Wiki style collaborative web site

by JulieLaboe

Locating a reputable and knowledgeable company to provide litigation technology and/or services has been a real source of frustration for me.  So many companies have emerged in this field in recent years.  Thus, it is difficult to determine which are knowledgeable, effective and efficient – and those which are solely self-proclaimed “experts.”  This has been an especially sticky point for me as a consultant in the position of making recommendations.

When chance connected me with the online media division of The Tarsus Group plc (the founders of LegalTechBase.com) I was extremely excited about their new service model. The model is a Wiki style collaborative web site that provides the most comprehensive directory in the legal industry for locating companies providing specific litigation technology products and services.  Moreover, the information is provided in an open source format. The open source format provides a location for the large number of experts and users in the industry to provide reviews of the companies, blog about their own knowledge and subject matter and have others contribute to it as well.  This style significantly reduces bias found in many other publications, and makes it very difficult for any group to censor and/or impose bias. Because Legal TechBase has a very low "publishing" cost for adding or expanding entries and has a very short editorial cycle, any content reported as inappropriate or inaccurate can very quickly be reviewed, corrected and/or removed.  So unlike traditional publishing that stays the same until the next edition, contributors (you) can update Legal TechBase constantly, ensuring that it stays abreast of the most recent events and knowledge.