How to get an alert when a company is sued in federal court
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To learn when a company is sued in federal court, you either repeat a name search in PACER from time to time, or set an alert that watches the courts' new docket entries for the company's name. Both cover federal courts only: state courts, which keep their own records, hear most contract and personal-injury cases.
Where does a new federal case show up first?
In the court's own system, once the complaint is filed. From there it reaches the court's RSS feed, when the court publishes one with that kind of entry, and the PACER Case Locator, where newly filed cases typically appear within 24 hours. Of the 188 federal district and bankruptcy courts, 116 publish every docket entry in their feed, 54 publish only some types of entries and 18 publish no feed (Juricio's check of October 15, 2026).
Can PACER watch a company's name for you?
The PACER Case Locator can save a search so you can run it again, and each run is billed for its pages of results: $0.10 a page ($0.12 from January 1, 2027), with no fee owed for a quarter in which your charges are $30 or less. Running it again is up to you. See How to search PACER by party name.
How do name alerts work?
An alert service reads the courts' feeds and e-mails you when a new entry names the company in its case caption. On Juricio, members set the alert with the company's name written with its legal form (Inc., LLC, Corp.): a name without one is taken as a person's name, and alerts on people's names are only for verified attorneys with a declared purpose. Alerts look forward, to the entries published after you create them, and arrive by e-mail usually the same day the court publishes the entry.
Search federal cases Courts with RSS feeds
What do these alerts miss?
- State courts: they are not in PACER or in the federal courts' feeds.
- Courts with no feed, and the entry types a partial feed leaves out: there, only a search in PACER finds the case.
- Other forms of the name: a company may appear under an abbreviation, a former name or the name of a subsidiary; set an alert for each form you know.
- Sealed records, which are not available to the public on PACER.
Before you rely on a match, open the case: a name in a caption does not confirm which company it is.
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Questions
Can I get an alert when a company is sued in federal court?
Yes, through an alert service that reads the courts' RSS feeds for the company's name, in the courts whose feeds carry those entries. Where a court publishes no feed, a repeated name search in the PACER Case Locator finds new cases instead.
Do these alerts cover state courts?
No. PACER and the federal courts' feeds cover federal courts only; state courts keep their own records.
How fast does an alert arrive on Juricio?
Juricio reads priority courts' feeds every hour and the others about every 3 hours, and e-mails after the reading that finds the entry: usually the same day the court publishes it.
Can I set an alert on a person's name?
On Juricio, alerts on a person's name are only for verified attorneys with a declared purpose, never for screening anyone.
Sources
- United States Courts: Comparing Federal & State Courts: federal and state court systems, and the contract and personal-injury cases state courts hear (consulted October 22, 2026).
- United States Courts: Civil Cases: a federal civil case begins when a complaint is filed (consulted October 22, 2026).
- PACER: Find a Case FAQs: when documents and newly filed cases appear in PACER and in the PACER Case Locator (consulted October 22, 2026).
- PACER: Search by National Index (PACER Case Locator): saved searches in the PACER Case Locator (consulted October 22, 2026).
- PACER Pricing: How fees work: every search is billed for its pages of results (consulted October 22, 2026).
- United States Courts: Electronic Public Access Fee Schedule: in force since January 1, 2020: the fee per page and the quarterly exemption (consulted October 22, 2026).
- United States Courts: Judiciary Approves Funding for Case Management and Public Access Modernization: news release of June 26, 2026: the fee per page from January 1, 2027 (consulted October 22, 2026).
- PACER: How can I receive case alerts using an RSS feed?: court RSS feeds; on the same page, sealed documents (consulted October 22, 2026).