What Can Be Removed When a Lawsuit Shows Up on Google
Court records rarely come down. The copies of them, and the coverage, often can.
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What can be done
- 1Dismissed or settled: ask legal data sites and news outlets to update or remove the page.
- 2Sealed or expunged: send the order to each site that still shows the case.
- 3Home address or ID numbers exposed: use Google's personal information removal.
- 4Coverage gets the facts wrong: request a correction.
- 5Everything else: push it down.
Where lawsuits show up
- Court websites
- Legal data sites: Justia, UniCourt, CourtListener, Trellis, PacerMonitor
- News articles
- Law firm press releases and blogs
- Social media posts
Work with your attorney
- Sealing and expungement are legal steps.
- We handle the search side once you have the order.
Questions
Remove a Lawsuit From Google Search Results: questions
Can a lawsuit be removed from Google?
Court records rarely can. Copies on legal data sites and news coverage often can be updated or removed, and the rest can be pushed down.
Does sealing a case remove it from Google?
Not automatically. Every site that copied the case has to be sent the order.
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