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2011

November - FindLaw Launches Legal Pulse
October - FindLaw launches WebChat Connect product for law firms
September - FindLaw Wins Two WebAwards
August - FindLaw launches Social Media Advance product for law firms
April - FindLaw.com is the No. 1 Consumer Legal Website, Online Lawyer Directory

2010

November - FindLaw launches FindLaw Mobile.
August - FindLaw launches FirmSites in the UK
July - FindLaw launches FindLaw UK (http://findlaw.co.uk)
March - FindLaw launches Blog Services for law firms.
February - Thomson Reuters Acquires Super Lawyers and
- FindLaw remains the largest legal information site on the Web and the No. 1 destination for consumers seeking legal information on the Web, according to comScore Media Metrix.
January - Karl Florida Named President of FindLaw

2009

November - FindLaw Launches "FindLaw en Espaņol" Center for Spanish-Speaking Consumers
September - FindLaw Wins Five WebAwards for Law Firm Web Site Design and Development.
May - FindLaw launches consumer blogs, providing up-to-the-minute, newsworthy information related to the legal topics and issues people are talking about.
February - FindLaw acquires Contact Law, a business that offers Web-based lead generation services to small and medium-sized law firms throughout the U.K.

2008

October - FindLaw Pioneers Case Summary RSS Feeds
September - FindLaw Earns Five WebAwards for Excellence in Developing Web Sites for Law Firms
March - FindLaw launches online video products.

2007

November - Thomson FindLaw Wins Four WebAwards From Web Marketing Association
May - Thomson FindLaw Wins Three Honors at 2007 Webby Awards

2006

October - FindLaw Launches FirmSite en Espaņol
June - FindLaw launches LegalConnection

2005

June - FindLaw named one of 50 Coolest Websites of 2005 by Time.com
- FindLaw.com launches new online legal centers for immigration law, family law, real estate law, small business.
May - FindLaw.com Named Best Legal Web Site in Ninth Annual Webby Awards
Most visited legal site, with 3.7 million unique monthly users.

2004

July - FindLaw Acquires Hubbard One - the legal profession's leading provider of marketing applications to large U.S. law firms
March - FindLaw.com: Number One on the Web for Information About the Law and Lawyers
According to comScore Media Metrix, a leading, independent Web usage monitoring service, FindLaw.com ranked 385th most visited among all Web sites in February 2004 - climbing from 570th this time last year. This represents the highest ranking any legal information Web site has ever received. FindLaw's nearest competitor placed a distant 2,493rd.
February - FindLaw listed in PC Magazine's '50 from the Best of the Internet'

2003

November - FindLaw to Provide Wall Street Journal Online With Law-Related Resources and Tools
September - FindLaw Becomes the 411th Most Trafficked U.S. Web Site, Surpasses 4.11 Million Unique Visitors
April - FindLaw Selected "The Best of Reference" By The New York Public Library

2002

December - FindLaw Now Ranks in Top 500 U.S. Web Sites
July - FindLaw Enhances Position as Most Popular Legal Web Site and
- FindLaw E-newsletter Distribution Reaches Five Million per Month
February - FindLaw Joins Forces With Yahoo!

2001

November - FindLaw Traffic Exceeds 42 Million Page Views Per Month
January - West Group acquires FindLaw.

2000

October - Findlaw Launches Massive Lawyer and Law Firm Directory
May - FindLaw Wins "People's Voice" Award for Best Politics & Law Web Site at The Webby Awards 2000 and
- FindLaw Unveils "Writ," First E-Zine About The Law
April - FindLaw is First Legal Portal to Provide Personalization: User Can Now Individualize Homepage with 'MY FindLaw'
March - Two Largest Law Portals Join Forces to Generate Five Times the Traffic of Nearest Competitor and
-FindLaw Announces Partnerships to Share Content with FSB (Fortune Small Business), CNN Interactive, EarthLink, Quicken.com, Washingtonpost.com, NYTimes.com, Court TV, and USA Today.

1999

December - FindLaw Expands Offerings With Free Access to Legal Briefs for United States Supreme Court Cases and
- FindLaw Acquires lawyermarketing.comSM and Launches FindLaw Lawyer Marketing
March - Findlaw Named Best Legal Website Third Year In A Row by legal.online
January - FindLaw Nominated for 1999 Webby Award

1998

July - FindLaw Launches JusticeMail -- Free E-mail for the Legal Community

1997

September - FindLaw Launches LegalMinds: One-Stop Access to Legal Community Discussions

1996

June - FindLaw introduces online continuing legal education courses
January - FindLaw.com is launched.

1995

 Two attorneys compile a list of Internet resources for a group of California law librarians then decide to post the information on the Internet.

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