Thomson Carswell (www.carswell.com), Canada’s leading provider of specialized information and electronic research solutions to the legal, tax, finance, accounting, and human resources markets, announces a partnership with the Law Society of Manitoba to provide LawSource™ to lawyers that practice outside the city of Winnipeg.
Effective immediately, Thomson Carswell, in conjunction with the Law Society of Manitoba, will deliver leading-edge legal research capability to the desktops of those lawyers. The agreement between the Law Society of Manitoba and Thomson Carswell provides legal practitioners with access to the LawSource™ service of Westlaw®eCARSWELL®. Westlaw®eCARSWELL® combines the power of the internet with state-of-the-art tools to create a fast, simple, reliable, and complete online legal platform that is unmatched anywhere.
“We are excited to bring this important online research tool to legal practitioners throughout Manitoba,” said Don Van Meer, President and CEO, Thomson Carswell. “We are pleased that the Law Society of Manitoba has recognized the value that LawSource™ and Westlaw®eCARSWELL® will bring to their members throughout the province.”
“Our law society has always provided Winnipeg lawyers with great library resources and now, for the first time, we are providing a state of the art research tool to the desktop of every lawyer outside of Winnipeg,” said Allan Fineblit, Q.C., CEO, Law Society of Manitoba.
Westlaw®eCARSWELL® is the most comprehensive legal research and currency source available anywhere, combining innovative editorial and programming features to provide a fast, easy, precise and uninterrupted stream of practice information to fit all work styles. The seven specialty services supported by this research platform include LawSource™, CriminalSource™, FamilySource™, InsolvencySource™, SecuritiesSource™, IPSource™, and Litigator™.
Thomson Carswell
Thomson Carswell (www.carswell.com) is Canada's leading provider of specialized information and electronic research solutions to the legal, tax, finance, accounting and human resources markets. Headquartered in Toronto, ON, Thomson Carswell provides integrated information in a range of formats, including books, loose-leaf services, journals, newsletters, CD-ROMS and online. Thomson Carswell is a business within The Thomson Corporation.
The Thomson Corporation
The Thomson Corporation (www.thomson.com) is a global leader in providing essential electronic workflow solutions to business and professional customers. With operational headquarters in Stamford, Conn., Thomson provides value-added information, software tools and applications to more than 20 million users in the fields of law, tax, accounting, financial services, scientific research and healthcare. The Corporation’s common shares are listed on the New York and Toronto stock exchanges (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC).
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