That's the title of Robert Ambrogi's must read article at Law.com's Legal Technology Review. LINK Here are some snippets:
LexisNexis has launched a beta version of its Web search tool, called Lexis Web.
Unlike general search sites such as Google, Lexis Web searches a more limited sphere of legal-oriented Web sites. The user guide says that the sites it searches have been selected and validated by the LexisNexis editorial staff, so that users "can trust that all content has met LexisNexis criteria for being authoritative and accurate."
This is similar in concept to the Law.com search tool, Quest, which searches an editorially selected sphere of Web content in addition to Law.com's own content. The goal is to produce search results that are more relevant and targeted to legal users.
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The Law Library of Congress has converted its Global Legal Monitor, from a static, monthly PDF newsletter to a dynamic and regularly updated Web site. The monitor tracks legal news and developments worldwide, drawing on information from the Global Legal Information Network, and other sources.
The new Global Legal Monitor provides readers with the ability to browse legal developments by more than 100 topics and more than 150 jurisdictions. Current and archived news stories are also fully searchable through an advanced search interface.
Each legal development has its own permanent link for easy reference and sharing. An RSS feed is available for those wishing to keep up with Global Legal Monitor developments.
It can be difficult to keep up with the folks at Public.Resource.Org and their efforts to put as much law as possible into the public domain. I've written before about their successes in putting case law in the public domain. The latest release, Codes.gov, publishes critical state and municipal public safety codes from all across the country.
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