The statement ‘different search engines and databases produce different results’ may elicit various responses from people. Some may think that the statement is obviously true, some may believe search engines are all basically the same, and some may believe that …

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 The Library of Congress announced on September 17, 2018 that a new website is now live, making reports from the Congressional Research Service (CRS) available to the public. The CRS is Congress’ nonpartisan “think tank” that conducts research and publishes …

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 On Tuesday, August 21, 2018, the Free Law Project announced the addition of PACER Docket Alerts on CourtListener.com. The alerts are available via RECAP, the Free Law Project’s archive of PACER docket information and court documents. To set up alerts, …

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