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The big talk in the U.S at the moment is about the developments ThomsonReuters and LexisNexis are making to their databases. According to the New York Times, this is in response to "to lower-priced ? sometimes free ? rivals and arrive at a time when law firms are working to cut overheads"

So what is happening? Well LexisNexis have kept their developments under wraps but ThomsonReuters have announced the development of Westlaw.com with a fanfare launching a website SeeWestlaw.com and inviting groups of legal bloggers and law librarians to experience/test the product at their head offices.

All very exciting, but what changes are they making? Well if you want to see a screenshot look no further then Robert Ambrogi's post A first look at WestlawNext Robert's post also includes links to other posts on this subject, which include reviews and more information on the developments ThomsonReuters are making;

• WestlawNext and the future of legal research instruction


• WestlawNext: It?s About Time


• Westlaw and Lexis To Launch New Search Interfaces

Full post as published by The BIALL Blog on February 05, 2010 (boomark / email).