Are Legal Materials From the Internet Authentic? It Depends


Mark Giangrande
September 1, 2009  

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One thing to consider when doing legal research on the Internet is the issue of authentication.  It's one thing to find authority online.  It's another to use it in court.  Various courts have rules about what precedent can be used and, more particularly, from where it can come.  It seems odd in the days of courts having their own official web sites that the opinions which they distribute through these sites may not be official.


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