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FindLaw and washingtonpost.com Expand Alliance
ARLINGTON, Va. and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., August 27, 2003 – FindLaw, the most-visited legal Web site according to leading independent third-party Internet traffic monitoring services, and washingtonpost.com, an award-winning national news and information site, today announced an expansion of their alliance.
washingtonpost.com will expand its use of FindLaw's legal resources, featuring West Legal Directory®â as the exclusive lawyer directory for washingtonpost.com's Corporate Law Center (http://www.washingtonpost.com/corporatelawcenter). FindLaw is a business within The Thomson Corporation (TSX:TOC, NYSE: TOC), and is the online home of West Legal Directory.
West Legal Directory is the largest online lawyer directory, with more than one million lawyers and legal professionals, searchable by lawyer name, firm name, practice area and location. washingtonpost.com users will be able to search for counsel from the home page of the site's Corporate Law Center and throughout various sections of the site. Attorneys featured on the site will be able to have their profiles from West Legal Directory linked directly from washingtonpost.com for easy access.
FindLaw and washingtonpost.com have been working together since 1999. Through this alliance washingtonpost.com has provided its users with access to FindLaw's Internet legal resources such as FindLaw's Supreme Court Center, a resource center featuring U.S. Supreme Court briefs and opinions, and FindLaw Breaking Documents, primary legal documents related to major news stories.
"West Legal Directory expands the variety of resources for corporate lawyers at washingtonpost.com," said Christopher Schroeder, CEO of washingtonpost.com "With its extensive listings and direct links to lawyer profiles, West Legal Directory helps our users quickly and effectively locate legal counsel."
"FindLaw and washingtonpost.com continue to build on their long-standing relationship to provide legal information and tools," said Debbie Monroe, general manager, FindLaw. "In addition to Breaking Documents and FindLaw's Supreme Court resources, washingtonpost.com users will now be able to access the Web's most extensive lawyer directory. We look forward to continuing to work together with washingtonpost.com to provide the most extensive and up-to-date legal resources possible."
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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 business within The Thomson Corporation (TSX: TOC; NYSE:TOC).
About The Thomson Corporation
The Thomson Corporation, with 2002 revenues of $7.8 billion, is a global leader in providing integrated information solutions to business and professional customers. Thomson provides value-added information, software tools and applications 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 Toronto and New York stock exchanges (TSX: TOC; NYSE: TOC).
About washingtonpost.com
washingtonpost.com is an award-winning news, information and entertainment resource. The site offers the dayÕs Washington Post, continually updated news coverage, breaking stories and extensive original content, as well as a growing suite of cultural, community and commerce services that make it the definitive guide to Greater Washington. washingtonpost.com is published by Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive, the new-media and electronic-publishing subsidiary of The Washington Post Company. (NYSE:WPO).