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New FindLaw Bookstore Offers Convenient Access to West Group Products
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., December 19, 2001 — FindLaw customers now can access information on more than 4,500 West Group print, CD-ROM and online products and services and make purchases without leaving their favorite legal Web site.
Two Thomson businesses, West Group and FindLaw, are bringing together West Group’s online catalog, along with its unsurpassed e-commerce capabilities and the power and convenience of online buying, to the Internet’s largest community of legal professionals. A researcher exploring a topical area or jurisdiction on FindLaw now can access contextually relevant West Group products at the touch of a key, further demonstrating West Group’s commitment to letting customers choose how they want to interact with the company.
The integration of West Group’s product catalog with FindLaw follows the successful acceleration of the West Group e-commerce initiative in August on the company’s business site, westgroup.com.
“West Group has delivered services online for more than 25 years, and FindLaw is perhaps the Internet’s best example of using the power of online to connect people with services and build communities,” said Howard Zack, senior vice president of Sales & Account Management at West Group. “By bringing together West Group’s online catalog with the FindLaw community, we can let customers take advantage of the full capability of the Web to simplify their lives and deliver information and services Ð things that Thomson businesses do better than anyone else.”
Stacy Stern, vice president and founder of FindLaw, agrees. “West Group’s catalog of primary law and analytical resources is second to none,” she said. “By bringing West Group products to FindLaw, we can offer a greater level of service to the many customers that West Group and FindLaw have in common.”
The West Group line of products and services in the FindLaw Bookstore will be followed soon by a selection of international titles from Thomson companies worldwide.
About FindLaw
FindLaw Inc. (http://findlaw.com) is the highest-trafficked legal Web site, providing the most comprehensive legal resources on the Internet for lawyers, businesses and individuals. For businesses and the public, FindLaw provides comprehensive, plain-English legal information, and the Internet's largest lawyer directory. For lawyers and legal professionals, FindLaw offers the most complete information, resources and services for careers and practices, including free case law, an online legal career center, breaking legal news, marketing and client development tools, newsletters, message boards, service directories, continuing legal education and legal search tools.
About West Group
Headquartered in Eagan, Minn., West Group is the foremost provider of e-information solutions to the U.S. legal market. West Group is a division of The Thomson Corporation (TSE: TOC) and was formed when West Publishing and Thomson Legal Publishing merged in June 1996. For more information, please visit West Group’s Web site at westgroup.com.
About The Thomson Corporation
The Thomson Corporation (www.thomson.com), with 2000 revenues of approximately US$6 billion, is a leading global provider of integrated information solutions for business and professional customers. The Corporation’s common shares are listed on the Toronto and London stock exchanges (TSE: TOC).