FindLaw.com is a free legal information website owned by The Thomson Corporation. The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC TSX: TOC) is one of the worlds largest information companies, focused on providing integrated information solutions to business and professional customers. ...
The website is designed to help consumers, small-business owners, students and legal professionals find answers to everyday legal questions, and to find legal counsel when necessary. The site includes case law, state and federal statutes, the West Legal Directory, legal news and analysis.
It also includes a free legal magazine called Writ, whose contributors (mostly legal academics) argue, explain and debate legal issues of topical interest. Writ is a legal commentary website hosted by FindLaw. ...
FindLaw provides West with complimentary content of significant depth and breath in certain areas, according to Wilens, and a means to expand West's brand.
FindLaw's brand has been in large measure built on their reputation as a free site with good content that has successfully marketed themselves as a reliable resource for both the professional and consumer communities.
FindLaw and West's respective legal directories will quickly be merged into one product to create the "Web's largest legal directory." The digital legal directory is a consumer as well as professional resource, and is rapidly replacing its hard copy counterparts.