Court docket monitoring and new filing alerts
For a small firm, a new filing is a new matter. DocketWatch watches federal and selected state dockets, matches filings to the parties and practice areas you care about, and sends them the day they land.
What it watches
You can watch parties by name, company aliases, case types, jurisdictions, and judges. Entity matching handles subsidiaries and name variants, because the filing says one thing and the client goes by another.
What a change looks like
Alerts include the docket link, the parties, the claim amount when it is stated, and counsel on the filing. Enough to decide whether to reach out the same day.
Who it is for
- Small and mid law firms doing business development in a specific practice area
- Claims teams and insurers tracking litigation against policyholders
- Competitive intelligence teams watching a sector
- Journalists covering a beat
The firms that win the first call are the ones that knew before the client started shopping.
How setup works
Setup is a form, not a project. You tell us the boards, portals, parties, brands, or regions that matter, we wire the sources, and the first digest arrives within about 48 hours. You get real alerts for two weeks before any invoice, and you can adjust the filters as often as you like.
Questions
Which courts do you cover?
Federal district and bankruptcy courts nationwide through PACER and CourtListener, plus selected state courts. Tell us the jurisdictions you need and we confirm coverage.
Can you catch filings against a company with a different legal name?
Yes. We build alias lists per watch, so subsidiaries and registered names are covered.
Is this public information?
Yes. Court filings are public records. We monitor them and link back to the docket; we do not republish sealed or restricted documents.
Set up DocketWatch free
Tell us the sources you check by hand. We wire them up, you get real alerts for two weeks, and you only pay if you keep it.