LexisNexis has been on an extraordinary spree — buying up companies that are almost always the brainchild of a former lawyer and always the product of entrepreneurial inspiration and grit.
The latest opportunity? target? victim? May be Ravel Law…
Sources in the legal publishing industry are whispering that LexisNexis is about to acquire Ravel Law. I reached out to Daniel Lewis, CEO of Ravel
American Lawyer Media’s Legal Week kicks off January 31st – February 2nd at the New York Hilton Mid-Town. In keeping with the Legal Week mission of providing programming more legal communities, they have added a track for Legal Pros which focuses on topics of interest to law librarians and legal
information professionals.
I will be
A few ideas on what we might or might not see develop in 2017…. Thomson Reuters Predictive. 2017 has to be the year when Thomson Reuters launches a predictive product for lawyers. Early in 2016 Thomson Reuters rebranded itself as “The Answer Company.” They entered into a relationship with IBM to gain access to
“I’d like to be an information climatologist. I’d work with vendors to design information services for determining what is likely to happen next by pulling trends together.
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| Ravel’s Motion Filters |
This year in Chicago, I was “pitched” when I walked into the conference
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| Yes Libraries are Shrinking Now What? |
Two weeks ago American Lawyer Media released it’s 2016 library survey with the unfortunate headline “Downsizing continues at law firm libraries.” The headline is problematic for two reasons: 1. Shrinking libraries are old news and 2. Information professionals are driving some of the most important new technologies into the practice of law….