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New Jersey Court Record Internet Access Being Debated
The New Jersey Law Journal via Law.com reports: A proposed rule that would make most state court records available via the Internet is drawing broad opposition, with some critics saying it takes transparency too far and others saying it doesn't go far enough.

The comment period closed March 24 on an overhaul of Rule 1:38, suggested in January by the state Supreme Court's Special Committee on Public Access to Court Records. An accompanying report recommended further expansion of access.

The rule would make court records available online only after lawyers scrub them of clients' personal information. Attorneys would have to certify in initial pleadings that they redacted all "confidential personal identifiers" -- defined as Social Security, driver's license, vehicle plate, insurance policy, financial account and credit card numbers -- and will do so in future filings.

New Jersey Resists Court Records in Cyberspace

Full post as published by Legal Dockets Online on April 01, 2008 (boomark / email).