PACER lawsuit certified as class action case

Lawsuit claiming public being milked for access to court records advances by David Kravets, arsTechnica (1/25/2017).

A lawsuit that claims the public is being overcharged by the US government’s website for accessing federal court records just took a major step forward. A federal judge overseeing the litigation against PACER, the Public Access to Court Electronic Records system, just certified the case as a class action—meaning anybody who has used the service between 2010-2016 might be entitled to refunds if the government loses or settles.

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