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Sep 22

Westlaw & Lexis: “Path to Commoditization” White Paper Concludes Firms Don’t Need Both Vendors

By Michael Feit | Sole Provider , White Papers

“Unless Westlaw or Lexis gain new ‘must-have’ advantages, most firms will have only one vendor going forward. Too many large law firms have already eased the fear that elimination of one of these vendors will cripple a firm or expose it to malpractice.

Feit Consulting projects that more than half of the remaining dual-provider firms will move to a sole provider in their next contract cycle. 

Declining online recovery rates will increase law firms’ costs even further. The elimination of a vendor provides firms with a rare opportunity to utilize savings to purchase other complementary tools that better enhance their legal information infrastructure. The cost exposure to the firms who retain both vendors is no longer justifiable.

Firms will continue to balance the overwhelming preference for Westlaw versus the low pricing of Lexis. Westlaw’s extreme popularity and better interface is a challenge to overcome for many firms, but the potential savings of eliminating Westlaw is too great to ignore. Lexis’ sole-provider satisfaction rates illustrate they are a worthy option.”

For more information about this white paper that describes the rise and fall of Westlaw and Lexis, click here.

Sep 15

“Sole Provider” Early Subscriber Opportunity to Collaborate with Feit Experts

By Michael Feit | Sole Provider , White Papers

Many firms have questions and concerns about whether their firm should explore, and how best to evaluate, whether the sole-provider option is the best for their firm.

The Sole Provider Playbook report provides critical tools for assessing potential content loss, gaining associate and management buy-in and much more. The report shares guidance on how to make this complex decision. This step-by-step guide walks firms through the entire sole-provider process, from concept to implementation.

Feit Consulting is offering a special collaboration opportunity for early subscribers. By subscribing pre-release date, firms will have the opportunity to ask Feit Consulting to cover any specific hurdle, question or topic related to vendor elimination. With over fifty firms expected to participate, every hurdle imaginable will be covered. Learn more here.

Sep 09

Reasons for Retaining Westlaw/Lexis

By Michael Feit | Vendors , White Papers

Excerpt from Westlaw & Lexis: Path to Commoditization:

Feit Consulting’s Westlaw/Lexis Sentiment Survey clearly depicts the reasons firms retained Westlaw and Lexis, and these reasons could not be more different from one another. Popularity and functionality are the main reasons Westlaw is retained. Conversely, these are the lowest-ranked reasons firms retained Lexis. Nearly 50% of survey respondents stated that their reason for retaining Lexis is lower pricing.

To learn more about what the Westlaw & Lexis: Path to Commoditization white paper has to offer, click here.

Aug 10

Decline of Recovery Rates

By Michael Feit | Sole Provider , White Papers

___TVE_SHORTCODE_RAW__<p>Although there are likely several factors driving firms to choose a sole provider, there is a clear inverse relationship between the diminishing ability to recover online legal information costs and the movement to sole-provider.</p><p>Since recovery rates began decreasing in 2008, the percentage of sole-provider firms has been increasing correspondingly. The chart above illustrates this trend.</p><p>Learn more about these trends in our latest white paper, <em><strong><a href=”https://www.feitconsulting.com/trend-reports/westlaw-lexis-path-to-commoditization/”>Westlaw &amp; Lexis: Path to Commoditization</a></strong></em>.</p>__TVE_SHORTCODE_RAW___

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