Monday 25 June 2012

South Carolina legislature overrides governor, allows CJ to set e-filing fees to pay for court technology

Cross-posted at Gavel to Gavel

I mentioned two weeks ago the e-filing fees situation in South Carolina. In sum, the legislature unanimously adopted HB 4821, which would have allowed the state's chief justice to set an e-filing fee to pay for court technology
for filing court documents by electronic means from an integrated electronic filing (e-filing) system owned and operated by the South Carolina Judicial Department in an amount set by the Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court and all fees must be remitted to the South Carolina Judicial Department to be dedicated to the support of court technology
Despite the legislature's unanimity, the governor vetoed the bill, arguing no "branch of government should be provided with such comprehensive, unilateral authority to impose fees without regulatory or other comparable review." The South Carolina legislature has now voted to override the governor's veto: 93-14 in the House and 39-3 in the Senate.

Thursday 21 June 2012

Court Case Management Systems 2012 Part 1: It’s About Change


It’s all about change.  The technology has changed.  The expectations have changed.  Therefore, court case management has changed.

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Friday 15 June 2012

Wednesday 13 June 2012

This and That in Court Tech - June, 2012


News about Oregon's eCourts project, a new blog by ProBono.net, LawTech Camp 2012, New Mexico's website attack, Password security, and an excellent change management article.

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Thursday 7 June 2012

Court Case Management 2012


Some of my colleagues and I are planning on writing a series of articles on Court Case Management Systems over the next year (or two).

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Friday 1 June 2012

Courts Go Mobile


Recently I've been looking at various court's efforts to provide information via mobile devices (Smart Phones and Pad/Tablet Computers) and there is some very nice work out there.

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