Pacer is a fee based service to access state and federal court dockets. It includes rulings for which opinions may be unwarranted, as well as motion practice. Westlaw and Lexis do not offer the same access to the pleadings and orders of a lawsuit as Pacer. I don't see Pacer going away because of the launch of Ravel because the granularity simply won't be there if you need that. And lawyers need that to do their job.
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Won't replace Pacer
Pacer is a fee based service to access state and federal court dockets. It includes rulings for which opinions may be unwarranted, as well as motion practice. Westlaw and Lexis do not offer the same access to the pleadings and orders of a lawsuit as Pacer. I don't see Pacer going away because of the launch of Ravel because the granularity simply won't be there if you need that. And lawyers need that to do their job.