Free PACER Would Pretty Much Be Free, Says CBO, Undercutting Federal Judiciary’s Ridiculous $2 Billion Estimate

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Summary:

For years, attempts have been made to make access to federal court records free. To date, not one of these efforts have been successful. The federal judiciary likes its antiquated cash cow, raking in PACER fees meant to improve and free up (as in “free”) document access and redistributing the profit amongst itself, (illegally) blowing […]

Link:

https://www.techdirt.com/2022/12/13/free-pacer-would-pretty-much-be-free-says-cbo-undercutting-federal-judiciarys-ridiculous-2-billion-estimate/

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Date tagged:

12/13/2022, 15:12

Date published:

12/13/2022, 10:12