Challenging the Big Two in Legal Research – In Propria Persona 1/26/2010
Good post this morning by Kristopher Nelson discussing competitive pressure in the legal research marketplace, with a nice tip of the hat to Fastcase:
I don’t think I could, in good conscience, charge a client for legal research done entirely in Lexis or Westlaw at this point, without first starting out with free (or lower cost, at least) options like Google Scholar or Fastcase. The cost difference is staggering, and I would feel unethical to charge a client for the cost of exploratory research using the big two (but not for using them to Shephardize, for example, for which a paid service is simply required).