West Group Expands Online Strategy and Product Line

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West Group, a provider of information to the U.S. legal market, has made several announcements regarding its strategy for the future, new agreements with companies to provide more information to customers, and new products.

Expanded Online Strategy

West Group has announced its online strategy for 1998 and beyond. The strategy announcement coincided with the release of westlaw.com, a functional, comprehensive legal research source on the Web. Also unveiled is anew signature for WESTLAW and the WESTLAW family of products.

"The online strategy of West Group is to develop products and solutions for our customers that build on the traditional strengths of WESTLAW," said Andrew, Prozes, West Group executive vice president and chief operating officer of West Online. "The traditional strengths of WESTLAW content, enabling technology, and customer support. Looking into the future, our online strategy will also depend on the Web."

According to the company, the new signature further symbolizes the transformation of WESTLAW to a global supplier of electronic data. "The sweeping, elliptical nature of the new signature highlights the unique ability of WESTLAW to provide a continual flow of accurate, fresh, and exhaustive information," said Prozes. "West Group is focused …