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Docket Alarm is excited to announce new search features that
make finding relevant cases easier than ever before.
Range and numerical
filters allow you to search by specifying ranges of the number of parties,
firms, or attorneys involved in a case. These filters function the same way as
other filters by paring down results to only the most relevant.
For example, you can use a numerical range filter to find large
class action lawsuits using the party number filter.
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We've been busy at Docket Alarm evaluating your product improvement requests and implementing time-saving changes while conducting your legal research. One new small but powerful refinement that will help you narrow your search is an ability to filter by title. Here is what we mean.
When you perform a search for say, "Apple v. Samsung" you get results for all dockets containing these keywords anywhere in the docket text. While this type of broad search may help you start with a bird's eye overview, sometimes you may want to narrow the results to just docket titles that contain this text.
So where is this feature located? In the search bar you'll notice a gear icon just before the court drop down menu.
When you perform a search for say, "Apple v. Samsung" you get results for all dockets containing these keywords anywhere in the docket text. While this type of broad search may help you start with a bird's eye overview, sometimes you may want to narrow the results to just docket titles that contain this text.
So where is this feature located? In the search bar you'll notice a gear icon just before the court drop down menu.
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Docket Alarm is proud to announce the release of an API client library
to access court documents on PACER. An API
allows software developers to build programs that access data in a structured
way.
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The days of conducting legal research in a vacuum are
numbered. The latest developments in search utilize sophisticated full-text
search engines in conjunction with big data analytics to give attorneys insight
into the relationships between the many facets of litigation. Docket Alarm is
helping to pave the way by offering a proprietary analytics platform in
addition to a robust legal research engine.
Docket Alarm’s proprietary analytics add context and perspective
to legal research.
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A major challenge facing firms and in-house legal
departments is staying abreast of new lawsuits relevant to their clients and
respective practice areas. Most firms employ paralegals to constantly check the
court docket, while others have created their own platform by piecing together
various services and tools. Not enough are taking advantage of readily available solutions.
Google Alerts:
Information Overload
One such tool favored by many is Google’s “Alerts” feature,
which allows an individual to enter a keyword or phrase as they would if
conducting a search, and receive updates on that information.
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In high
stakes litigation, an expert’s testimony can be determinative of the outcome of
a case. It is of the utmost importance to ensure your expert is not only
qualified and experienced in their area of expertise, but has offered credible
testimony in past litigation
Using Docket
Alarm, you can quickly search for a particular individual and find all of their
litigation history in the US Court PACER database. Using terms and connectors,
you can conduct
a search of PACER dockets and documents that leverages the relationship
between the expert’s name and keywords indicative of the expert’s credibility.
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Docket Alarm can conduct natural language searches and terms and
connectors searches. Searching with natural language is easy, just type
what you’re looking for and we’ll find the most relevant documents.
Terms and connectors searching provides a high level of precision that can help narrow down search results. Docket Alarm supports many terms and connectors, including Boolean, proximity, stemming, wildcard, and phrase searches.
Below is a summary of Docket Alarm’s connectors:
Terms and connectors searching provides a high level of precision that can help narrow down search results. Docket Alarm supports many terms and connectors, including Boolean, proximity, stemming, wildcard, and phrase searches.
Below is a summary of Docket Alarm’s connectors:
Connector
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Description
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Example
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AND default
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Find documents containing all
connected terms. |
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Part
important public resource, part anachronistic PDF filing cabinet, PACER (Public
Access to Court Electronic Records) is outdated at best and downright primitive
at worst.
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