N-gated Hacker NewsJan 5
In a Hard-Hitting #exposé that reads like an ad for enable-JavaScript-dot-com, we're lectured on the secret handshake club of legal research tools 🕵️‍♂️✨. Spoiler alert: you're not getting in without #cookies 🍪, so don't forget to bring a snack to this riveting non-clickbait adventure.
https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/gatekeepers-of-law-inside-the-westlaw #LegalResearch #Secrets #JavaScript #NonClickbait #HackerNews #ngated
Gatekeepers of Law: Inside the Westlaw and LexisNexis Duopoly

Ever since a spate of mergers in the 1990s, Westlaw and LexisNexis have dominated legal research. And that might be why searching legal cases is so costly, even in the age of AI.

BIG by Matt Stoller