Bloomberg Law MCP. Track every case filing, from local dockets to Supreme Court precedents.
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Bloomberg Law connects your AI client directly to over 200 million federal and state court records, case law databases, and legal news feeds.
It lets you search dockets by party or number, pull full filings, track litigation progress, and find precedents across jurisdictions—all from one prompt.
This is enterprise-grade research for litigators and corporate counsel.
What your AI agents can do
Get case details
Retrieves detailed information for a specific legal case using its unique ID.
Get docket alerts
Displays monitoring alerts that you have previously set up for specific cases or parties.
Get docket details
Retrieves comprehensive details about a court docket ID provided from search results.
You retrieve every filing, motion, and order associated with a specific court docket.
You search the case law database to find past rulings relevant to your current legal argument.
You search company profiles for intelligence on business activities and potential legal exposure across industries.
You search both federal (District, Circuit) and state court records using keywords, parties, or date ranges.
You pinpoint the exact filing you need and retrieve its complete, searchable text.
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Bloomberg Law MCP Server: 13 Tools for Legal Discovery
Use this suite of tools to search court records, retrieve specific filings, monitor dockets, and analyze legal news from massive databases.
019d755eget case details
Retrieves detailed information for a specific legal case using its unique ID.
019d755eget docket alerts
Displays monitoring alerts that you have previously set up for specific cases or parties.
019d755eget docket details
Retrieves comprehensive details about a court docket ID provided from search results.
019d755eget docket entries
Gets every recorded filing, motion, and order for a specific court docket with timestamps and descriptions.
019d755eget filing document
Pulls the full text of a specific court document using its ID from the docket entries.
019d755eget legal news by topic
Fetches legal news articles filtered by one or more specified topics (e.g., 'data privacy').
019d755esearch companies
Searches company profiles and pulls related business intelligence data.
019d755esearch court dockets
Searches both federal and state court dockets, returning case names, filing dates, and status across 200M+ records.
019d755esearch expert witnesses
Finds potential expert witnesses by specialty, prior testimony, or jurisdiction for a case.
019d755esearch federal dockets
Searches federal court dockets specifically across all major circuits and courts.
019d755esearch legal cases
Returns case summaries, holdings, and outcomes from the case law database for precedent analysis.
019d755esearch legal news
Searches Bloomberg Law's legal news articles, allowing filtering by topic and date range.
019d755esearch state dockets
Searches state court dockets across multiple jurisdictions (coverage varies).
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What you can do with this MCP connector
Bloomberg Law connects your AI client directly to over 200 million federal and state court records, massive case law databases, and legal news feeds. Your agent handles complex research tasks—docket searching, filing review, litigation tracking, and precedent gathering—all from one prompt. This isn't basic search; it's enterprise-grade intelligence for litigators and corporate counsel.
Tracking Litigation History
Need to track a case’s entire life cycle? You can start by performing broad searches using search_court_dockets across both federal and state jurisdictions. This returns initial data points like case names, filing dates, and current status from millions of records. If you know the specific court docket ID, your agent pulls comprehensive details with get_docket_details.
To see everything filed on that docket—every motion, every order, every single document timestamped—you'll use get_docket_entries. You can also specifically search federal records using search_federal_dockets or focus only on state court dockets via search_state_dockets, pulling data by party name or date range. When you pinpoint the exact filing, your agent retrieves its full text and searchable content with get_filing_document.
You can keep an eye on progress by setting up monitoring alerts using get_docket_alerts for specific parties or cases.
Finding Legal Precedent and Case Law
Building a strong legal argument means knowing the past rulings. Your agent uses search_legal_cases to query the massive case law database, returning summaries, established holdings, and outcomes relevant to your topic. If you need deep background on a single matter, running get_case_details with a unique ID gives you all the specific facts about that legal action.
You can also find potential people involved in complex cases by searching for experts using search_expert_witnesses, filtering them by specialty, jurisdiction, or prior testimony.
Business Intelligence and Risk Assessment
Want to monitor corporate risk? You search company profiles directly with search_companies. This pulls related business intelligence data that helps you understand a client's potential legal exposure across different industries. For immediate context on what’s happening in the market, your agent uses search_legal_news or get_legal_news_by_topic, letting you filter articles by specific topics (like 'data privacy') or date ranges to stay current on legal commentary.
How It Works
The system coordinates these tools so you don't have to jump between ten different research portals. You can search both federal and state dockets using keywords, parties, or date parameters via search_court_dockets. The platform lets you track a case’s entire history by retrieving every filing, motion, and order associated with a specific docket ID.
For precedent analysis, it searches the established case law database to find past rulings relevant to your current argument. You monitor corporate litigation risk by searching company profiles for intelligence on business activities. It pulls current legal news articles and analyses filtered by topic or date range.
This is all done through a single connection point: your AI client runs these complex operations, giving you actionable data without ever leaving your workspace.
How Bloomberg Law MCP Works
- 1 First, tell your AI client to search for cases or companies using broad criteria (e.g., 'Apple Inc in federal court').
- 2 Next, the agent uses tools like
search_court_docketsorsearch_companiesto return a list of relevant IDs and summaries. - 3 Finally, you specify which case you want details on, prompting the agent to call
get_docket_detailsorget_docket_entriesfor the full record.
The bottom line is: your AI client acts as a guided research assistant, moving from broad search results to specific, primary source evidence in three steps.
Who Is Bloomberg Law MCP For?
This is for the litigator who spends hours clicking through court websites. It’s for corporate counsel needing quick visibility into competitor litigation. If your job involves proving a legal point or tracking compliance, this saves days of manual database work.
You track opposing parties' case movements across different state and federal dockets to build a timeline of activity.
You monitor legal exposure for key business partners or competitors by running searches on company profiles and relevant court dockets.
You pull case law precedents from the database, comparing holdings across multiple jurisdictions to support a legal memo.
What Changes When You Connect
- You track litigation history instantly. Instead of manually cross-referencing state and federal courts, tools like
search_court_docketspull records across 200M+ filings in one search. - You find the source material fast. If you need to see what was filed, you don't just get a summary; using
get_filing_documentretrieves the actual full text of the court filing. - Precedent research gets targeted. Stop reading generalized articles. Use
search_legal_casesto query the case law database specifically for holdings relevant to your point of law. - You build a picture of risk quickly. Tools like
search_companiesgive you business intelligence and legal exposure data on entities, which is crucial before making any move. - Your monitoring stays current. You can set up alerts via
get_docket_alertsso your agent notifies you immediately when an opposing party files something critical.
Real-World Use Cases
A competitor is filing in multiple states.
The counsel needs to know the full scope of a rival's litigation. They start by using search_court_dockets for general keywords and then run search_state_dockets across target jurisdictions. The agent compiles all results, allowing the counsel to track activity that would otherwise require accessing dozens of separate state portals.
You need a case precedent on data privacy.
Instead of searching general web news, the researcher uses search_legal_cases and filters by 'data privacy.' This immediately narrows the focus to court-approved legal holdings, providing actionable precedents that can be cited in a brief.
You need to prove what was said at discovery.
The paralegal uses get_docket_entries on a specific case ID. This pulls the full list of filings, and then they use get_filing_document to pull the complete text of an old motion or order, proving exactly when and what was submitted.
You are writing about legal trends.
A journalist uses search_legal_news filtered by a topic like 'FTC enforcement' and then cross-references those dates with results from search_federal_dockets to find actual cases that match the news cycle, giving depth to their reporting.
The Tradeoffs
Searching for a case by general topic.
Asking the agent, 'Tell me about antitrust law.' This is too broad and will only return vague summaries or news articles without specific context.
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Start with search_legal_cases and use precise filter criteria—for example, filtering by jurisdiction (NDCA) AND a key phrase ('antitrust violation') to pull actionable precedents.
Relying only on news articles.
Reading an article that says 'The court is looking into X.' This provides no proof, just speculation. You can't cite this in a brief.
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Use search_dockets first to find the case ID, then use get_docket_entries and get_filing_document to retrieve the actual court order or motion that makes the claim.
Copy-pasting a docket number manually.
Manually inputting 1:24-cv-12345 into three different search fields across multiple platforms. It's tedious and error-prone.
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Let your agent use search_court_dockets to find the ID, and then pass that resulting docket number directly to get_docket_details. This keeps everything contained in one workflow.
When It Fits, When It Doesn't
Use this server if you need primary source evidence—meaning you must cite a specific filing, motion, or court order. Don't use it if all you need is a general overview of the law; for that, standard web search might suffice.
However, don’t rely only on search_legal_news. The news tells you what is happening; the dockets and filings tell you what is legally recorded. Always use search_dockets or search_legal_cases to validate any claim found in a news article. If your goal is just finding who sued whom, stick to search_court_dockets. If you need the full legal context, you'll need to chain searches: Start with search_companies, move to search_court_dockets, and finish by pulling details with get_case_details.
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Available Capabilities
Finding a case’s actual filing history shouldn't require jumping between six different state court websites.
Today, tracking one opposing party means opening the county courthouse website, logging in with credentials that expire monthly, navigating to the correct jurisdiction, and manually searching by name or number. You spend hours just assembling a timeline—the actual legal work never even starts.
With Bloomberg Law, your agent handles the web legwork. By calling `search_court_dockets`, you get a unified view of filings across multiple jurisdictions in one API call. The result is not a list of links; it's a structured data feed with case IDs and filing dates ready for immediate analysis.
Bloomberg Law MCP Server: Access full court documents via `get_filing_document`
Before, if you saw a reference to 'discovery motions' in the docket summary, you had to go find that specific entry ID and then manually navigate to download a PDF—a process often resulting in corrupted files or inaccessible documents.
Now, when your agent identifies a relevant filing through `get_docket_entries`, you simply ask for the document using `get_filing_document`. You get the clean, full text of the court record directly into your chat window. It's immediate and reliable.
Common Questions About Bloomberg Law MCP
What courts and jurisdictions are covered by the Bloomberg Law Dockets API? +
The Bloomberg Law Dockets API covers 200M+ federal and state court dockets. Federal coverage includes all U.S. District Courts, Circuit Courts of Appeals, Bankruptcy Courts, and the Supreme Court. State court coverage varies by jurisdiction but includes major state courts across the U.S. Coverage details are available in your Bloomberg Law subscription dashboard.
How do I get a Bloomberg Law API key? +
Contact your Bloomberg Law account administrator or Bloomberg Law sales team to request access to the Enterprise Dockets API. API access requires an active Bloomberg Law subscription with Enterprise Dockets add-on. Once provisioned, you'll receive an API key and documentation for integration.
What types of legal research can I do with this API? +
You can search court dockets by party name, case name, or keywords; retrieve complete docket histories with all filings and orders; search case law for precedents and holdings; browse Bloomberg Law legal news; find expert witnesses; and research company profiles. The API is designed for comprehensive legal research across federal and state courts.
What's the difference between docket search and case search? +
Docket search returns active court dockets with docket numbers, parties, courts, and filing histories—ideal for tracking ongoing litigation. Case search returns decided cases with case law, holdings, citations, and outcomes—ideal for legal research and finding precedents. Use dockets to track live cases, use cases to find legal precedents.
When using the `get_filing_document` tool, what should I do if the document ID is invalid or inaccessible? +
The API requires a valid Document ID. If the ID fails validation, it returns an explicit error code and halts the process. Your agent must check for null or malformed IDs before running this tool to prevent runtime errors.
How should I handle retrieving large volumes of data using `get_docket_entries`? +
The service has standard rate limits, so you can't fetch massive dockets in one go. You need to implement pagination into your workflow or use the bulk export features available through Bloomberg Law for high-volume data sets.
What specific metadata does `get_case_details` return, and how structured is it? +
The tool returns a clean JSON object containing key metadata: parties involved, filing dates, court jurisdiction, and the current status. This highly structured output makes immediate data processing straightforward for your agent.
When I use `search_court_dockets`, what parameters are available besides keywords? +
You can narrow down results using specific court jurisdictions, precise date ranges, and the case filing status. Using these filters lets you focus your search instantly on actionable data points.
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