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'''Courthouse News Service''' is a [[News agency|news service]] primarily focusing on civil [[litigation]].<ref name=Courthousenewsservice.com>{{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://www.courthousenews.com/aboutus.html|publisher=Courthouse News Service|access-date=December 13, 2020}}</ref> Its core audience is lawyers and [[law firm]]s, who subscribe to the service;<ref name=Courthousenewsservice.com/><ref>{{cite web|title=About Us|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/09/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/dear-blog-its-another-day-in-connecticut.html|newspaper=New York Times|date=October 9, 2005|title=Dear Blog: It's Another Day in Connecticut|author=Jane Gordon|quote=Dan Levine, a reporter with Courthouse News Service, a national news wire for lawyers}}</ref><ref name=Schaefer>''[https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=14033221730862891468 Courthouse News Service v. Schaefer]'', Civil Action No. 2:18-cv-39 (E.D. Va. February 20, 2020).</ref> other subscribers include nonprofits, government agencies, corporations, other media outlets, and academic institutions, as well as law firms.<ref name=Schaefer/> Courthouse News has reporters across the United States, covering both state and federal court proceedings, in trial courts and appellate courts.<ref name=Courthousenewsservice.com/><ref name=Schaefer/> It offers both free and paid services. Unlike [[Westlaw|CourtExpress]] and [[LexisNexis|CourtLink]], it does not provide comprehensive docket information; rather, Courthouse News alerts readers to new filings and rulings.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Levitt |first1=Carole |last2=Rosch |first2=Mark E. |date=December 19, 2006 |title=The Lawyer's Guide to Fact Finding on the Internet |publisher=[[American Bar Association]] |edition=3 |page=388 |isbn=978-1590316719 }}<!--|accessdate=2014-01-10 --></ref> The news agency is based in [[Pasadena, California]].<ref name=Courthousenewsservice.com/> As of 2020, the service had more than 2,200 subscribers.<ref name=Schaefer/> It is a competitor to [[Thompson Reuters]], [[LexisNexis]], and [[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]].<ref name=Schaefer/>