Filevine Product Fit
A city attorney's office wants a centralized case management system.
Filevine (duh)
This court order requires someone to appear and testify or produce documents.
Subpoena
This is a proposed law introduced in a legislature.
Bill
Federal law that lets the public request many executive-branch records.
FOIA
This specific type of procurement process circumvents other procurement types, such as RFPs, but usaully comes with greater scrutiny.
Sole Source
A county attorney's civil division needs to standardize how it receives new legal matters from its client agencies.
Legal Intake Automation
A defendant’s request asking the court to terminate the case for legal insufficiency.
Motion to Dismiss
A bill becomes this after it passes both chambers and is signed (or passed over a veto).
Statute
Information a government withholds because releasing it would reveal protected personal details.
Exemption for privacy
The majority of the prospects you speak with belong to this branch of government.
Executive
A prosecutors office wants AI to review police reports and suggest potential charges.
Ask LOIS
A formal written statement sworn to be true, often used to support motions.
Affidavit
Law derived from published judicial decisions and opinions.
Case Law
This type of law prohibits you from buying extravagant gifts for government employees.
Anti-Bribery or Anti-Corruption Laws
The name for formal organizational units within the government.
Agency/Department/Bureau
A public defense office wants to streamline client communication and document sharing.
Client Portal
A document often required to be served on a governmental agency before a complaint can be filed against it.
Notice of claim
Local laws enacted by a municipality or county.
Ordinances
Courts records restricted from public access, often to protect minors, trade secrets, or safety.
Sealed records
This principle says the government must follow fair procedures before depriving you of life, liberty, or property.
Due Process
An agency needs to draft, redline, and maintain contracts.
Filevine, FVDA, Pincites
A court order that stops someone from doing something (temporarily or permanently).
Injunction
These agency-issued rules have the force of law when properly adopted under delegated authority.
Regulations
A government meeting law that requires certain deliberations to be conducted openly.
Open meetings law (or “sunshine law”)
The process by which an agency decides a dispute in a hearing-like process, usually dealing with an administrative rule.
Adjudication