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Keeping Up with the Vendors – In Their Own Words
Tracking developments in legal information vendors’ products and policies is an important part of many law librarians’ jobs, and it’s a valuable pursuit for keeping current in the profession. While the major legal database and content providers all offer a variety of access points and formats for news about changes to their platforms and offerings,… Continue reading
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FastCase-Casemaker Merger Seeks to Create More Robust Cost-Effective Legal Research Alternative
On January 5, 2021 FastCase and Casemaker announced a merger. FastCase and Casemaker provide a cost-effective alternative to other legal research databases. According to the CEO of FastCase, Bar associations in all 50 states provide FastCase or Casemaker at no or low cost, so the merger creates the largest lawyer subscriber base of any legal… Continue reading
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Fastcase Expands into Original Works by Launching Full Court Press, a New Print and Digital Imprint
On November 2, 2017, Fastcase launched its new publishing arm, under the imprint Full Court Press. The inaugural publication offered under Full Court Press is RAIL: The Journal of Robotics, Artificial Intelligence & Law, and it is billed as “a multimedia offering, available in print, as an eBook, in audio, and exclusively within the Fastcase legal research… Continue reading
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Vendor News: Fastcase Acquires LoisLaw
Fastcase has purchased LoisLaw from WoltersKluwer. Robert Ambrogi broke the news on Law Sites after current Loislaw customers started receive notices of the change. Fastcase has confirmed it, and posted some FAQs on the transition. It looks like Fastcase has expanded it customer base by acquiring the current LoisLaw subscriptions and brand. The legacy LoisLaw… Continue reading
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Blog Roundup: June 1-June 30
Chuck Lowry from Fastcase offered some advice to Librarians and Exhibitors looking to get the most out the AALL Annual Meeting Exhibit Hall over at On Firmer Ground. At Law Librarians Blog Mark Giangrande examined a study on Academic Publisher profits. The underlying paper is here. At Dewey B. Strategic, Jean O’Grady took a deep… Continue reading
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