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FINDLAW OFFERS FREE SAME-DAY SUMMARIES OF LATEST COURT DECISIONS VIA EMAIL
Mountain View, Calif. (October 25, 2000) - FindLaw, the pioneer and leader in online legal information and services, announced today that it is offering - free of charge - same-day case law summaries of opinions issued by the U.S. Supreme Court, all 13 Federal Circuit Courts of Appeals, the California Supreme Court and the New York Court of Appeals.
Subscribers also can receive particular case law summaries from these jurisdictions on a weekly basis, in newsletters organized according to legal subject. These subjects include Government Benefits, Civil Procedure, Immigration Law, Constitutional Law, Injury and Tort Law, Contracts, Intellectual Property Law, Criminal Law and Procedure Insurance, Environmental Law, Labor and Employment Law, Family Law, Tax Law, Bankruptcy Law and Social Security.
"We know of no other Web site that provides such a service," says FindLaw Co-Founder Stacy Stern. "Our case law summaries are easy to understand and to the point, and we email them directly to our subscribers for free."
The case law summary newsletters are organized by jurisdiction, legal subject area, case title, date and docket number and are available by subscription at http://newsletters.findlaw.com. A link to every opinion, available at FindLaw's Web site (www.findlaw.com), is also provided. FindLaw also will soon provide archives of the case law summaries.
"As the pioneer in providing free legal resources to lawyers and laypersons alike, FindLaw is pleased to be providing our Web site users this free and invaluable service," says Stern. "It's exciting to continue expanding our already extensive case law offerings."