Team Navigation Home Research Marketing Communities Net Tools Security Seminars Our Services Search . WHY Litigation is different. The pace is fast. The unexpected is normal. Most important, there's usually more at stake.
Few clients are willing to pay litigation costs unless something significant is involved.
In this kind of environment, any edge is welcome. A good librarian will typically be in a better position to understand what resources are available as well as the strengths and weaknesses of different resources. A classic example of this is the question of whether and when to use the Internet as opposed to the traditional commercial online research services, Westlaw and Lexis. Not that long ago, most lawyers were reluctant to use the Internet for any research. More recently, a few lawyers have begun pressuring their law librarians to drop their online service subscriptions, on the theory that everything they need is available on the Internet.