ABA Journal News

June 3, 2019

Philadelphia’s court system website and e-filing have been shut down since May 21 to safeguard against a virus found on a limited number of computers.

Law firms are going old-school, using couriers and paper to file lawsuits and other court documents, the Legal Intelligencer reports.

The website takedown has made civil docket searches unavailable and shut down criminal docket searches on public computer terminals, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Employee emails also were unavailable. There is no timetable for restoration of the systems, a court spokesperson told the Philadelphia Inquirer.

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