West Publishing Announces Development of Online Current Awareness Service

March 31, 1995 -- West Publishing has announced plans for a 1995 release of
an online current awareness service, The West Network. This service will
deliver to the attorney's desktop access to current awareness information,
electronic mail, discussion forums, legal research capabilities and other
online services.

The West Network will include an online library of current business and
industry news as reported in some of the nation's largest and most
respected print publications, as well as the most recent case law, public
laws and administrative developments. A staff of West lawyer-editors and
legal journalists will provide engaging summaries and legal analysis of
this material so subscribers can easily pinpoint relevant information. The
information will be organized for the subscriber by topical categories. In
addition, The West Network will be integrated with WESTLAW, West's
computer-assisted legal research service.

"As an information company, our goal is to provide our customers with the
best information and service available," said Vance K. Opperman, President
of West Publishing. "The West Network will assure each subscriber of being
informed of the most recent business and legal developments in a
convenient and easy-to-use format."

Additional features of The West Network will include a personalized
clipping service that searches topics of interest to the individual
subscriber, a full-featured electronic mail system, public and private
online discussion forums, a personal notebook and the option to attach
source documents such as articles and cases to an electronic message or
discussion forum document. In addition, subscribers will also be able to
access other online services such as WESTLAW and the Internet to meet
their daily information needs.

The West Network will initially be released in California. Future plans for
the service include national availability.

Headquartered in Eagan, Minnesota, West Publishing is the nation's premier
publisher of legal materials, serving the legal community for over 119
years. West supplies legal, accounting, tax and government professionals
with print and electronic source materials, including WESTLAW, West CD-ROM
Libraries, West's Desktop Practice Systems, WESTfax and a full range of
integrated legal publications.

For more information about The West Network, call 1-800-241-0214.

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