E-filing.

My practice includes real estate transactions and litigation. Access to public records is very important to me. By "public records," I mean court records and recorded documents, and I need that access in several counties. It would be a service to me and, I'm fairly certain, many lawyers whose practices are similar to mine, if we did not have to deal with so many different web pages, search functions, permission requirements, etc., to get the information we need.

Just like the railroads figured out commerce would be improved by having all rail lines the same gauge, it seems to me that the clerks could come up with uniformity to access your records so that we don't have to learn how to navigate around potentially 67 different websites and at least several different search engines.

Having reviewed the recent News article about e-filing, I decided to try a test run for filing a new case--a commercial foreclosure. I was informed by the program that I had to file a lis pendens, but do not understand why that is required--not that I don't do it in every case. I was also told I had to have an accompanying affidavit that I think is not a requirement for a commercial foreclosure. The article in the News says that the portal supports Internet Explorer 8 or higher. What about Mac users? Are we disenfranchised?

If the Supreme Court can make us e-serve and e-file, can it not require uniformity among the clerks?

William Nussbaum

Jacksonville

Why is the electronic filing system our state courts have adopted such a clunker when the federal court system is whizz-bang?

David Luther Woodward

Pensacola

There is no good reason to make us change our passwords every 90 days in order to e-file. I have been using Pacer in the federal courts for years now, and have never had to change my password. It is not a system issue. There is no good reason we developed...