Wexis and Fastcase

Interesting article in the February ABA Journal about the long-rumored new version of Westlaw (launch date February 1), a coming-soon revamp by Lexis, and a new legal research product by Bloomberg. Bottom line: everyone is trying to make searching easier and more Google-like. Here's a passage that might resonate with ISBA members: "Ed Walters, CEO of Fastcase, a 10-year-old legal research and information provider in Washington, D.C., says his company has thrived because it already addressed the problems that LexisNexis and West are now trying to correct. 'In the old way of doing legal research you get this long list of results and the results are undifferentiated. It’s one-size-fits-all,' he says. 'That’s a huge problem.'” If you're an ISBA member and you haven't taken advantage of your free subscription to Fastcase, there's no time like the present.