 Westlaw browser policy - 14-1-2009 17:19:34
According to the Law Librarian Blog there is a message from Westlaw circulating outlining a new restrictive browser policy:
Westlaw access will be blocked when using Web browsers that are no longer supported by the companies that created them. The lack of support can create problems during Westlaw development which may result in a security [...] more »
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Mobile access for Westlaw Canada - 25-11-2009 19:25:02
Have a Blackberry or iPhone? Need to see a case or note it up?
Westlaw Canada now has a Mobile browser.
www.wireless.westlaw.com or www.wireless.westlaw.com/Keycite
Password required of course. more »
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The Future of WestLaw – A First Glimpse - 28-1-2010 4:34:03
Yesterday, two members of Slaw were given an in-depth look at the most profound re-engineering of a legal research system since the migration to the Web. In Thomson Reuters’ impressive Eagan facility we had a briefing on the new Westlaw – to be launched at New York LegalTech next Monday under the name WestlawNext. [...] more »
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The Future of WestLaw – A First Glimpse (Plus Update 1) - 28-1-2010 20:41:03
Yesterday, two members of Slaw were given an in-depth look at the most profound re-engineering of a legal research system since the migration to the Web. In Thomson Reuters’ impressive Eagan facility we had a briefing on the new Westlaw – to be launched at New York LegalTech next Monday under the name WestlawNext. [...] more »
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The Future of WestLaw – A Slaw Canadian Exclusive - 28-1-2010 4:34:03
Yesterday, two members of Slaw were given an in-depth look at the most profound re-engineering of a legal research system since the migration to the Web. In Thomson Reuters’ impressive Eagan facility we had a briefing on the new Westlaw – to be launched at New York LegalTech next Monday under the name WestlawNext. [...] more »
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Westlaw Canada improvements - 17-6-2009 20:49:38
I think the new name of Westlaw Canada will be easier for a lot of users (particularly American users) compared to the old name of WestlaweCARSWELL.
The new logo is here:
The change in name is also accompanied by some improved content. I like the fact that they have “chunked together” individual paragraphs from the Canadian Encyclopedic [...] more »
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A Survey of Electronic Research Alternatives to Lexis and Westlaw in Law Firms - 5-8-2010 14:27:47
A Survey of Electronic Research Alternatives to Lexis and Westlaw in Law Firms
By: Laura K. Justiss, Southern Methodist University (SMU) – Dedman School of Law
Mrs. Justiss conducted a survey of law firm librarians in 2010 that identified electronic research database alternatives to Lexis and Westlaw and ranked them by subscription frequency. The survey included research [...] more »
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Update on Westlaw Standalone Printer Removals - 18-6-2009 21:42:18
After I posted yesterday about Westlaw removing standalone printers from the Puerto Rico law schools, I received an e-mail from Southern New England School of Law. This is a standalone law school which is not yet fully accredited by the A.B.A. They were told in March that Westlaw would be removing their standalone printers. When the associate director there asked why, the academic rep had no explanation and could only say that West was "redeploying resources." Again, it looks as though Westlaw is picking at the low hanging fruit when redeploying resources. They seem more comfortable on the mainland grabbing resources from the unaccredited law schools. Hardly the high road.<div class more »
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Inefficient Westlaw Searches Causes One National Firm to Hold Mandatory Training for Associates - 9-5-2010 15:51:55
Inefficient Westlaw Searches Causes One National Firm to Hold Mandatory Training for Associates
A memo (see snippet below) was sent out to all associates at one national firm last week mandating any associate that “utilizes or intends to utilize Westlaw” to attend a training session to learn the firm’s “Best Practices”. I’m actually glad to see [...] more »
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Download Formats - 12-8-2010 15:33:07
I saw an intriguing tweet from Westlaw today:
@Westlaw: WestlawNext New delivery format: WordPerfect http://ow.ly/2oiFw
Why am I intrigued?
File formats for downloads from free and fee services may seem innocuous, but every change has an effect. For instance, when Queen’s Printers in some jurisdictions changed their format (from HTML to PDF) for publicly available legislation, CanLII had to come up with new collection practices as PDF formats made point in time comparison with existing HTML files ‘difficult’. That is a grand scale example of a file f more »
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Westlaw Canada – Added Search Features - 30-6-2010 13:30:21
Westlaw Canada has added some search features:
1) Did you mean? If you misspell your keywords in a search (e.g., “fiducary”), the system will prompt you to see if you meant the correctly spelled word (e.g., “fiduciary”). Interestingly enough, the misspelled “fiducary” still had 5 results which raises the issue if one should always truncate the term to “fid!” (this recalls a library school exercise I used to assign in the old days prior to there being online citators for UK cases – the exercise had students “note up” the famous Jarvis v. more »
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Why is Westlaw treating the Puerto Rican Law Schools differently? - 17-6-2009 23:50:16
The only law schools that have received letters from Westlaw cancelling entirely the Westlaw standalone printer program are the schools in Puerto Rico. As far as OOTJ can tell, no other United States law school has received any letter cancelling their standalone printer program. Out of all the schools to least well afford such a slap to their student expense accounts, the Puerto Rican law schools would be near the top of anybody's list. If this decision were being made on the basis of need, why not talk about cancelling at the ivies? The decision smacks of outright discrimination. How ugly.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleuse more »
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Thomson Reuters Lays Off 240 From Legal Division (Westlaw) - 3-12-2009 21:01:25
From the Article:
Dow Jones reports that the media company will lay off 240 employees from one of that division’s sub-sectors.
According to Dow Jones, the cuts will come from Thomson Reuters’ legal division, which includes the Westlaw database and other information and services for legal professionals. The division employs 13,000 people, meaning layoffs of this size [...] more »
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Interested in WestlawNext? Doesnt Matter -- Youve Got It! - 25-5-2010 19:29:33
As the rollout of the new and improved Westlaw, WestlawNext, has progressed, we've brought you news from the front lines. Most recently, we gave you some information on pricing policies, including the fact that mucking around in certain databases could run users a cool $3,400 per hour. This morning, via the Law Librarian Blog, comes the revelation that Thomson Reuters has apparently decided to enable all Westlaw users for WLN without requiring licenses or other agreements. This, of course, doesn't mean granting free access, but rather flashing a bunch of "click here" ads promising that doing so will "[i]mprove your research efficiency by 64%." And then charging you up the Wazoo for that effi more »
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New Westlaw Canada Search Features - 5-7-2010 4:03:35
Last week on Slaw.ca, Ted Tjaden wrote a summary of some of the new <a href="http://www.slaw.ca/2010/06/30/westlaw-canada-added-search-features/" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: bold;">search features that Westlaw Canada has recently added</span></a>.<br /><br />These include:<br /><ul><li>“Did you mean?” to deal with misspelled terms</li><li>Suggestions of related keywords to add to the search</li><li>"Results Plus" to recommend additional results</li><li>the ability to sort caselaw noteup results by citation frequency<br /></li></ul><br />[Source: <a href="http://w more »
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Google Does Evil to LexisNexis and Westlaw? - 25-11-2009 15:44:58
A wrap-up from Above The Law more »
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Google Does Evil to LexisNexis and Westlaw? - 25-11-2009 15:44:58
A wrap-up from Above The Law more »
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Law Firm Mandates Associate Westlaw Training to Improve Efficiency - 29-4-2010 3:00:41
Greg Lambert at 3 Geeks and a Law Blog writes a great <a href="http://www.geeklawblog.com/2010/04/inefficient-westlaw-searches-causes-one.html">post</a> about one national law firm that finally got tired of inefficient Westlaw searching eating away at their bottom line. They mandated "best practices" in Westlaw searching and a training lunch for all litigation associates, and any other associates who might use Westlaw. <br /><br />After several meetings in Boston with a wide selection of private librarians, I was hearing a great deal of need for firms to take things in hand. Apparently, too many firms do not require training, or do not adequately support training by more »
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Have You Gotten Your Westlaw Pricing Letter? - 10-3-2009 23:19:54
I just opened the letter from Brian Cahill, Director, Marketing Law School Libraries for Thomson Reuters. It announced an increase of a little over $4 per FTE for academic year 2009-2010. For my school, that amounts to an increase of several thousand dollars. Call me a fool, but I had hoped that with inflation running at <br />0% and library budgets being cut at every type of school, public and private, the vendors might have kept prices steady for the coming year. The letter from Mr. Cahill announces a few minor (to me, anyway) tweaks to TWEN, but otherwise doesn't allude to any major enhancements to Westlaw content or functionality. Shabby behavior on the part of Thomson!<img more »
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Legal Research Revisionism - 24-8-2009 19:47:24
What happens in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania stays in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. That could be the new motto for that court, based on a story by Shannon P. Duffy in The Legal Intelligencer that is drawing a lot of interest among legal bloggers. The story describes the unusual terms of a personal-injury case settled while on appeal to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals: The confidential settlement in Klein v. Amtrak -- a case in which two trespassing teenagers climbed atop a parked train car and suffered serious burns when they got too close to a 12,000-volt catenary wire -- included an unusual provision that called for the trial judge to vacate all of his published opin more »
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