Spotted this morning on petition.com
They may be waiting a while for this to happen - only 9 votes for, when we logged in this morning
Petition Google, Please buy WestLaw and Lexis/Nexis
http://bit.ly/bl3pnT
Target:
Google M&A Team
Sponsored by:
Steven A Chan, Five Star Flags <http://www.thepetitionsite.com/feedback/821671130>
Dear Google:
We the undersigned write:
Please buy Westlaw and Lexis/Nexis and break down the monopoly in information they give the legal industry. This monopolization of information has unjust effects.
There is much information in these archives and research tools. Critical to this peition, is that (Courts may take judicial notice of publications introduced to indicate what was in the public realm at the time, not whether the contents of those articles were in fact true. Premier Growth Fund v. Alliance Capital Mgmt., 435 F.3d 396, 401 n.15 (3d Cir. 2001). Thus, newspapers, periodicals and journals can be introduced to the Court.
Likewise, access to the case law, and the construction of briefs is also critical to litigation. It is very frustrating..
