Monitoring lawsuits with Visualping or ChangeTower
Email notification was one of the first (and most useful) features that emerged when the courts' procedural monitoring systems were created. Since then, a lot has evolved, which has also complicated the way of monitoring the processes.
Fortunately, the ways of monitoring websites in general have also evolved. Personally, I really like the Visualping , as its business model allows the purchase of credits to monitor certain sources on demand, without the need to subscribe to the service monthly . If it is a critical follow-up, just increase the frequency of verification. If the follow-up is not critical, then the free plan may suffice.
Here is the example of how I am following a process in the STF. Basically, all I had to do was indicate the link to monitor and add settings to my liking. In general, I choose to check by the text of the page (not by the visual capture or of certain elements). And, specifically for this case, I configured Visualping to browse the site by clicking on the "Virtual Session" tab so that I would be alerted of each new vote cast during the trial session.
Alerts with Visualping work very well, and can be configured by various integrations. I receive notifications through Slack, but you can choose to receive them by email, SMS, Teams, etc. Visualping is also very interesting because Allow you to save your monitoring credits by suspending the scan overnight and on weekends.
When Visualping does not work, which can happen, for example, if it is necessary to configure a very complex navigation within the site, an alternative is the ChangeTower . The downside is that ChangeTower requires a monthly subscription to the service (starting at $9). Even so, it can be worth the investment, as the peace of mind of knowing that you will be notified of any news saves you from having to perform manual checks on the site at all times.
Recently I set up ChangeTower (on my paid account) to search the Federal Court website for the existence of new lawsuits for a certain party. The alert has been working well, but, from the print, it is possible to notice that half of the time the PJe system is slow and does not load the response . For my purpose this is not a problem, because at other times the system works and returns the search for the party's lawsuits and allows me to know if any lawsuit has been filed against the client quickly.
If you are a lawyer, how are you following your processes? Any suggestions that will bring us peace of mind in this infamous and indispensable activity? What consoles me is that, despite the cost of the service, not knowing a tempo quickly can cost much more.