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FINDLAW LAUNCHES FREE LEGAL DOCUMENT LIBRARY ON THE INTERNET
New Service Makes Thousands of Documents Available to Consumers, Small Businesses and Legal Professionals
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA -- June 28, 1999 -- FindLaw, Inc., the leading Web portalfocused on law and government, today unveiled an expansive free library oflegal publications available on the Internet, providing consumers, smallbusinesses and legal professionals easy access to thousands of legaldocuments.
The FindLaw Library contains over 8,000 documents published by barassociations, legal publishers, prominent law firms and the federalgovernment. Publications available in the FindLaw Library include articles,newsletters, book excerpts, and complete books on a variety of legaltopics. The full-text searchable documents are organized by publisher andinto over 200 topics, ranging from Administrative Law to Y2K liability.
"In terms of scope and value, there is nothing like this availableanywhere," notes Peter Krakaur, Director of Strategic Alliances of FindLaw."Consumers and small businesses now have free, easy access to thousands ofdocuments that can help them better understand their legal rights. In turn,legal professionals can access the full text of timely articles and otherpublications of interest for their practices."
Top law firms participating in the FindLaw Library include Akin GumpStrauss Hauer & Feld, L.L.P., Baker & McKenzie, Cooley Godward LLP, Crosby,Heafey, Roach & May, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Fenwick & West LLP,Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P., Gray Cary Ware &Freidenrich LLP, Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe, McGuire Woods Battle &Boothe, Piper & Marbury L.L.P., Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & PerrettiLLP, Thelen Reid & Priest LLP, Warner Norcross & Judd, LLP, and WilsonSonsini Goodrich & Rosati.
"We want to ensure that the Internet community has unlimited free access toa wide range of legal resources, news, facts, and information," explainsTim Stanley, CEO of FindLaw. "The FindLaw Library complements the vastarray of resources we currently offer."
FindLaw, Inc. ( http://www.findlaw.com/), the leading Web portal focused on law and government, is dedicated to making legal information on theInternet freely available and easy to find. The most highly traffickedlegal Web site, FindLaw offers lawyers, consumers, and small businesses awealth of legal resources and information, including legal search tools,case law (including U.S. Supreme Court decisions back to 1893) legal news,real-time SEC filings, community discussion areas and online continuinglegal education.
The URL for the FindLaw Library is