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ARTICLE · 03 JANUARY 2023

Technological Difficulties Lead To Late-Filed Complaint . . . And Dismissal

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It is every litigator's nightmare. You're racing the clock to submit a court filing late at night on the due date. You finally pull all your documents together and log onto the court's electronic...

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It is every litigator's nightmare. You're racing the clock to submit a court filing late at night on the due date. You finally pull all your documents together and log onto the court's electronic filing system. But something goes wrong. Perhaps the internet is lagging and you keep getting disconnected. Perhaps, in the rush, pdf files aren't labeled properly resulting in confusion. You have to keep opening and closing pdfs to make sure you are filing the correct document (or perhaps even more critically, you are not inadvertently filing the wrong document). Inevitably, you are confronted with a confusing series of boxes and drop-down menus that you have to navigate before you can file your papers. The process goes on and on while you fumble through what feels like an endless series of screens, while the digital display on your computer clock ticks inexorably toward midnight. In the best case scenario, hands sweaty and heart pounding, you manage to hit "submit" on your

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Originally published by the New York Legal Ethics Reporter

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