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Using Vision' Court Rules To Streamline Docket Control
My firm, Shartsis, Friese & Ginsburg LLP (SFG), San Francisco, is a mid-size law firm that specializes in litigation, real estate, business transactions and other commercial areas of law. Prior to 1999, before I began working here, our firm used a calendar system that required manual calculation and research of court rules and statutes, which was extremely time consuming. The Calendar Coordinator at that time was aware of, and had used, CompuLaw's Vision program and initiated the purchase and use of the program at SFG. I was hired soon after the installation and, having had several years of experience with the Vision program, was able to work quickly to streamline the attorneys' calendars. Vision has rule databases that can be purchased and incorporated to make the calendar program nearly-completely automated. A human still needs to input the dates, for example, a trial date that the Vision system uses to compute with, but many hours of research and entry are saved on every matter maintained in the Vision program.
Using this program has increased productivity and lessened the error margin quite a bit. CompuLaw has an entire department of lawyers that keeps the rule databases current, and they send updates to their clients regularly. The major changes are sent quarterly and if they find the need, additional changes are sent throughout the year. CompuLaw rule databases are user-friendly ' you can understand the summaries of the rules provided, even if you do not have a law degree, which many calendar clerks do not. Prior to using CompuLaw's system, there was no way of easily tracking and watching for rule changes. Our calendar clerks were required to manually recalculate dates when the rules changed, ie if the number of days changed as per the change in oppositions and replies to motions in the state courts. With CompuLaw rule databases incorporated in the Vision program, when the rules change, CompuLaw's databases are updated, and they automatically adjust the dates in our system. Afterwards, a report tells you what has been changed. I calendar hundreds of cases so this is a very valuable tool.
Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough
There is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.
Judge Rules Shaquille O'Neal Will Face Securities Lawsuit for Promotion, Sale of NFTs
A federal district court in Miami, FL, has ruled that former National Basketball Association star Shaquille O'Neal will have to face a lawsuit over his promotion of unregistered securities in the form of cryptocurrency tokens and that he was a "seller" of these unregistered securities.
Why So Many Great Lawyers Stink at Business Development and What Law Firms Are Doing About It
Why is it that those who are best skilled at advocating for others are ill-equipped at advocating for their own skills and what to do about it?
Blockchain Domains: New Developments for Brand Owners
Blockchain domain names offer decentralized alternatives to traditional DNS-based domain names, promising enhanced security, privacy and censorship resistance. However, these benefits come with significant challenges, particularly for brand owners seeking to protect their trademarks in these new digital spaces.
Coverage Issues Stemming from Dry Cleaner Contamination Suits
In recent years, there has been a growing number of dry cleaners claiming to be "organic," "green," or "eco-friendly." While that may be true with respect to some, many dry cleaners continue to use a cleaning method involving the use of a solvent called perchloroethylene, commonly known as perc. And, there seems to be an increasing number of lawsuits stemming from environmental problems associated with historic dry cleaning operations utilizing this chemical.