Case management system

Abstract

A content management system is disclosed for documents and other content for a system operating in legal environment referred to herein as a case management system. The case management system allows attorneys in a legal environment to efficiently store and manage content for their client and case matters. Furthermore, the system encourages attorneys to collaborate with fellow co-workers, clients, and third parties (e.g. expert witnesses) in a secure and confidential environment. The case management system enables attorneys to maintain case files and associated documents more efficiently and thus allow law firms to more productively function as a business that relies heavily upon comprehensive document files.

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         25 . A file management system, including a content access user interface, comprising a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer executable instructions for configuring the processor to carry out a method including:
 providing an electronic user interface that allows system users to remotely access file information via the content access user interface;   implementing a system service including:
 a file management system, and 
 an administration utility that creates content pages by populating templates; 
   maintaining a database of content accessed by users via the content access user interface;   extracting content from the database to facilitate accessing content through the content access user interface; and   transferring, by a client e-mail publisher, an email message file from an e-mail program storage space to the database of content, of the case management system,   wherein a client e-mail publisher utility is configured to be accessed, via a user-activated control in an e-mail user interface, to:
 receive identification of the email message file selected for publication, and 
 transfer the email message file to the client e-mail publisher.