FindLaw. com is a free legal information web portal owned by Thomson Reuters. A web portal is a site that provides a single function via a web page or site Thomson Reuters is an information company created by The Thomson Corporation 's purchase of Reuters on 17 April 2008. It was created by Stacy Stern, Martin Roscheisen and Tim Stanley in 1995, and after becoming the the highest-trafficked law and government site on the Internet, was acquired by Thomson West in 2001. Roland Martin Roscheisen (German Röscheisen is an Austrian-American technology Entrepreneur and the CEO of Nanosolar, a manufacturer of a new generation West (also known by its original name West Publishing) is the largest business unit of Thomson Reuters North American Legal group of Thomson Reuters. [1]
The site is designed to help consumers, small-business owners, students and legal professionals find answers to everyday legal questions, and to find legal counsel when necessary. The site includes case law, state and federal statutes, the West Legal Directory, legal news and analysis.
It also includes a free legal magazine called Writ, whose contributors (mostly legal academics) argue, explain and debate legal issues of topical interest. Writ is a legal commentary website on the topic of the law of the United States hosted by FindLaw.
FindLaw also offers website development and Internet advertising services for legal professionals and extended members of the legal community through their sister site, lawyermarketing. com .