Sourcing Models in Legal Analytical Content Create Quiet Disruption

Author: David Curle, Director & Lead Analyst

This report looks at a variety of innovative sourcing practices among a group of legal information publishers that produce analytical legal works. The practices represent two changes in the industry: cost/quality tradeoffs that publishers face when preparing critical content that professionals rely on and the changing role of analytical content in the law. The report illustrates some of the creative approaches that publishers are taking as they source analytical content in the most cost-effective way. This report contains:
- A brief discussion on the nature of analytical legal information;
- Case studies describing how analytical content is sourced by M Lee Smith, BNA, Jones McClure, ALM, Casemaker, Law360, Spindle Law, JD Supra, and Littler-Mendelson;
- Trends and challenges for analytical legal information providers;
- Essential actions for information providers in this market.