Patent ID: 8364603

Claim:
A method of electronically adjudicating a legal dispute in e-commerce, comprising the steps of: providing at least two selectable electronic network-based dispute adjudication levels, each level comprising, a predetermined number of selectable procedural rules for adjudicating a legal dispute, including procedural options chosen from the list of: allowing counterclaims in an answer to a complaint, allowing motions to compel discovery, allowing voluntary discovery, allowing attaching case law to a final argument submission, allowing objections to evidence, allowing motions to reconsider a final judgment, and allowing extensions of time upon request; wherein a first adjudication level comprises fewer selectable procedural rules than a second adjudication level; selecting an electronic dispute adjudication level electronically processing the adjudicating of the dispute in accordance with the selected level, the electronic processing resulting in a final resolution; and documenting a judgment award in accordance with the final resolution permitting reduction to an enforceable judgment.