OUT-LAW.COM scoops top website award
Press release: 10/10/2000
Leading online legal advice service out-law.com has been rated
the Best Law Firm Website of the Year.
The site, launched in May this year by leading international IT
and new media law firm Masons, scooped top honours in the website
category in the respected industry publication: Insider’s Guide to
E-commerce and Digital Media. Out-law.com is described as a “very
elegant and modern-looking site with excellent content to
boot”.
Masons partner Jon Fell said:
“We’re absolutely delighted at this
accolade. We’ve invested a great deal of time, money and effort to
ensure out-law takes legal websites to a new level, and receiving
this award confirms we were right to throw our resources behind the
project.
“The site has already proven invaluable to
many new economy firms and a host of journalists already refer to
it as a source for e-commerce news from a legal perspective.
“We are already looking forward to rolling
out ‘phase two’ of out-law in January, with developments in the
level of advice available, and the selling of a range of legal
services online.”
Such has been the success of out-law.com, the firm estimates
that the number of registered users will grow from three thousand
in year one to ten thousand in year two.
John Salmon commented:
“No one else comes close to providing the
level of information we do and we’ve made sure of this by having a
qualified lawyer as the site’s full-time online editor. “Because
e-commerce is such a fast-moving sector companies want instant
online access to quality advice and expertise where and when they
need it.”
The out-law.com concept is also proving a big hit with new
economy firms in the Far East since its launch there in July.
Masons’ strong reputation for IT advice and work in e-commerce and
new media has led to the firm acting for a number of organisations
in Hong Kong, from start-ups to large corporates and financial
institutions, advising on the opportunities and potential legal
pitfalls of doing business in the new economy.
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Issued by the BIG partnership on behalf of
OUT-LAW.COM (the new media and e-commerce service of Masons)
Further information from:
Jon Fell, Partner, Masons 020 7490 6377
John Salmon, Partner, Masons 0141 249 5411
As a front runner in the technology race, Masons' I & T
practice is acknowledged as being one of the largest and best in
the country. The group has a strong reputation for IT advice and
for e-commerce and new media work. The firm acts for start-ups
through to large corporates and financial institutions advising on
the opportunities and perceived legal threats of doing business in
the new economy.
