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Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 02/10/2026
Agree about the black box, and concerns about cognitive surrender are real. It’s a complex topic. Our goal is that this makes legal research better for those with existing tools and accessible to those without. Privacy policy is in our TOS: wiki.free.law/c/terms/cour...
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CourtListener.com Terms of Service and Policies
Terms of Service Free Law Project is the non-profit 501(c)(3) operator of CourtListener and other projects that fall under the CourtListener name, which we...
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Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 02/10/2026
This system is designed to help with hallucinations. For example, you can use this to check if a brief has issues. Pro se litigants aren’t going anywhere. This gives them something much better than Google and even better than ChatGPT alone. Major firms are using this.
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Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 02/10/2026
That’s the point. By adding our tool to ChatGPT, the AI can check for hallucinations and can grounds its research in real data.
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Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 02/10/2026
This promo ended yesterday. We hope you got a chance to try our tool that connects CourtListener into ChatGPT. If you haven't the idea is for everybody to have access to powerful legal research for all of their needs.
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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Thomson v. ROSS Intelligence opinion is now published, and it mostly does no harm. In particular, it doesnt rule on AI training in general or on the market dilution theory. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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#214 in Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH v. Ross Intelligence Inc (3rd Cir., 25-2153) – CourtListener.com
PRECEDENTIAL OPINION. Coram: RESTREPO, MONTGOMERY-REEVES and BOVE, Circuit Judges. Total Pages: 32. Authoring Judge: Montgomery-Reeves (SB) [Entered: 09/30/2026 12:28 PM]
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Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 01/10/2026
In seriousness, we used to have a $5 tier, but we bumped the low-end to $10/month a year or two ago. You can barely get a coffee for five bucks, so we hope ten is palatable, so to speak!
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Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 01/10/2026
And here's the full decision: www.courtlistener.com/docket/70622...
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#214 in Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH v. Ross Intelligence Inc (3rd Cir., 25-2153) – CourtListener.com
PRECEDENTIAL OPINION. Coram: RESTREPO, MONTGOMERY-REEVES and BOVE, Circuit Judges. Total Pages: 32. Authoring Judge: Montgomery-Reeves (SB) [Entered: 09/30/2026 12:28 PM]
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Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 29/09/2026
We're awaiting the full decision pending redactions by the parties, but it looks like ROSS lost their appeal of their case against Thomson Reuters. We and many others supported ROSS as amicus and are disappointed at this outcome: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Judgment Entered – #211, Att. #1 in Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH v. Ross Intelligence Inc (3rd Cir., 25-2153) – CourtListener.com
JUDGMENT, Affirmed. Costs taxed against Appellant. (SB) [Entered: 09/29/2026 01:17 PM]
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Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 29/09/2026
CourtListener is experiencing downtime today due to an aggressive crawler using many IP addresses to hit our last remaining open APIs. We're adding authentication to these APIs so they're no longer open, and should be back up momentarily. Sorry about this. The crawlers have become a scourge.
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Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 26/09/2026
Today we completed our first end-to-end pipeline: - Scan case law book - Partition book into decision PDFs - Auto-redact headnotes etc - Review redactions - Extract using OCR ensemble - Label metadata - Convert to XML Easy-peasy.
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Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 22/09/2026
We're hustling. Weeks, not months.
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Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 22/09/2026
Yesterday, as part of our scanning project, we scanned our two-millionth page of case law. Woo! free.law/2026/04/16/s...
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Free Law Project Is Scanning America's Case Law
Free Law Project is scanning and digitizing millions of pages of published case law reporters, picking up where Harvard Law Library left off, to make CourtListener a complete and authoritative free so...
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Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 17/09/2026
CourtListener is now available in ChatGPT. To celebrate, API rate limits are doubled for everyone through Oct 1 Read more in our blog - free.law/2026/09/17/g... #LegalResearch #MCP #ChatGPTEnterprise
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Grounded Legal Research in ChatGPT: CourtListener Joins ChatGPT Enterprise
The CourtListener plugin for ChatGPT Enterprise is now available, bringing the power of CourtListener — primary-source case law, PACER data, and more — to ChatGPT.
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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
New: @apnews.com today sued the U.S. federal judiciary to challenge the constitutionality of a rule that has restricted reporters' ability to easily access lawsuits by people detained as part of President ​Donald Trump's immigration crackdown. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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AP sues to challenge limits on access to US lawsuits by immigration detainees
The Associated Press sued the U.S. federal judiciary on Tuesday to challenge the constitutionality of a rule that has restricted reporters' ability to easily access lawsuits by people detained as part...
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Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 14/09/2026
If you haven't checked out AI connectors yet, you really should. Imagine linking your inbox, dropbox or other sources to Claude, ChatGPT, and CourtListener. It's powerful stuff. Ours is here: wiki.free.law/c/courtliste...
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Using the CourtListener MCP in Claude, ChatGPT, and Other AI Assistants
Use an MCP to connect AI tools and agents like Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini to CourtListener's full functionality, enabling complex legal monitoring, research, and analysis.
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Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 14/09/2026
Micro-feature added to our AI legal research connector today. You and AI assistants can now check your remaining and historical CourtListener API usage. This should help the AI's to understand their limits as they complete your tasks.
A screenshot of a Claude chat. The user asks: "Tell me how much CL API usage I have left" and the AI responds in detail.
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Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 25/08/2026
Every CourtListener user has basic access to the MCP. To get more access, we have memberships for groups, academics, legal services orgs, or individuals: free.law/membership
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Free Law Project Membership
Unlock unlimited docket alerts, API access, and powerful case law searches—become a member today and help keep the law free for all.
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Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 25/08/2026
This runs through the CourtListener's MCP server we launched earlier this year. If you haven't tried this yet, you should. Letting AI agents pull from real case law and filings instead of its own knowledge changes the game. wiki.free.law/c/courtliste...
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MCP
Our MCP server can be integrated into AI tools like Claude, ChatGPT, and other AI APIs to ground topics and to empower the agents to complete research in our...
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Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 25/08/2026
This combines Gemini's intelligence with the strength of CourtListener's database to make deep legal research possible. What this makes possible for legal teams: • Find circuit splits • Verify citations • Do deep research and compile memos • Set up complex case alerts And a lot more.
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Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 25/08/2026
CourtListener now connects to Google Cloud's Gemini Enterprise for Legal. Enterprise legal teams can ground their AI in real, verifiable case law and PACER data, right inside tools they already use. free.law/2026/08/25/c... #GeminiEnterprise
White text on a black background with the Gemini logo that says:

PARTNER | Google Cloud

Legal

CourtListener AI capabilities now on Gemini Enterprise for Industries

Empower your team with secure, industry-tailored AI designed for mission-critical workflows.
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Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 21/08/2026
Plumb the law.
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Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 16/08/2026
Should be straightforward to identify white-on-white text, for example.
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Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 15/08/2026
Ok, fine, we’ll add this as a feature in our PDF analysis tool: github.com/freelawproje...
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Find prompt injection · Issue #227 · freelawproject/x-ray
I am not convinced that this is the same category of problem as bad reactions, per se, but we'll be able to flag it the same as everything else, so we might as well. It'll be a nice feature to add ...
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Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 15/08/2026
All of these vulnerabilites are very old. They affectted our registration pipeline, tag APIs, visualization APIs, and RECAP Fetch API. We do not believe any of these vulnerabilities were abused, but please let us know if you believe you may be affected. 2/2 free.law/contact/
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Contact Us | Free Law Project | Making the legal ecosystem more equitable and competitive.
Get in touch with Free Law Project.
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Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 15/08/2026
AI tools are helping security researchers uncover software vulnerabilities at an unprecedented rate. We're proud of the security posture of CourtListener, but this week white hat researchers reported four vulnerabilities, which we have now fixed and reported below. 1/2 github.com/freelawproje...
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GitHub is where people build software. More than 150 million people use GitHub to discover, fork, and contribute to over 420 million projects.
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Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 13/08/2026
Don’t try to prompt inject a judge. It won’t end well.
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Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 12/08/2026
Oh, and that's Senator Schiff, not Rep Schiff! @schiff.senate.gov
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Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 12/08/2026
Rep. Schiff has an opt-ed in the LA Times today calling for a variety of court reforms. Among them is bringing the Freedom of Information Act to the Judiciary, a cause we've championed for many years. Good to see it moving towards mainstream: www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
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Contributor: How Democrats can repair the broken Supreme Court
Eliminate conflicts of interest. Enforce ethics rules. Add term limits and more justices to dilute Trump's lingering influence.
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Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 12/08/2026
Appreciate it!
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Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 12/08/2026
Thanks Sam! Happy to have feedback at info@free.law, if you think it'd be useful to us.
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Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 12/08/2026
The way AI is being used is changing rapidly, and we've developed three policies to keep our work safe and ethical. The first informs how FLP staff can use AI in their work, the second is for developing AI features on CourtListener, and the third is for our volunteers: free.law/2026/08/10/a...
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Announcing Free Law Project's AI Policies
AI is already part of how legal work gets done, including ours. Today we're publishing the three policies that guide how Free Law Project develops and uses AI, in the open, for anyone to read, borrow,...
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Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 06/08/2026
We have updated our terms of service to strengthen our approach to copyright violations. Apologies for the many updates of late! Latest: wiki.free.law/c/terms/cour... Diff: wiki.free.law/c/terms/cour... Subscribe: wiki.free.law/c/terms/cour...
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CourtListener.com Terms of Service and Policies
Terms of Service Free Law Project is the non-profit 501(c)(3) operator of CourtListener and other projects that fall under the CourtListener name, which we...
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Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 06/08/2026
A podcast featuring our director and talking about how we work to make the law available to all.
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Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 04/08/2026
Oh, and if it's not obvious: Please amplify this if you're up for it, so we all benefit from more users, contributions, and free PACER docs!
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Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 04/08/2026
Some recent reviews of the RECAP extension are incredibly kind — thank you! If you haven't tried RECAP and you know what PACER is, give it a shot. It takes 1 minute to install, literally, and then you'll save money while helping others. free.law/recap/
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Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 04/08/2026
Our membership promo ends on Thursday. If you haven’t tried our AI connector yet, we really think you’ll like it! Start here and give it a minute, even (especially) if you’re an AI skeptic: free.law/2026/07/07/d...
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For 30 Days, We're Doubling Free and Member Access to Our AI Connector
The law belongs to everyone, and our mission is to help people understand it. For 30 days, we're doubling the power of CourtListener's AI legal research tools for members and non-members alike, so mor...
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Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 03/08/2026
This is great! We’ll have the last bit of case law in a month or two (we’re scanning millions of pages right now). If you’re interested in adding your extension to CL itself, it’s open source!
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Court Watch @courtwatch.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The court’s ECF is forthcoming and will be free according to the judge so free pacer is possible. Next hearing will decide whether they can continue to detain the defendant (or respondent in this case) while proceedings continue. That hearing is not set but will likely happen sometime next week
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Court Watch @courtwatch.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Just got out of the first hearing for the alien terrorist removal court. A few quick takeaways: They’re clearly building the court as the go. DOJ, defense, and judge were thumbing through statute to answer basic questions like discovery and detention 1/2
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Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 29/07/2026
We have updated our terms of service to clarify their scope and include new terms related to AI usage and the use of our MCP. Latest: wiki.free.law/c/terms/cour... Diff vs previous version: wiki.free.law/c/terms/cour... Subscribe: wiki.free.law/c/terms/cour... RSS: wiki.free.law/c/terms/cour...
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Diff: CourtListener.com Terms of Service and Policies - FLP Wiki
Free Law Project’s wiki covering legal technology, open legal data, and organizational knowledge.
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Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 27/07/2026
There are ten days left in our memberships promo. If you haven't seen what happens when you combine Claude with CourtListener, it's worth giving a try. It is changing the way folks do law: free.law/2026/07/07/d...
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For 30 Days, We're Doubling Free and Member Access to Our AI Connector
The law belongs to everyone, and our mission is to help people understand it. For 30 days, we're doubling the power of CourtListener's AI legal research tools for members and non-members alike, so mor...
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Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 27/07/2026
We added this court to CourtListener a few years ago even though it had no cases.
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Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 26/07/2026
A court is born.
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Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 24/07/2026
Inspired by this, we just added the ability to subscribe to certain pages on our wiki via email or RSS. It's in the Actions menu!
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Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 24/07/2026
Since 2009, we've maintained copies of past terms and policies. We've migrated all of these to our wiki, and they can now be browsed and compared all the way back: wiki.free.law/c/terms/cour...
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History: CourtListener.com Terms of Service and Policies - FLP Wiki
Free Law Project’s wiki covering legal technology, open legal data, and organizational knowledge.
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Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 24/07/2026
We've updated CourtListener's privacy policy to make it more detailed and to provide a bit of a tune up. The new version is now live on our wiki: wiki.free.law/c/terms/cour...
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CourtListener.com Terms of Service and Policies
Terms of Service By accessing, browsing, or using CourtListener.com, you agree the following terms: We are not your lawyers CourtListener.com is not intended...
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Court Watch @courtwatch.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
We’re continuing to work this story. Some additional details we’ve received about the nature of the court. A thread. 🧵
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Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 21/07/2026
2/2 Our executive director, @michaeljaylissner.com provided the following quote:
“Bringing FOIA to the federal judiciary aligns it with the executive branch and numerous state judiciaries that are already subject to Sunlight laws. The federal judiciary was appropriated north of nine billion dollars for 2026 and American taxpayers deserve to know how that money is being spent. Faith in the rule of law is a founding tenet of our democracy that is strengthened by the transparency this bill brings,” said Michael Lissner, Executive Director Free Law Project.
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Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 21/07/2026
We continue to be advocates for bringing FOIA to the federal judiciary, and we're thrilled to support @schiff.senate.gov's push to make that happen. 1/2 www.schiff.senate.gov/news/press-r...
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NEWS: Sen. Schiff Launches Push for Judicial Reforms, Increased Transparency Amid Historic Democratic Rollbacks by Supreme Court
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, launched his push for Congress to pass legislation to strengthen accountability, transparency...
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Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 18/07/2026
It’s there (on the list)
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