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I just read that this morning. I'm interested enough in the outcome that I put a calendar reminder 6 months out to check what happened. Doing so made me wonder

I just read that this morning. I'm interested enough in the outcome that I put a calendar reminder 6 months out to check what happened. Doing so made me wonder if there's a service that would email me updates about legal cases like this that I would like to follow.

sertbdfgbnfgsd 3y ago
Who would pay for this? Random people like you and me wouldn't pay for something they're gonna use twice in their lifetime, and lawyers surely have something like this, possibly integrate with all the other tools they use.
- intrasight 3y ago
  How silly of me to not consider that lawyers might have something - considering that my GF is an attorney.
- gessha 3y ago
  > lawyers surely have something like this Not a lawyer and not familiar with their systems but based on my knowledge of other industries I’d say it’s not guaranteed they have a solution. Could be good ol sticky notes and manual calendar events.
  - sertbdfgbnfgsd 3y ago
    This is really really naive.
    - TaylorAlexander 3y ago
      I do love it when people say "I am not familiar with this situation at all but" and then proceed to speculate about it having made clear they have no basis for their speculation.
      - gessha 3y ago
        > they have no basis for their speculation > based on my knowledge of other industries :)
  - freejazz 3y ago
    Yeah, check out docketbird. Also, noticed attorneys already automatically get all ECF filings.
- graphe 3y ago
  Why does it need to be paid?
- 23B1 3y ago
  I would pay for a comprehensive AI-driven service that delivers alerting on any topic. Google alerts SUCKS for so many reasons. I might not be aware of other services though so if anyone is – please enlighten me!
  - intrasight 3y ago
    Hadn't considered the role that AI could play in such a service. But now think that it could be a great application. Speaking to my AI: "computer, please create me a Google Doc that gets updated with new results related to the legal case of Joan Donovan vs Harvard, and notify me via email with updates." I'd probably do something like that a few times a week. It's really a missing link to my news experience.
johnchristopher 3y ago
There are services that monitors changes on webpages so you could plug the "official" page where legal/official information about that case lives and wait for a change, maybe it would even work with a search engine results page.
- Cthulhu_ 3y ago
  Might be a good addition to archive.org, since they will index and re-index pages from time to time anyway and detect changes.
- natrys 3y ago
  I set up cron to run urlwatch[1] once a day on a vps, and it emails me updates to pages. It supports CSS selectors, various filters (like html2text) and so on. Combined with a little elisp to diff highlight emails in Emacs, this has one of the highest usefulness/maintenance ratio of things I self-host. [1] https://urlwatch.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ https://urlwatch.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
WaffleIronMaker 3y ago
It's possible that a Google Alert[1] might be enough for your use case, depending on how well the legal cases are covered by Google. [1] https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/4815696?hl=en https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/4815696?hl=en
- beretguy 3y ago
  Any non Google alternatives out there?
  - alwayseasy 3y ago
    This social listening company does one: https://alerts.talkwalker.com/alerts/ https://alerts.talkwalker.com/alerts/ They might try to call and email you though.
- turminal 3y ago
  Unless Google Alert gets shut down by then.
  - doublerabbit 3y ago
    Or bought to silence any alarms with the terms "Facebook"
Kon-Peki 3y ago
> if there's a service There are plenty of mailing list services that associates of large law firms sign up for. I haven't been around people in that world for a while so I don't know the names, but I'm sure you can find them if you spend time looking.
AlbertCory 3y ago
"Follow up on stories we reported six months ago" Sounds like something that anyone claiming to practice Journalism should be doing already.
- intrasight 3y ago
  They are and they do. But with the firehose of news, it's not likely that I'd catch every relevant update.
bowmessage 3y ago
You might be interested in https://www.courtlistener.com/ https://www.courtlistener.com/
kbenson 3y ago
Anything that provides a calendar and/or timed TODO/list items. Just set calendar item or the TODO item's due date 6 months out. Any OS you're using whether mobile or desktop probably has an app for this shipped with it.

sertbdfgbnfgsd 3y ago

Who would pay for this? Random people like you and me wouldn't pay for something they're gonna use twice in their lifetime, and lawyers surely have something like this, possibly integrate with all the other tools they use.

intrasight 3y ago
How silly of me to not consider that lawyers might have something - considering that my GF is an attorney.
gessha 3y ago
> lawyers surely have something like this Not a lawyer and not familiar with their systems but based on my knowledge of other industries I’d say it’s not guaranteed they have a solution. Could be good ol sticky notes and manual calendar events.
- sertbdfgbnfgsd 3y ago
  This is really really naive.
  - TaylorAlexander 3y ago
    I do love it when people say "I am not familiar with this situation at all but" and then proceed to speculate about it having made clear they have no basis for their speculation.
    - gessha 3y ago
      > they have no basis for their speculation > based on my knowledge of other industries :)
- freejazz 3y ago
  Yeah, check out docketbird. Also, noticed attorneys already automatically get all ECF filings.
graphe 3y ago
Why does it need to be paid?
23B1 3y ago
I would pay for a comprehensive AI-driven service that delivers alerting on any topic. Google alerts SUCKS for so many reasons. I might not be aware of other services though so if anyone is – please enlighten me!
- intrasight 3y ago
  Hadn't considered the role that AI could play in such a service. But now think that it could be a great application. Speaking to my AI: "computer, please create me a Google Doc that gets updated with new results related to the legal case of Joan Donovan vs Harvard, and notify me via email with updates." I'd probably do something like that a few times a week. It's really a missing link to my news experience.

johnchristopher 3y ago

There are services that monitors changes on webpages so you could plug the "official" page where legal/official information about that case lives and wait for a change, maybe it would even work with a search engine results page.

Cthulhu_ 3y ago
Might be a good addition to archive.org, since they will index and re-index pages from time to time anyway and detect changes.
natrys 3y ago
I set up cron to run urlwatch[1] once a day on a vps, and it emails me updates to pages. It supports CSS selectors, various filters (like html2text) and so on. Combined with a little elisp to diff highlight emails in Emacs, this has one of the highest usefulness/maintenance ratio of things I self-host. [1] https://urlwatch.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ https://urlwatch.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

WaffleIronMaker 3y ago

It's possible that a Google Alert[1] might be enough for your use case, depending on how well the legal cases are covered by Google. [1] https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/4815696?hl=en https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/4815696?hl=en

beretguy 3y ago
Any non Google alternatives out there?
- alwayseasy 3y ago
  This social listening company does one: https://alerts.talkwalker.com/alerts/ https://alerts.talkwalker.com/alerts/ They might try to call and email you though.
turminal 3y ago
Unless Google Alert gets shut down by then.
- doublerabbit 3y ago
  Or bought to silence any alarms with the terms "Facebook"

Kon-Peki 3y ago

> if there's a service There are plenty of mailing list services that associates of large law firms sign up for. I haven't been around people in that world for a while so I don't know the names, but I'm sure you can find them if you spend time looking.

AlbertCory 3y ago

"Follow up on stories we reported six months ago" Sounds like something that anyone claiming to practice Journalism should be doing already.

intrasight 3y ago
They are and they do. But with the firehose of news, it's not likely that I'd catch every relevant update.

bowmessage 3y ago

You might be interested in https://www.courtlistener.com/ https://www.courtlistener.com/

kbenson 3y ago

Anything that provides a calendar and/or timed TODO/list items. Just set calendar item or the TODO item's due date 6 months out. Any OS you're using whether mobile or desktop probably has an app for this shipped with it.