Exhibit 10.17

      News Release regarding the agreement with Risk Enterprise Management


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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February __, 1998


Legal Research Center, Inc.                 Contact: Christopher Ljungkull, CEO
700 Midland Square Building                          Legal Research Center, Inc.
331 Second Avenue South                              612.332.4950
Minneapolis., MN  55401                              800.776.9377


                     LEGAL RESEARCH CENTER ANNOUNCES QUARTER
                      MILLION DOLLAR-PLUS RESEARCH CONTRACT


Minneapolis,  MN. Legal Research Center, Inc. (LRCI) announced today that it has
finalized  a  strategic  alliance  agreement  with  New  York  City  based  Risk
Enterprise  Management  Limited  (REM)  to  further  develop  and  manage  REM's
workproduct database system called  RESEARCHFILES(TM).  The contract is expected
to generate  $250,000 in revenues for LRC in 1998,  while reducing REM's expense
for outsourced legal research.

Under the agreement,  REM will centralize its legal research  function through a
working  alliance   between  REM  in-house  staff,   outside  counsel  and  LRC.
RESEARCHFILES(TM)  , a workproduct  database system developed by LRC, will serve
as the  central  repository  of all legal  briefs,  memoranda,  and  depositions
created by REM counsel and LRC. RESEARCHFILES(TM) will be the starting point for
all new  research  assignments,  facilitating  the  reuse of REM's  prior  legal
research and preventing duplication of effort by counsel.

"By combining LRC's  state-of-the-art  legal research and database system,  with
REM's highly skilled  defense  counsel,  we have enhanced our ability to achieve
desired case outcomes at lower costs," states William Moss, REM's Assistant Vice
President, Litigation Services, in Chicago.

According to Greg Wolsky,  LRC's Vice President of Corporate  Services,  "REM is
the  industry  leader in  process  reengineering,  working in  partnership  with
outside  counsel and LRC to reduce  litigation  costs.  REM's  RESEARCHFILES(TM)
program is a great example of how  technological  innovation can  systematically
reduce legal costs, while enhancing service."

REM is an international third-party insurance administrator, handling claims for
insurers  primarily in the areas of attorney  malpractice and product liability.
REM was  established  in 1995 to  manage  the  legal  claims  of Home  Insurance
Company.  With over 1000  employees and a network of 250 outside law firms,  REM
now processes  the claims of a rapidly  growing  number of insurance  companies,
including Lloyds of London.


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Legal Research Center  (http://www.lrci.com),  offers 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, 1997 and 1998 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.