Courthouse News Service

By Girdner, Bill

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Title:	Courthouse News Service
Author:	Girdner, Bill
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Language:	English
Subject:	Trade, Import and export controls, Federal Trade Commission (U.S.)
Collections:	Economics Publications Collection, Federal Trade Commission
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Publisher:	Government Printing Office


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Government Reference Publication

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I am the publisher of Courthouse News Service, and write to submit my comments on the concept of a national do-not-e-mail registry, which I strongly oppose. Courthouse News Service, which I started in 1991, is a legal news service that provides its subscribers ? which include major newspapers as well as many of the nation's major law firms ? with daily e-mailed reports of new court filings, from new complaints to appellate opinions. Subscribers receive notice of new lawsuits within hours of filing and they receive prompt notice of new appellate rulings with links to full text. Law firm subscribers have come to view this service as a necessary and critical part of their business. Similarly, for media clients, whose resources are often stretched and cannot regularly send reporters to courthouses in remote locations, the service tips them off to newsworthy new filings. Courthouse News has grown substantially over the last 13 years, and now offers reports from more than 45 cities in 23 states, representing the creation of many new jobs.