(January 27, 2017, 12:57 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A District of Columbia federal judge on Jan. 24 certified a class of individuals and entities who have paid fees to obtain court records via the Public Access to Court Electronic Records system (PACER), with three nonprofit legal advocacy organizations as the class representatives, in a lawsuit accusing the federal government of charging fees in excess of the cost to operate the system (National Veterans Legal Services Program, et al. v. United States of America, No. 16-745, D. D.C.; 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9447)....