Tech partner spotlight: How Easysoft helps firms automate real estate closings with ease
Preview One Legal Tech Partner Easysoft and learn more about the value for real estate firms in improving the closing process while automating data entry and boosting efficiency.
Tech partner spotlight: How Smokeball helps firms increase productivity and billable hours
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eFiling in DuPage County: What to expect when the new court filing system goes live
DuPage County, Illinois is on the cusp of launching its eFiling integration with the new statewide eFiling system. Here’s what you need to know about the transition.
Bulk filing debuts for Cook County tax objections
One Legal announced the debut of a new electronic tool for bulk filing court cases on Monday, after successful tests on its first several hundred cases. Filers in select case types will now be able to file documents en masse, avoiding time-consuming data entry for repetitive document types and content. This new feature is still […]
Electronic filing becomes mandatory in Cook County
Electronic filing became mandatory for nearly all civil cases in the Circuit Court of Cook County at midnight on July 1, one minute after the old “OLIS” eFiling system was removed from the Clerk’s website. Under the new eFileIL system, which also became officially operational in Cook County at midnight, filers choose their own portal—or […]
11 Illinois electronic court filing rejection reasons explained
As Illinois adopts a statewide eFiling system, they’ve also standardized a list of issues that might cause a court filing to be rejected and returned to the filer. Below is a full list of possible court filing rejection reasons listed in the eFileIL Trial Court Configuration Standards on IllinoisCourts.gov, with insights into what each reason […]
Preparing for Illinois eFiling at your firm
Ready or not, eFiling on the statewide eFileIL system is about to be the only way to file legal documents in Illinois courts. That means several major circuit courts with a different eFiling system already in place—including Cook, Will, DuPage and Lake County—will be required to switch to eFileIL, a platform for which law firms […]