RSS For Court Decisions
August 22nd, 2006Steve Matthews, my fellow law librarian to the north, writes:
“If you’re still waiting for case law RSS like I am, try this trick… Conduct an advanced search, using the date restrictors, on your favourite decision database, like this. Then, take that URL, and paste it into an HTML feed scraper like feedtier. In this case, you’ll need to click on ‘try refining’, and then highlight one of the case names. The final result - a make-shift rss feed for new-er Canlii cases (after July 1st, containing the term ‘trade-mark act’.)”
I used to use Stapler for Radio Userland to create feeds for sites that didn’t have them. It was fun and I created a bunch for local courts in the NY area. The lawyers I worked for always got a bit giddy when I would deliver new relevant decisions within minutes of their being posted online. I should start doing that again. 