Archive for the 'Public Records' Category
More on Free Access to Public Records
December 31st, 2007Meg Hayden (Electronic Resources Librarian, Mass. Trial Court Law Libraries) writes:
“I thought you’d like to know that the public law librarians here in Mass. have been working to put our own cases online– http://www.lawlib.state.ma.us/2007/12/massachusetts-cases-online.html. We’re adding over 100 cases per day, and currently have 10,000 cases available at the site. There is no [...]
Public Records Wire
December 30th, 2007Public Records Wire - “An open system for cataloging, sharing and discovering new public records databases. The system promotes the databases that are most used and voted upon with the goal of enhancing overall quality of public records databases.”
Public records databases and tagging. Who would have thunk it? (via)
Public Access to “Certain” Criminal Records?
September 11th, 2007“The federal Judiciary is seeking comment on the privacy and security implications related to public Internet access to certain documents in criminal case files. The Court Administration and Case Management Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States is studying these issues so the Conference can develop policy guidance for the federal courts.” (via)
More on Online Court Rulings
August 19th, 2007NYT - “The domination of two legal research services over the publication of federal and state court decisions is being challenged by an Internet gadfly who has embarked on an ambitious project to make more than 10 million pages of case law available free online.”
Keep Them Public
August 12th, 2007AP - “The American Bar Association has scrapped a proposal that called for closing certain arrest and court records to the public.”
Thank goodness.
Public Records Research
July 23rd, 2007Lifehacker has a few tips.
Public Records Debate Continues
June 25th, 2007Ah, there are two sides to every story. I love public records for research (and my clients thank me for it), but it can get a bit freaky at times. (via)
Speaking of Public Records…
March 15th, 2007Check out this new blog from two researchers at the Charlotte Observer called "Your Right to Know". It’s about how to best use Public Records for research. Loevly. (via)