Solo Practice

Case law should be free lets free SCOTUS patent cases
I am a big fan of public.resource.org’s quest of making government data more accessible. One of their projects is freeing caselaw…providing “open” copies of caselaw decisions...

"New Free Resource for Lawyers"
Posted by Evan Schaeffer: “Mentor CLE offers free online video CLE courses on a number of topics, some tailored specifically...

Free, Recycled PACER Docs
Bonnie Shucha of WisBlawg has a great post about Public.Resource.org's PACER recycling page. You can upload your old PACER court documents so others can get them for free. You can access the recycled documents at bulk...

Free Federal Court Filing Repository
I stumbled upon this interesting site, pacer.resource.org, which is run by public.resource.org, an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit.  The premise is that as federal court filings are purchased from PACER by the public, they can then be "recycled" by everyone on the web, by uploading them into a free shared database...

New Free Resource for Lawyers
Mentor CLE offers free online video CLE courses on a number of topics, some tailored specifically to Illinois lawyers, some not. Examples: Building Your Law Practice Suing Securities Professionals Zoning and the First Amendment Landlord and Tenant Law Small Law...

Big news in the free law department
As announced at public.resource.org, CC and public.resource.org have announced the first release of material to support our free law project. After raising a large chunk of change from great and generous sorts like David Boies, John Gilmore, the Omidyar Network and the Elbaz Foundation, we've purchased a database of a substantial part of all federal cases...

Parody is a Protected Form of Speech
Targets of criticism seek to shut down Internet sites that poke fun

ValueClick
allegedly violated consumer protection laws by promising ‘free’ goods that where not actually free.

Oppenheimer ATM-Free New York Municipals
401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud

Free Speech
Canterbury agrees to pay $60,000 settlement in civil rights lawsuit.

Indianapolis
alleging the city's police are overly aggressive against the homeless in violation of the protection of free speech and unreasonable searches guaranteed in the US Constitution.

TransUnion
Class action credit practices suit offers free credit monitoring services for millions.

Free Water Sewer Services
US Cold Storage to pay $125,910 in sewer service settlement.