The Public Library of Law (pLoL) has partnered with legal
research provider Fastcase, Inc..
Not exact matches
He also thought
providers like
FastCase particularly in the
research and guidance area, is poised to also become one the dominant players as well.
The agreement to provide the Wolters Kluwer content extends a partnership that began when
Fastcase purchased legal
research provider Loislaw from Wolters Kluwer in 2015, but this agreement includes titles that were not available for sale in Loislaw.
If you want there to be only legal
research providers for the rest of time, or potentially three now that
Fastcase has really joined the top then, by all means, ignore it.
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.
Unfortunately, as a regulatory attorney, I find myself a captive buyer of for - fee legal
research because neither Google nor the «second city»
providers (
FastCase, Casemaker, Versuslaw) cover decisions of federal and state agencies.