WASHINGTON (CN) - Thirty years after federal courts began offering online access to litigation records through the PACER system, a federal judge ruled Saturday that fees paid by the public for such ...

U.S. District Judge Ellen Huvelle. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/NLJ.[/caption] A federal district court heard arguments Friday on whether the federal courts are inappropriately overcharging for public ...

Charging user fees for court records harms the credibility of the federal judiciary, according to seven retired federal judges including former U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Judge ...

In a development that highlights continuing efforts to expand public access to court records, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit handed down a decision in August restricting the federal ...

WASHINGTON (CN) - The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts ignored congressional instructions by overcharging for electronic access to federal case files and information, a class claims in court.

Senate panel advances bill for free public access to court filings U.S. House of Representatives passed similar bill in prior Congress (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate panel on Thursday advanced a bipartisan ...

A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a district court's finding that the federal judiciary had improperly covered certain expenses with PACER fees in a class action lawsuit challenging the user ...

A federal district court heard arguments Friday on whether the federal courts are inappropriately overcharging for public access to court documents to fund certain projects. U.S. District Judge Ellen ...