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I know there is some open source (?) effort to publish and give access to court cases instead of having it behind a paid subscription channeled through the fede

I know there is some open source (?) effort to publish and give access to court cases instead of having it behind a paid subscription channeled through the federal court system. Does anyone know how that's going? And also, are only the primary filings of the court and parties available to be searched? What happens to depositions, evidence records, etc. that are part of the case? Are those ever available to the public?

richardbarosky 5y ago
It sounds like you're referring to this: Open Courts Act of 2021 Some commentary at these links: - https://free.law/pacer-facts https://free.law/pacer-facts - https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/03/20/pacer-court-records-225821/ https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/03/20/pacer-cou... - https://abovethelaw.com/legal-innovation-center/2021/03/11/the-open-courts-act-modernizing-pacer-and-realizing-criminal-justice-reform/ https://abovethelaw.com/legal-innovation-center/2021/03/11/t... - https://unicourt.com/blog/modernizing-pacer-realizing-criminal-justice-reform/ https://unicourt.com/blog/modernizing-pacer-realizing-crimin...