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Federal judge rules Virginia’s restricted access to court records violates First Amendment
January 19, 2022 - A district court judge in Virginia on Friday found Virginia’s online civil court system violated First Amendment rights of the press and public because of the system’s restricted access to newly filed civil complaints. The Officer of the Court Remote Access (OCRA) system makes civil filings available to attorneys through a per-court subscription fee. Authorized users can access filings from the courts they are subscribed to. The public and news outlets cannot use OCRA. Instead, non-attorneys need to physically go to the courts to access the documents. Approximately 90 of the 120 courts in Virginia use OCRA. Courthouse News Services (CNS) filed the lawsuit against Karl R. Hade, executive sec...
BREAKING NEWS - Missouri governor Parson vetoes bill that would have limited access to public record
July 10, 2021 - Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Friday vetoed a wide-ranging bill that would have limited public access to certain government records. ...
Michigan Supreme Court Ruling On Court Records Could Mean Doom To Background Checks
July 09, 2021 - Hundreds of thousands of Michiganders who are looking for work could be facing new challenges in their job hunt. Set to start in Jul...
Maine Newspapers Challenge Rule Concealing Electronic Court Records
February 16, 2021 - A cult-like adherence to the notion of “practical obscurity” for electronic court records is dead. Or is it. In black an...
Lawsuit filed against The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) for inaccurate criminal record
February 03, 2021 - The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) has asked a judge in Franklin County to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the cities of Dayton and Columbu...
Comanche County Courthouse to reopen Feb. 16
January 31, 2021 - The Comanche County Courthouse will reopen to the public Feb. 16, Central District Commissioner Johnny Owens said Friday. While offi...
Orange County, Calif. courts add online portal for easier access to traffic and criminal cases
January 20, 2021 - Orange County Superior Courtintroduced an online portal for those with traffic infractions and lower-level criminal cases, part of an ongoing effor...
Jasper County, Missouri launches new courts website
January 19, 2021 - A Southwest Missouri county is making it easier to connect with the county court online. Erik Theis, Jasper Co. Courts Admin, said,...
Allegheny County courts to provide public with remote access to criminal proceedings
January 18, 2021 - Less than a month after advocacy groups said they would sue Allegheny County if it did not provide electronic access to its criminal court proceedi...
'Disruption we needed’ can lead to better court services, says CCJ/COSCA
September 16, 2020 - The coronavirus pandemic has led to inconvenience, unprecedented case backlogs and issues that the nation’s state courts haven’t faced...
Bahamas Criminal Proceedings - What Happens Where
September 08, 2020 - Proceedings are instituted in the name of the Queen in the Supreme Court and in the name of the Commissioner of Police in the Magistrate's Cour...
Mexico's Justice System Explained in a Nutshell
September 04, 2020 - Similar to the U.S. system, criminal activity in Mexico falls under either federal or state jurisdiction, but the Mexican system classifies crimina...
Wholesale Screening Questions The Wisdom of Continous Montoring
September 01, 2020 - By: Michael Gaul Ordinarily when we talk about a product or service, we focus on what it is. Features, benefits, advantages. We speak to what i...
Netherlands - Courts Simplified
August 27, 2020 - About the district courts The Netherlands is divided into eleven districts, each with its own court. Each court has a number of...
Henry County GA court records now online
August 25, 2020 - After a management system overhaul, court records can once again be searched online, providing a quick and convenient way to access records and con...
Trinidad and Tobago Magistrates Court - Where cases begin
August 19, 2020 - The Magistracy exercises original jurisdiction in relation to summary criminal matters. The Magistrates’ Courts also facilitate Preliminary I...
New Kansas Court Record System Could Expand Access To Hard To Reach Documents
July 07, 2020 - For anyone who’s not a lawyer, accessing court records in Kansas is a headache. Depending on the type of court, successfully obtaining record...
Courts - Will Remote Hearings Improve Appearance Rates?
May 13, 2020 - The coronavirus pandemic has brought misery, if not inconvenience, to the vast majority of the...
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