My Shingle

Link: My Shingle. I have been looking for an excuse to highlight the excellent blog by my fellow solo practiioner, Carolyn Elefant. She pens MyShingle.Com , which is a great resource for those of us who don't want to go to work in some shiny office tower with 100 or so of our closest and dearest friends and colleagues. She comments on the latest Lexis Nexis acquisition, one of my favorite resources, CaseSoft:

"I don't know if it is a coincidence of timing, but shortly after LEXIS bought Accurint, it suffered that huge security breach. Now the service is incredibly cumbersome to use.  Again, don't know if the breach was the fault of the LEXIS takeover or was bound to happen anyway, but I do share your concerns about the LEXIS gobbling of all of these services. Think antitrust/Microsoft."

I had forgotten about the Accurint debacle. I still use PcLaw, Accurint, and CaseMap and TimeMap. I also use HotDocs. They are all owned by Lexis Nexis, and they all now carry the Lexis Nexis logo. What other changes are we in store for? I used to be afraid of West; except that Thomson (f/k/a West) seems to be going after the large firm business. Lexis Nexis is acquiring the resources that I, as a solo, have used to level the playing field. I am optimistic that the market and the development of Web 2.0 will keep the prices affordable for the little guy. We shall see.