.

Now subscribers to eLaw® also see a display of all related cases to each case added to their eWatch list. This helps attorneys who want to track additional cases that the court has indicated are related to their eWatch cases.

eLaw® subscribers have access to federal, state, and selected local and appellate courts in New York and New Jersey, and they receive automated monitoring of cases of interest and alerts to events on registered cases. eLaw® also provides automated synchronization of court dates with calendars in eLaw®, Outlook or several other case management systems.  eLaw® also offers a secure electronic portal for filing, serving, and exchanging documents with opposing parties and clients and much more, including custom, on-demand reports to improve business intelligence.

About eLaw
eLaw is the single source of critical knowledge for busy legal professionals. With access to courts and dockets, legal research, and comprehensive directories, tens of thousands of subscribers use eLaw® every day to efficiently manage cases, reduce expenses, and improve productivity. eLaw is owned and operated by Skinder Strauss Associates, publisher of the renowned Lawyers Diary and Manual®. Its sister companies include American Clerical Services and Aetna Judicial Services, the premier attorney services and process service business in New York. For more information, visit http://www.eLaw.com.
Media Contact:
Dominick Esposito
890 Mountain Ave., Suite 300
New Providence, NJ 07974
Phone: 973-642-1440, ext. 8
Email: dominick@eLaw.com