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On Saturday July 23rd in what surely will be one of the most memorable PLL events of my career, I will be moderating a Q&A session with Esther Dyson at the “Change as Action” Summit in Philadelphia. This event is certain to be as stimulating and as surprising as Dyson’s wide ranging career (magazine fact checker, journalist,…
I interviewed Lou Andreozzi to learn about the strategy behind the July 5th re-launch of the Bloomberg Law platform. Andreozzi makes the case that Bloomberg’s unique approach to content and pricing will allow it to peel off a significant market share from Lexis and Westlaw who have a 30 year lead on upstart Bloomberg.
Bloomberg Law includes a…
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An Alternative title to this post might be “Vendor Sourcing: The Digital Edition.” Like the print issues outlined in my post of February 17th, “Vendor Sourcing: Thinking the Unthinkable…”, this post will examine how Lexis and Westlaw pricing strategies have shifted substantial administrative burdens onto their law firm customers which not only drive up…
I am posting the letter I received from ALM, Vice President, Sara Diamond in response to the questions posed in April 18th post: The ALM-Lexis Deal: Stop Hyperventilating and Consider Some Action Items
Dear Ms. O’Grady,
ALM has, as you noted, been making a concerted effort to reach out to the library community as we…
While waiting for some word from Lexis on how ALM content will be priced, I began conducting some internal due diligence. These items might be of interest to others.
Action Items
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…Come up with some Interesting New Tools for Legal Research.
Phil Rosenthal and Ed Walters both former associates from Covington & Burling began developing what they refer to as a smarter alternative to Westlaw and Lexis in the late 1990’s. After a modest amount of angel funding and a decade of development, Fastcase now has …
D&B has released a free search tool that allows individuals to identify companies that are located in the prefectures impacted by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. This information will help organizations begin to assess their exposure to financial and business continuity risk resulting from the earthquake…
Cost saving trends between August 2010 and February 2011:
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