In addition to its extensive court coverage, the site also features in-depth, localized legal news coverage, produced on a daily basis by American Lawyer Media reporters and editors under an exclusive content agreement with Law.com. American Lawyer Media is the publisher of 21 leading national law magazines and newspapers, including The American Lawyer�, Corporate Counsel�, Law Technology News�, and The National Law Journal�, as well as regional legal publications including the New York Law Journal� and Washington, D.C.’s Legal Times�. Other site features include reporting on lawyers and law firms making news throughout the state, verdict and settlement reports for key cases, updates on activities and calendars for state bar associations and a collection of useful statewide law links. Illinois.law.com will also publish guest columns by leading Illinois lawyers, legal experts and law professors; updates on local law firms and personnel moves and a calendar of law-related events. “Increasingly, legal professionals are looking to the Web to provide immediate access to court and industry news that’s essential to management of their cases and law firms,” said Bill Feid, president of Law.com. “Illinois.law.com is a comprehensive resource that combines immediate, in-depth reporting on statewide events with a growing array of information and tools on related topics, from Federal court decisions, to technology in law offices, to partner and associate compensation.”
Illinois.law.com is the newest addition to Law.com’s growing network of regional legal Web sites for law professionals. Other Law.com regional sites provide in-depth local legal coverage for lawyers in California, Delaware, Georgia, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas and Washington, D.C. Together, these regions represent more than 60% of the nation’s lawyers.
