Do I need to pay a fee to access a document on Bloomberg Law’s Docket Search?
Answer
No. For federal dockets, you will be able to retrieve most of the filings that are available on PACER, the electronic public access service for U.S. federal court documents, without incurring any charges associated with accessing PACER directly. If Bloomberg Law has electronic access to the document, any associated PACER fee up to an academic year cap of $1,500 will be waived for you as an academic user. Through your Bloomberg Law account, you can see how much of the $1,500 academic year allowance you have used. If a document is not available electronically (e.g., the document must be retrieved in person from the court using a courier service), you will be notified that the document falls outside our Bloomberg Law subscription.
For help searching dockets and documents on Bloomberg Law, please see the Dockets & Court Documents and Finding Dockets on Bloomberg Law sections of our Briefs, Oral Arguments and Other Court Documents Research Guide and view our Searching Dockets on Bloomberg Law tutorial. For questions about locating dockets and documents that are not available on Bloomberg Law, contact the Reference Desk.