Exhibit 10.18

                 News Release regarding the agreement with WIRE



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Legal  Research  Center and WIRE Announce Agreement
Expanding Access to Legal and Liability Risk Information

DATE: March 25, 1998

MINNEAPOLIS, MN.

Legal  Research  Center,  Inc.  (LRC) and WIRE,  Ltd.  (World-wide  Intellectual
Resources  Exchange) today announced an agreement that will dramatically  expand
access to on-demand legal and liability risk  information  for WIRE's  insurance
industry customers. Under the agreement,  WIRE's Internet-based Risk Information
and Services  Exchange (RSX)  incorporates a new "Ask the Experts"  feature that
allows  customers  to initiate  custom  inquiries  on legal and  liability  risk
subjects via the Internet.  RSX customers needing in-depth  information on legal
or liability risk subjects simply click the RSX "Ask the Experts"  button,  fill
out a brief  description  of their  research  need, and instantly gain access to
LRC's worldwide network of legal research experts.

"We are very excited by this opportunity to provide direct access to the world's
leading legal research company through RSX," said Matthew  Richardson,  director
of WIRE, Ltd. "LRC is the most trusted organization providing custom research on
legal and liability topics worldwide."

"Our joint  effort with WIRE will help LRC  continue to serve the need for legal
liability and compliance  information in the insurance  industry,"  according to
James Seidl,  president of Legal Research Center. "WIRE's RSX offers the world's
largest  collection of  Internet-based  information  designed  specifically  for
managing  liability and other risks, and we expect the new relationship to bring
exciting interactive research capabilities to WIRE customers,  blending the best
of pre-packaged information and on-demand research."

RSX, an Internet-based  subscription service, serves the insurance industry with
access to extensive collections of information  concerning risk management.  Its
developer,  WIRE  Ltd.  (http://wire.co.uk/)  is a  UK-based  knowledge  broker,
specializing  in the  switching  of  high  value  risk-related  information  and
expertise  around the world  using  advanced  communications  technologies.  The
quality and service-conscious  WIRE Innovation Team has developed unique ways of
locating,  sorting, filtering and disseminating content that responds rapidly to
clients'  sophisticated  needs. The WIRE team uses a special combination of risk
market  understanding  and  human/artificial  intelligence  to merge  public and
private information.

Legal  Research  Center  (http://www.lrci.com),  headquartered  in  Minneapolis,
Minnesota offers cost-effective legal research and writing services to attorneys
in corporate and private practice  throughout the world. LRC has repeatedly been
recognized  as the  leading  supplier of legal  research  services in the United
States.  In 1989, and each year thereafter,  the Association of Trial Lawyers of
America  (ATLA)  selected LRC as the exclusive  provider of research and writing
services to its 60,000 members.  From 1990 through 1995, the American  Corporate
Counsel Association partnered with LRC as the exclusive provider of research and
writing  services  to its  10,000  members,  honoring  LRC in 1996 and 1997 with
ACCA's  Prestigious  President=s  Award.  In  1994  and  following  years,  West
Publishing  (now West  Group)  selected  LRC on an  exclusive  basis to  provide
analytical research and writing services to West customers.

CONTACTS: James Seidl, president of Legal Research Center, Inc., 612-332-4950 or
800-776-9377;  Matthew Richardson,  director of World-wide Intellectual Resource
Exchange, +44 (0) 1273 704414.