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Since being founded by John B. West in 1872, West has been at the leading edge of innovation. Many West innovations have become synonymous with the successful practice of law, including:
•The West Topic and Key Number System, the master classification system of U.S. law
•Westlaw®, the industry-leading service, with 16,700 legal, financial and business news databases
•KeyCite®, the revolutionary citation research service
Today, West delivers a powerful competitive advantage to you by providing the highest-quality legal, regulatory and business information and the most innovative technology tools to manage it. In addition to being the home of Westlaw, West annually publishes over 66 million books and 500 CD-ROM libraries.
To enable customers to focus on the successful practice of law, West leverages its knowledge of the legal market with solutions for client development and legal office automation, provided by our affiliated Thomson businesses, Thomson Elite and Findlaw. In addition, West offers a number of legal education components, including online CLE courses and preparatory materials for the Bar review.
Headquartered in Eagan, Minn., West is a business within The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC) and was formed when West Publishing and Thomson Legal Publishing merged in June 1996. For more information, please visit the West web site at west.thomson.com.
West is proud to be a Palm Beach County Trial Lawyers Association Sponsor.
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