| New Products & Services Accounting for
Lawyers available on CD-ROM
For the first time, lawyers can master the critical components of accounting needed to
serve their clients using an interactive multimedia CD-ROM. Accounting for Lawyers,
Practising Law Institute's new multimedia CD-ROM, provides attorneys with the information
and analytical tools they need to understand financial statements and get a true picture
of any company's financial condition and potential.
For more information, contact PLI at 1-800/373-1829; fax: 1-888/324-1991; or e-mail: multimedia@pli.edu.
Court documents sent via Internet
West Group and Adobe Systems are teaming up to enhance the WestFile Service, a
web-based filing system that enables legal professionals to send court documents via the
Internet. Adobe Systems is the newest participant to join an alliance of business,
including West Group, IBM, VeriSign and SCT Government Systems, to offer the WestFile
Service (www.westfile.com).
The WestFile Service replaces paper-based filing systems with electronic files and
online delivery. Electronic filing is faster and more efficient and can significantly
reduce the expense of filing court documents.
For more information, contact westmedia@westgroup.com.
Judges like lawyers who no longer show up
More than 100 courts in California are giving lawyers the opportunity to be more
efficient, more successful and more appreciated by overworked judges who just don't want
to see them. These benefits are possible thanks to a California ruling and a remarkable
piece of technology - the telephone.
The recent passage of Rule 298 allows lawyers to make routine court appearances by
telephone to many courts in California. To act on this mandate, numerous state court
systems have awarded exclusive contracts to ConferenceCallService for its Appearance by
Phone service. The convenience of handling routine court matters from their desks without
having to battle traffic to the courthouse makes Appearance by Phone a natural for busy
California lawyers.
The lawyer is charged a flat fee of $19.95 for using the teleconference service - a
cost well below the lawyer's hourly fee plus travel expenses.
For information, visit the web at http://www.conferencecallservice.com.
Best Case releases new bankruptcy version
Best Case Solutions has released a new version of Best Case Bankruptcy for Windows
which includes an exemption limit-checking feature, Proof of Claim and Involun-tary
Petition forms, options to customize the Attorney Compensation Statement and a creditor
import/export feature.
Also new in this version are features which provide the ability to print
"Draft" on forms, to print blank forms and to print signature pages only; a
macro feature which allows the user to save common phrases; an address helper which fills
in the city and state when the user enters the zip code; an expanded common creditor list
which allows the user to save contact information, notes and collection agencies with
common creditors; the ability to save common employers; and many other new shortcuts.
For more information, or to request a free demonstration packet, contact Best Case
Solutions, 1-800/492-8037 or visit the web at http://www.bestcase.com. |
