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I'd be interested to see how this pans out, but, as with all these stories, I have no doubt that it will disappear, never to be seen again.

Are there facilities for monitoring remotely the progress of cases like this?

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Like a social network for lawyers to post updates of their cases? When will lawyers start tweeting from the courtroom?

Or just a site that you enter court case number and track it?

No need for the drama.

Who would keep such a site up to date? How would the validity of the information be checked?

The courts, that's their job. If you can find out what court it's in and the case number, you can request the documents, they're public records.

There is a german lawyer blogging about his experiences on lawblog.de, but aside from him I never saw any lawyer/judge/etc. on the internet talking about their job.

In the UK: https://twitter.com/JackofKent

That's because they'll settle out of court.

Settle? Ignoring the absurdness of this, how would you settle this? I mean, who would settle with who? He (supposedly) broke restraining order.

"I'll do one hour of community service." "Plea accepted."

Sorry, I implied that the man will sue Google, and they will settle out of court.

Not an option. This is a criminal charge, not a lawsuit.

Well, those are still usually settled.

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