Law.com Launches Online Store Offering Largest Selection of Legal Materials On the Web; Site Boasts 10,000 Items and Broadest Selection of Books, Software and Legal Forms Online

Business Wire, May 16, 2000

Business Editors

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 16, 2000

Law.com today announced the launch of its e-commerce store, making the site the most robust resource on the Internet for law school textbooks, professional reference materials, legal software and downloadable legal forms. This commerce addition is the latest in a series of law.com moves to become an essential tool for attorneys, law students and the rest of the legal community.

"The law.com store gives lawyers, law students and legal professionals a convenient and efficient way to access the materials they need to be successful," said Bill Feid, Chief Executive Officer of law.com. "Combined with our up-to-the-minute legal news, online continuing legal education seminars and comprehensive practice resources, law.com provides unmatched value to the legal community."

Law.com's store brings users previously unavailable convenience by aggregating for the first time titles from several leading legal publishers. Before the advent of the law.com store, legal publishers had principally sold their products directly to the end users. The store is divided into four categories, with materials targeted specifically to legal professionals, law students, business professionals and the general public. Supported by a sales and customer-service staff with decades of experience in the law school and legal reference markets, the law.com store offers informed purchasing guidance and will special order hard-to-find legal materials. Most of the titles are available with overnight delivery.

The commerce addition buttresses law.com's position as the premier destination on the Web for the legal community. In addition to its well-stocked store, law.com offers the most comprehensive legal content available on the Web, including state-specific and practice-specific legal information, current decision coverage, extensive job listings, new federal court filings, access to specialized Practice Centers, and online continuing legal education seminars.

About law.com

Law.com, a privately held company, is the Web's most comprehensive legal destination, providing legal professionals and law students with the tools and intelligence required to compete and succeed in today's wired world. Visitors to law.com can track breaking developments in the law; purchase law books, software, forms and information products online; and research issues and cases or explore nationwide job openings in the legal industry. Investors in law.com include majority owner U.S. Equity Partners L.P., a private equity investment fund sponsored by Wasserstein Perella & Co., and SOFTBANK Capital Partners L.P., a late-stage Internet venture investment group sponsored by SOFTBANK CORP.