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Since 2010, we use software, data, and advocacy to make the legal ecosystem more equitable and competitive. 

Faithful host of RECAP, CourtListener, and the Big Cases bots.
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Free Law ProjectSep 12, 2023

We're really excited to be partnering with @the_verge to create a professionally-curated feed of the most important cases in tech. Read below and follow @[email protected] to stay informed.

https://www.theverge.com/23869657/verge-free-law-project-tech-cases-bot-how-to-follow-x-twitter-mastodon

The Verge is going all-in on this, and is sponsoring the bot financially as well — The bot will buy all of the filings in the cases it follows. These docs are part of our cultural heritage (for better or worse), and The Verge is making sure they are not locked up. Bravo.

How to follow The Verge’s new Tech Cases Bot

The Verge and the Free Law Project have partnered for the Tech Cases Bot, an X, Bluesky, and Mastodon feed of updates for US federal tech cases.

The Verge
Free Law ProjectJun 16, 2023
@sfoguj Got it. We’ll take a look.
Free Law ProjectJun 15, 2023
@sfoguj can you email some steps to reproduce, please?
Show threadFree Law ProjectMay 8, 2023
It has an API too. We're working on getting that better documented!
Free Law ProjectMay 8, 2023

CourtListener's citation tool just got an upgrade. Paste in whatever citation you want and it'll sort it out for you.

It can handle just about any legal citation you can throw at it. Try it:
https://www.courtlistener.com/c/

Show threadFree Law ProjectApr 27, 2023
@plotthounds We noticed it's not on the "I'm now following..." posts, but we'll get that done too, soon.
Free Law ProjectApr 27, 2023
Big Cases BotApr 27, 2023

Here are some tips for using me better: https://free.law/2023/04/27/bot-tips/

What tips did I forget?

Tips for the Big Cases Bots

There's more to the bots than you may realize. Let's look at some tips.

Free Law Project
Show threadFree Law ProjectApr 26, 2023
@plotthounds This is rolling out now. Look for hashtags in all future toots!
Free Law ProjectApr 19, 2023
Big Cases BotApr 19, 2023
My maintainer, @flp just gave me $500 to buy PACER documents! That means I can post thumbnails and links for a while, but we need more sponsors.Help me! https://bots.law/big-cases/sponsors/
Sponsoring the Big Cases Bot — Bots.law

Use Bots.law to get court alerts in Slack, Discord, MS Teams, Twitter, Mastodon, and Google Chat. Home of the Big Cases bots.

Show threadFree Law ProjectApr 17, 2023
@ben the more distinct tokens, the bigger your inverted index, the more memory you need. Stemming reduces token count. That said, we're revamping search and this is on the list.