Bailiff vs TexasLawDate

Bailiff is a web service for legal professionals that turns court documents into reviewable deadlines and calendar events. Users upload documents, inspect proposed deadlines, and sync approved items to Google Calendar or Outlook. Each deadline shows the triggering event, source wording, and calculation path. When a new filing arrives, Bailiff checks it against existing events so changes can be approved before calendars update. The original document remains attached to the deadline, connecting the source, calculation, review status, and calendar entry. Calendar connections use APIs, support customizable reminders and time zones, and sync one way. Bailiff says it supports court orders and scheduling documents from Florida and Texas state courts, plus all Federal courts. The Bailiff Plan costs $35 a month, billed per seat / month, and includes unlimited PDF processing, team collaboration, priority email support, Google Calendar and Outlook sync, and a 14-day free trial without a credit card. The service states that documents are processed in isolation without sharing and that connections use 256-bit SSL encryption. Customers can cancel anytime without fees, with a 30-day money-back guarantee for legal professionals.

TexasLawDate is a web deadline calculator for licensed attorneys handling Texas civil litigation. It covers Texas district and county courts at law and all four U.S. district courts in Texas, including local rules. Automated calculations account for weekends, Texas state holidays and federal court holidays, and each deadline shows a rule citation. The product can scan uploaded litigation documents for information, provide plain-English analysis, an action plan and a client email draft, or read dates from a Docket Control Order with its DCO Parser. A trial back-calculator starts with a trial date and derives expert-designation, discovery-cutoff, dispositive-motion, pretrial-filing and jury-instruction deadlines. Deadlines export as Outlook all-day events with 14-day, 7-day and 1-day reminders, or as standard.ics files for Outlook, Google Calendar and Apple Calendar. It works standalone, with passwordless magic-link login for team members. Solo is $59 a month; Firm is $99 a month. A 15-day trial is available.