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GAO releases some of America's legislative history, but the rest is only available for pay from Thomson West (Boing Boing)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:37:49 GMT

... the information. The bad news is the government *gave* millions of dollars worth of help to Thomson West which is raking in the bucks with the big database. In response to the data release by GAO, we have countered by offering to have scanned, at no direct cost to GAO, the same docs they gave to Thomson West. All we want is their hand-me-downs to give to a deserving...

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Thomson West Launches Redesigned Website (Law Librarian Blog)

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:06:47 GMT

Check out Thomson West's redesigned website. Great new look, much easier to navigate. Home Sitemap Shop for Books & CD-ROMs Tools for Organizations Resources for Practice Centers Research & Technical Knowledge Base Librarian Resource Center [JH]

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Oregon Copyrights Laws Tells Public You Can't Have Them! (Sunlight Foundation)

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:00:06 GMT

Last week John Wonderlich posted about the ongoing story of the GAO giving exclusive rights to digitalize legislative histories to Thomson West on the Open House Project blog . The government entering a deal with a private company and giving them exclusive rights to public documents creates a situation where the whole point of digitalization is lost. When large amounts of documents are...

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General Accounting Office has sold exclusive access to legislative history down the river to Thomson West (Boing Boing)

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:15:23 GMT

Rogue archivist Carl Malamud sez, Readers may remember a previous Boing Boing post Did the US gov't sell exclusive access to its legislative history to Thomson West? Well, the answer is now a definitive yes, that data has been sold down the river and is out to sea. Public.Resource.Org sent in a FOIA request to GAO on this topic seeking access to the scanned data. Today's letter answering...

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Opening: Thomson West Librarian Relations Manager, Washington, DC (Law Librarian Blog)

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:22:44 GMT

Thomson West has an opening for a Librarian Relations Manager based in Washington, DC. To apply, go to the Company's career page, click on "Search Jobs" and scroll down the list or use "librarian" in the keyword search term box...

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Career Opportunity: Thomson West Librarian Relations Manager - Washington DC (New York Supreme Court Criminal Ter)

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:22:26 GMT

From Thomson West: We have an opening for a Thomson West Librarian Relations Manager based in Washington, DC. This is a position for a dynamic, self-directed individual! If you are interested, please visit http://west.thomson.com/careers . Click on "Search Jobs" and scroll down the list OR use "librarian" in the keyword search term box to bring the listing to the top. All...

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Thomson West's Law Librarians in the New Millennium Goes Digital (Law Librarian Blog)

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:51:02 GMT

Thomson West's Law Librarians in the New Millennium is now being offered as an electronic newsletter. It will be no longer be published in print. To subscribe to the e-newsletter go here. [JH]

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What's the Deal with GAO/Thomson Deal? (Law.com)

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:07:20 GMT

Questions continue to be raised among bloggers about an agreement in which the U.S. General Accounting Office gives publisher Thomson West exclusive rights to federal legislative histories prepared on the public's dime. Public-access proponent Carl Malamud (who we've written about...

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NABL and Thomson West Sponsor Seminar for Blind and Visually Impaired Attorneys (Law Librarian Blog)

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:40:23 GMT

The (NABL) will be conducting a day-long training seminar for blind and visually impaired attorneys and law school students in Baltimore on April 10, 2008 as part of the , April 10-11, 2008. Thomson West is helping to sponsor the training seminar and will be providing training on WestLaw for approximately half of the day-long session. The training will be specifically targeted...

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US Legislative Histories Sold to Thomson-West by the GAO??? (Justia Legal Marketing Blog)

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:03:19 GMT

Hi Friends, As public domain information hero Carl Malamud is working on getting case law online and into the public domain (we have helped a bit :). Carl, donors, and the Public.Resource.org team have done a lot and... more...

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US Legilative Histories Sold to Thomson-West by the GAO??? (Justia Legal Marketing Blog)

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:40:34 GMT

But in addition to case law, Carl has also been working to get other public legal documents online and into the public domain. These documents include the legislative histories of the laws. So this was interesting... it looks like Thomson-West has signed an exclusive agreement with the GAO to have these legislative histories on WestLaw.

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EMI Network Enters Into a Strategic Agreement With Hubbard One, a Thomson West Business (PR News Wire )

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:04:00 GMT

Firms Will Collaborate on Internet Video Products for Law Firms CINCINNATI, March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- EMI Network today announced that it has entered into a strategic business agreement with Hubbard One, a Thomson West business, to produce and support Internet videos for marketing and business development for large and mid-size law firms located throughout the United States and Europe....

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Exclusive Rights to GAO Legislative Histories Sold to Thomson West? (WisBlawg - From the UW Law Library)

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:54:10 GMT

Boing Boing reports on Carl Malamud's investigation of the exclusive deal in which the Government Accountability Office has contracted with Thomson West to provide complete federal legislative histories compiled by GAO law librarians. John Wonderlich of the Sunlight Foundation alerted...

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Thomson West Newsletter Flag Most Popular February 18-March 2, 2008 (TechnoLawyer Blog)

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:35:24 GMT

Congratulations to Thomson West — its Newsletter Flag in the February 21, 2008 issue of Answers to Questions sparked the most interest among TechnoLawyer members for the period February 18-March 2, 2008. The copy from this Newsletter Flag appears below:...

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Thomson Tax & Accounting and Thomson West Announce Sponsorship of American Bar Association Section of Taxation (Matt's blog)

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 21:20:00 GMT

NEW YORK, Jan. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Thomson Tax & Accounting and Thomson West announced they are joining forces as a new, primary corporate sponsor of the American Bar Association Section of Taxation, which is the largest professional organization of tax lawyers. By combining the resources of Thomson Tax & Accounting and Thomson West with those of the ABA Section...

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14#x25 sure they would sign a nuptial pact (Deseret Morning News)

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 07:23:13 GMT

Percentage of Americans who say they would definitely sign a prenuptial or postnuptial agreement if their spouse or partner asked them to, according to a survey by Thomson West: 14

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Americans Split on Prenuptial Agreements, According to New Thomson West Poll (PR News Wire )

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:20:00 GMT

Eighty percent of Americans willing to at least consider prenups EAGAN, Minn., Feb. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Would you sign a prenuptial agreement before you say, "I do"? A new survey by Thomson West, a leading legal information solutions provider, finds that Americans are evenly split on the issue, but are open to at least considering a prenup. Forty-one percent of Americans say they might...

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"Remote Video Sharing from LiveNote" (Stark County Law Library Blog)

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:55:34 GMT

From the e-newsletter: (Thomson West) - A picture is worth a thousand words. That's why many litigators rely on video...

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"Thomson West Announces West KM 4.0" (Stark County Law Library Blog)

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:32:21 GMT

From the e-newsletter: (Thomson West) - West km(TM), the market-leading knowledge management application from Thomson West that lets legal professionals...

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LTNY 2008: West Podcast & LegalTech Blog (Law.com - Inside Opinions: Legal Bl)

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:37:26 GMT

Thomson West offers its LegalTech blog here as well as a special podcast, featuring The Wall Street Journal's legal correspondent, Ashby Jones; Legal Blog Watch's own co-moderator Robert J. Ambrogi; and Law Technology News editor and author of The Common...

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