Court Rules

Legal Intelligence, Structured for Machines and People

Enforcement actions from 21 jurisdictions. Filing rules for 880+ federal judges. Available as a REST API and MCP server so your tools can use it directly.

1,100+

Enforcement events

21

Jurisdictions

880+

Judges profiled

$8.8B+

In tracked fines

Enforcement Intelligence

Privacy and regulatory actions from FTC, HHS, and 19 state attorneys general. Each event includes the entity, fine, violation types, laws cited, and contract search terms.

FTC, CCPA, HIPAA, COPPA, BIPA

Consumer, health, children, biometric

21 jurisdictions

Federal agencies + CA, TX, NY, IL, and 15 more state AGs

Contract search terms

Mapped clauses for each enforcement event

Court Rules

Judge-level filing rules extracted from standing orders and individual practices. Page limits, formatting, courtesy copies, e-filing, and motion procedures.

95 federal districts

880+ judges with profiled standing orders

Compliance checks

Validate a filing against a judge's rules before you submit

Source-traced

Every rule linked to its PDF page and section

Active Courts(19)

Central District of California
cdca
35 judges

9th Circuit

Court Website
District of Columbia
ddc
10 judges

D.C. Circuit

Court Website
District of Delaware
ded
10 judges

3rd Circuit

Court Website
District of New Jersey
dnj
24 judges

3rd Circuit

Court Website
Eastern District of California
edca
19 judges

9th Circuit

Court Website
Eastern District of New York
edny
47 judges
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
edpa
40 judges

3rd Circuit

Court Website
Eastern District of Texas
edtx
17 judges

5th Circuit

Court Website
Eastern District of Virginia
edva
9 judges

4th Circuit

Court Website
Northern District of California
ndca
41 judges

9th Circuit

Court Website
Northern District of Illinois
ndil
44 judges

7th Circuit

Court Website
Northern District of New York
ndny
1 judges

2nd Circuit

Court Website
Northern District of Texas
ndtx
2 judges

5th Circuit

Court Website
Southern District of California
sdca
33 judges

9th Circuit

Court Website
Southern District of Florida
sdfl
22 judges

11th Circuit

Court Website
Southern District of New York
sdny
67 judges

2nd Circuit

Court Website
Western District of New York
wdny
2 judges

2nd Circuit

Court Website
Western District of Texas
wdtx
23 judges

5th Circuit

Court Website
Western District of Washington
wdwa
20 judges

9th Circuit

Court Website

Coming Soon(76 courts)

Middle District of Alabama
mdal
2 judges

11th Circuit

Court Website
Northern District of Alabama
ndal
3 judges

11th Circuit

Court Website
Southern District of Alabama
sdal
1 judges

11th Circuit

Court Website
District of Alaska
dak
3 judges

9th Circuit

Court Website
District of Arizona
daz
5 judges

9th Circuit

Court Website

Frequently Asked Questions

Enforcement Intelligence

What enforcement data is available?

Structured records of privacy enforcement actions from the FTC, HHS (HIPAA), and 19 state attorneys general. Each event includes the entity, fine amount, violation types, laws cited, remedies, and a link to the official government source.

What jurisdictions are covered?

21 federal and state jurisdictions: FTC, HHS OCR, plus California (CPPA, AG), Texas, New York, Illinois, Connecticut, Colorado, Oregon, Virginia, Indiana, Delaware, Iowa, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, and Washington state.

What are contract search terms?

Each enforcement event includes search terms mapped to relevant contract clauses. When Disney is fined for opt-out failures, the search terms include "do not sell," "right to opt out," and "Global Privacy Control." In-house legal teams use these to scan vendor agreements for similar gaps.

What violation types are tracked?

18 violation categories across consumer privacy (notice failures, opt-out violations, dark patterns), sensitive data (health, children, biometric, financial, geolocation, student), security (data breaches, inadequate safeguards, vendor management), and other (cross-border transfers, automated decision-making, employee privacy).

How current is the enforcement data?

Events appear within 24-48 hours of the official government announcement. Sources are checked daily. Each event links to the original government press release or consent order.

Court Rules

What courts are covered?

20 federal district courts with 630+ judges profiled. Each judge's individual rules, standing orders, and filing requirements are extracted from source PDFs and traced to specific pages and sections. State courts available in beta for 6 jurisdictions.

What rules are extracted per judge?

Page limits, word limits, formatting requirements, courtesy copy rules, e-filing procedures, motion practice procedures (pre-motion conferences, letter briefs), discovery dispute procedures, and chambers preferences. Each rule is traced to its source document, page number, and section.

What is a compliance check?

Upload a PDF filing and specify the judge. The API classifies the document type, counts pages and words, then checks every applicable rule for that judge. Returns pass/fail/action-required for each rule with the specific limit and your document's measurement.

How current are the court rules?

Standing orders are re-verified when judges update their individual practices. Court rules are checked regularly against source documents on each court's website.

Access & Integration

How do I access the data programmatically?

Through the MCP server at mcp.courtrules.app or the REST API at api.courtrules.app. MCP works with Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, and Codex CLI. See the MCP page for setup.

Is there a free tier?

The MCP server provides sample data (3 enforcement events, 3 courts) with no authentication required. Full access to 1,100+ events and 20+ courts requires an API key from console.courtrules.app.

What is MCP?

Model Context Protocol is an open standard that lets AI assistants access external data directly. Instead of copy-pasting, your AI tool queries court rules and enforcement data in real time. Works with Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and any MCP-compatible client.