The American Association of Law Libraries has been supporting free access to Pacer information for nearly two decades. This week they joined with 15 organization and signed a letter calling for passage of H.R. 6714 the Electronic Records Reform Act. In addition to requiring free access to the federal dockets and documents, the legislation
Will Law Firms “Opt In” to the PACER Fees Class Action?
Law firms have begun receiving class action notices inviting them to join a class action alleging that the Pacer (Public Access to Court Electronic Records) system has been overcharging for online access to federal court dockets and documents. In April 2016, The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts which oversees the PACER system was sued
Casetext’s CARA Launches New “Brief Finder” Feature
Only weeks after receiving the prestigious 2017 New Product Award from the American Association of Law Libraries, CARA is announcing today the release of a new “Brief Finder” feature.
Casetext’s CARA (Case Analysis Research Assistant) launched with the promise of helping lawyers find the most relevant caselaw. Last August I reviewed CARA in a post:
IMHO: Hits, Misses and Random Observations on Legal Information and Technology — Highlights of 2014
In my humble opinion….looking back on 2014 here are some standouts…for better or worse….
Worst piece of proposed legislation for law firms Award OK accounting is a snooze, but this issue has my attention. The tax law amendment proposing mandatory accrual accounting for law firms could wipe out
all the staffing and process efficiencies law
Worst piece of proposed legislation for law firms Award OK accounting is a snooze, but this issue has my attention. The tax law amendment proposing mandatory accrual accounting for law firms could wipe outall the staffing and process efficiencies law
Lex Machina Adds Bigger Data “Custom Insights”– Raising the Analytics Bar for IP Litigators
Today Lex Machina is announcing the launch of “Custom Insights” functionality which will add two new high-voltage analytics tools: Caselist Analyzer and Motion Metrics to the Lex Machina platform. These interactive tools will put customized competitive insights within reach of every subscriber. I found the variety, flexibility and granularity of Lex Machina’s new offerings to
Pacer Disrupting Big Data One Byte at aTime
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The disruption of access to court dockets through Pacer has implications beyond the retrieval of dockets and documents.
The Administrative Office of the US Courts announced on August 11th that archival dockets from 5 federal courts would no longer be available through Pacer. I contacted the Office