Judge Urged to Sign Off on $125 Million PACER Fees Settlement

A federal judge should approve a $125 million settlement over user fees collected through the PACER electronic court records system, lawyers for nonprofits and the US government said during a court hearing.

Judge Paul Friedman of the US District Court for the District of Columbia is weighing whether to formally approve the proposed settlement, after he preliminarily signed off on the deal in May. He said on Thursday that he would rule “as soon as I can,” calling the case “important.”

The class action lawsuit — filed in 2016 by nonprofits National Veterans Legal Services Program, National Consumer Law Center ...