Regarding the online US Law Week product, how quickly is the Supreme Court Today Database updated?
The database is updated as often as necessary during the day. For example, if at 10 a.m. today the Supreme Court decided two cases by published opinion, granted review in four more important cases, and denied review in 108 other cases on its appellate docket. All those details would be made available, including the text of opinions with our headnotes and attorney listings, in Supreme Court Today by noon Eastern Standard Time. Occasionally the court issues orders in pending cases in the afternoon, instead of the usual 10 a.m. When that happens, we post that activity to Supreme Court Today as soon as we can get the order, always within an hour or so. One thing that we don’t report on “within a few hours” is new filings. Our reports of new filings don’t appear on the database until we’ve had time to review the petitions and summarize them. We get a daily delivery of new petitions from the court, and then start working up our summaries soon after that.
