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Buying into half-truths and exaggeration is a regrettable weakness when hiring a process server. Their jobs are deceptively complex and legal matters can belly flop if service of process is done incorrectly. Get the facts before you make decisions about these sometimes-misunderstood providers.

Use the tactics and intel from this intensive training to get your proof of service squared away and help make sure it doesn’t go missing in action.

If you’re in it to win it, these eFiling tools and techniques can put you way outside the bell curve in a good way.

The status quo for law firms is gone. Blown up by a pandemic. It’s time for them to seize the moment and engage strategic partnerships that will modernize their operations and provide competitive advantages.

Law firms must adopt digital technologies or risk losing their competitive advantage. Use this simple planning method to map out a digital transformation that will futureproof your business.

Get every California Court Holiday through 2025 at a glance in this easy-to-read 4-year calendar.

If you find yourself tempted to cut corners on service of process vendors, here are the best reasons to reconsider your decision before it turns one of your cases into a cautionary tale.

For nearly a decade, a major change has been driving through the California court system transforming litigation support services for the better: the transition to civil eFiling. This guide, updated for 2022, explains how it affects you and how to prepare for eFiling.

It’s the shortcut you’ve been waiting for. Use these 9 questions to control your law firm’s spend and inspire a new level of performance and value from your process server.

The exercises in this article will help you reduce stress and improve focus by sharpening your cognitive abilities and keeping your mind in tip-top shape. They will help you hone traits such as focus, creativity, empathy, and listening, all of which can make legal professionals better at what they do.

When you’re busy with things like intaking new customers, drafting legal correspondence and preparing for your next hearing or trial, it’s easy to overlook your legal support service provider’s performance over time. Do you know how well they’re doing? Here are five reasons it might be time to switch your legal support service provider.

The Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, Family Law Division, announces the Clerk’s Office now accepts four specific types of DV orders after hearing via E-file.

A fast, fun read that makes legal technology terms easy to understand. Use this dictionary to stay in the know, sharpen conversational skills, impress your boss and maybe even get a promotion.

Our Rapid Legal operations team offers helpful nuggets about working with specific courts and advice for getting the best results from Rapid Legal services.

Delays associated with a surge in the COVID-19 Omicron variant continue to hamper services at Bernardino Superior Court. According to a statement from the court, the delays have caused shortages that impact wait times for a range of in-person and over-the-phone services.

Why do law firm technology investments fail to pay off? It’s not about the money. To be successful technology needs to be backed up by a strategic plan that includes input from stakeholders across the firm who ask, “What can this do for me?”

Growth is good until the volume of accounts payable bogs down a law firm's revenue cycle. This case study examines how Rapid Legal engineered a successful system integration that automated the firm's process for recording invoices to restore efficiency and reduce labor costs.

Don't make the mistake of hiring a bad process server. Use this guide to select a process serving professional who can move a case forward quickly and keep it on solid legal footing.