Loislaw recently introduced GlobalCite, a citator service through which subscribers to only one state database can still access a relevant case from another state. Loislaw also offers two e-mail services that deliver updates of selected legal issues or news topics. And the company has plans to provide legal forms, Securities and Exchange Commission letters, and an online database of the federal trial courts. Public access to credit report ratings and drivers license information is planned as well. But cases within the Washington database contain a link that can bring a user from the statute or code to the case with the click of a button.
Some secondary materials are available for an additional fee.
That hasn t stopped subscriptions. The company is taking on a partner, NetContent in Nashville, a database of business publications, through which users will be able to set a search so that e-mail updates will be forwarded to them. Large firms need the resources the companies offer, he says. For example, VersusLaw has no plans to incorporate editorial enhancements similar to headnotes. That is not our strength.