App roundup: Jury selection, CLE and more 
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: January 11, 2013
Tags: apps, Bluebook, CLE, DocScanner, iPad, iphone, jury selection, JuryStar, PACER, technology
Lawyers USA takes a closer look at some new apps targeted at attorneys.
Pacer fee increase to take effect April 1
Published: October 11, 2011
Tags: fee increase, Judicial Conference of the United States, PACER, U.S. Courts
WASHINGTON – The first PACER fee increase in seven years will take effect April 1, 2012.
PACER and AOL records ruled hearsay, inadmissible at trial
Published: September 16, 2011
Tags: AOL, Federal Rules of Evidence, hearsay, identity theft, PACER
PACER and AOL records linking a defendant to a mail fraud scheme contained double hearsay that rendered the evidence inadmissible at trial, the 10th Circuit has ruled.
Using the Internet for investigative research
Published: July 13, 2011
Tags: Find Info Like a Pro, PACER, research, technology
Everyone knows the quantity of information available on the web has grown exponentially. But how can litigators find the most useful and cost effective sites for research?
Volume Two of “Find Info Like a Pro” may be able to offer some guidance.
Pacer documents failed to redact sensitive information
Published: June 17, 2011
Tags: data security, identity theft, PACER, privacy, trade secrets
The online federal judicial documents database Pacer may have a problem with its redaction system, exposing personal information, trade secrets and other sensitive information, according to a recent study.
Conference makes PACER access wider and cheaper
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: March 17, 2010
Tags: PACER, technology, U.S. Judicial Conference
WASHINGTON – The Judicial Conference has approved measures aimed at making federal court documents more widely available at a lower cost to the public.
Pilot program puts audio case recordings on PACER
By:
Diana Smith
Published: January 19, 2010
Tags: Chrysler bankruptcy, GM bankruptcy, PACER, technology, U.S. Judicial Conference
A pilot program in seven states is evaluating whether making digital recordings of case proceedings available online is useful for the public.
Law.Gov: new legal research repository in the works
By:
Justin Rebello
Published: October 20, 2009
Tags: Law.Gov, legal research, PACER
A group of individuals and organizations from across the legal profession and academia are working on an open-sourced repository of all primary legal materials in the United States.
New software program poses threat to PACER
By:
Jack Dew
Published: September 4, 2009
Tags: PACER, RECAP, research
A new software tool that offers free access to online court documents found on the massive PACER system is good news for lawyers but decidedly less so for the federal courts.
