Law Practice Resources

One Legal Expands Online Court Filing Service

One Legal LLC, announced the expansion of its online court filing service to eight additional states. One Legal now offers next-day filing with any court of general jurisdiction in Idaho, Kansas, Maryland, New York, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah and Washington using OneLegal.com. This first-of-its-kind service simplifies the state court filing process dramatically by enabling litigation professionals to file documents, pay court fees and receive confirmation without leaving their desks.

OneLegal.com is the ideal tool for filing documents with a local court, and is particularly valuable when filing court documents in other jurisdictions—whether it be in another county or state. It eliminates the need for litigation professionals to print, sort and prepare documents by hand. It also removes the administrative burden of determining the correct filing fee while reducing the potential of missing a filing deadline.

Skipping the Party to Pay It Forward

MD Law Firm Implements $30k Philanthropy Program to Celebrate its 30th Anniversary.

Stein, Sperling, Bennett, De Jong, Driscoll & Greenfeig, P.C., one of suburban Maryland's largest full service law firms, today announced that it is celebrating its 30th year by giving $30,000 back to the community rather than spending it on the typical anniversary party. With greater aspirations than its traditional holiday charitable giving program, Stein Sperling designed a year-long philanthropic initiative to provide financial support to deserving charities within the Metropolitan Washington, D.C. area. Approaching its actual anniversary in October 2008, the Firm’s “30 for 30 Program” has finalized the first phase of direct gift projects largely focused on serving children in need.

Money Laundering Online Training Set for Unveiling

“Money Laundering Awareness” covers the basics of money laundering & risk management.

In these troubled financial times, it is crucial that legitimate businesses don’t waste time and money and exposing themselves to possible legal action.

The Money Laundering Regulations changed in December 2007 and cover accountants, tax advisors, auditors & insolvency practitioners.

However, as recently as 31st July, the respected website financeweek.co.uk suggested

“It is now more than six months since the Money Laundering Regulations 2007 became law and any unofficial grace period from the authorities is well and truly over. Yet there remains a significant number of regulated businesses that have not managed to put their compliance house in order.”

(source http://www.financeweek.co.uk/item/6266 )

Usually covered by boring text books, this online course brings the dull subject of money laundering awareness alive.

This course is aimed at all levels of staff working in accountancy and financial services. It features the highest quality graphics and is written in plain English.

There is no special software to download and because it is online, it is accessible anywhere by anyone.

Sharp End Training Director Jonathan Senior said

“We have worked tirelessly in the last few weeks translating accountancy gobbledygook and jargon into plain English that normal people understand. We want this course to be useful for all staff not just those with accountancy or financial training”

One clear duty on firms is to provide evidence of staff training on money laundering. This course does that easily & cheaply” he added

Prices start at just £25 per user including full online management reporting dashboard to keep tabs on who has done what. However, managers can register for exclusive priority free access in advance of the 17th September launch by registering at www.money-laundering-training.co.uk