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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 18, 2003 – FindLaw, the most-visited legal Web site, today announced an agreement to provide a comprehensive collection of legal content and resources for latimes.com, the Web site of the Los Angeles Times, the largest metropolitan daily newspaper in the country.

Under the agreement, FindLaw will provide latimes.com with resources including:

• FindLaw Breaking Documents
  Full text of original legal and government documents, such as court opinions and government reports, that are available in connection with breaking news stories.
• FindLaw Legal Research Centers
  Comprehensive, authoritative information resources for researching common personal and business legal matters, such as employment law, estate planning, family law, intellectual property and real estate law. These resources include free articles, forms and access to West Legal Directory®, the Internet's largest directory of lawyers.
• U.S. Supreme Court Resources
  An extensive collection of materials pertaining to the 2002-2003 term of the U.S. Supreme Court, including a co-branded Supreme Court Center featuring a docket, topical case index and court calendar.

"A better understanding of legal news is important for all citizens," said Daniel Gaines, latimes.com business editor. "FindLaw helps by adding depth to our coverage. It is an easy-to-use, comprehensive source of legal information on the Web and we welcome it as a powerful addition to the resources we make available to latimes.com users."

"We are pleased to be working with latimes.com, one of the leading online sources for national and international news and information," said Stacy Stern, FindLaw vice president. "FindLaw's legal resources will enable latimes.com users to research further the legal issues reported in latimes.com news stories as well as other legal issues that affect their daily lives."

FindLaw is the most-visited legal Web site, according to netScore, a leading independent online traffic measurement service from comScore Networks.

About FindLaw

FindLaw (www.findlaw.com) is the leading provider of online legal information and solutions for the legal community, businesses and individuals. The FindLaw Internet portal is the highest-trafficked legal Web site, according to leading independent Internet-traffic-monitoring services.

The site provides comprehensive, plain-English legal information to businesses and individuals. These resources include West Legal Directory®, the Internet's largest directory of lawyers and legal professionals. FindLaw also offers comprehensive information, resources and services for law practice and legal career development, including free case law, an online career center, breaking legal news, newsletters, message boards, service directories, continuing legal education and legal search tools. In addition, FindLaw provides access to tools and services that help connect legal professionals with potential clients. FindLaw is a division of West, a Thomson business (NYSE: TOC; TSX:TOC) and the foremost provider of integrated information solutions to the U.S. legal market.

About The Thomson Corporation

The Thomson Corporation (http://www.thomson.com), with 2001 revenues of $7.2 billion, is a global leader in providing integrated information solutions to business and professional customers. Thomson provides value-added information, software applications and tools to more than 20 million users in the fields of law, tax, accounting, financial services, higher education, reference information, corporate training and assessment, scientific research and healthcare. The Corporation's common shares are listed on the New York and Toronto stock exchanges (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC).

About latimes.com

Latimes.com is one of the leading sources for national and international news and information on the World Wide Web, and the primary source of news and information for and about Southern California. Latimes.com has more than 50,000 content pages, and the site is updated continuously throughout the day, making it one of the most comprehensive news sites on the World Wide Web. Every day more than 3,000 stories are uploaded to provide readers with all of the day's news. In addition, users have access to a million stories from past issues of the Los Angeles Times available in the latimes.com archives dating back to 1985. Latimes.com is operated by Tribune Interactive, a leader in interactive news and information Web sites and a subsidiary of Tribune Company (NYSE: TRB).