The Legal Up blog

According to the 2026 Legal Industry Report from 8am MyCase, as many as 69% of legal professionals report using generative AI tools for work-related purposes. Compare that to the 40% of workers across all professional services who say their organizations are using generative AI and it appears the ...

Service of process is essential to initiating a matter, so there’s a lot of pressure on filers to get it right. Delays, lack of documentation, or defective service can all compromise the timeline and outcome of a case. To ensure process is served effectively, filers in Texas need to understand how ...

Texas Courts use a statewide portal called eFileTexas to facilitate eFiling for legal teams across jurisdictions. Legal teams can choose a certified third-party eFiling service provider (EFSP) integrated with eFileTexas to connect to the courts. When filing in Texas with a third-party EFSP, legal ...

On July 1st, 2025, a major update to the Florida Supreme Court’s SC2023-1401 rules went into effect. These changes — intended to transition Florida courts to digital-first operations — established consistent eFiling standards across all Florida courts, including new standards for how filing errors ...

Filing requires the utmost attention to detail while under strict deadlines — often while juggling multiple matters at once — and a single mistake could put the outcome of an entire case in jeopardy.

Traditional law firm billing models are far from perfect, and as technology evolves, they could become even more incompatible with the modern law firm.

On March 1, 2026, the Fresno County Superior Court suspended eFiling for 31 days while the court transitions to a new case management system. For any firm with active cases there, that could mean 31 days of scrambling to file physical submissions and a real risk of missing deadlines, potentially ...

If you use 8am MyCase, you need to know about these lesser-known features. According to Lindsay Bushong, Manager of Sales Engineering from MyCase, too many users miss out on built-in functionality that can enhance workflows, reduce time wasted on repetitive tasks, ensure accuracy, and increase ...

Some attorneys come into discovery looking for a fight, but this isn’t the time to battle over admissibility or to try to conceal damaging information from opposing counsel. In fact, bad behavior during discovery can create an unnecessarily difficult working relationship with opposing counsel and ...