The legal research service Casemaker has partnered with the international legal research service vLex in a joint licensing agreement that gives clients of both companies access to more of the world's laws.
The legal research service Casemaker has launched a new case - digest service providing summaries of the most recent cases decided by the courts.
Not exact matches
Almost a year ago, I wrote here about the major upgrade in the works for the
Casemaker legal research service.
That article was my head - to - head review of
Casemaker vs. Fastcase, the two
legal research services that market themselves to bar associations to offer as a -LSB-...]
Casemaker is a
legal research service that is offered free to members of some two - dozen bar association in the U.S..
That article was my head - to - head review of
Casemaker vs. Fastcase, the two
legal research services that market themselves to bar associations to offer as a benefit to their members.
While I was there, I spoke briefly with David Harriman, the CEO of
Casemaker, the
legal research service offered as a member benefit by some 25 state and local bar associations.
The impetus for this major redesign was
Casemaker's acquisition in 2009 by SSN Holdings, the parent company of the
legal research service JuriSearch.
The most significant change comes in the area of making free
legal research available, with 42 bars offering free or reduced
legal research, primarily through
services like Fast Case, Versuslaw or
Casemaker.
As I see it, Google's free
legal research services won't put a dent in LEXIS or Westlaw, at least not for a long, long time, Â Instead, they pose a threat to what I've collectively termed the «second city» providers like Versuslaw,
Casemaker, FastCase or Loislaw. Right now, most lawyers are able to access those
services for free or cheap through deals with the bars — but will bars continue to support those subscriptions when there's a robust free option available? My heart goes out to these companies because they served as an oasis for solos when no other options, save the law library and manual
research, existed. Yet I don't see all of them able to survive the Google onslaught.
Instead, see Chapters 3 (
Legal Portals and Directories), 8 (
Casemaker), and 9 (Fastcase), where free case law
research is discussed.In addition to offering keyword searching, USA.gov offers the ability to browse by a government
service, topic, agency, or government contact.