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What do you like best about Bloomberg Law?

As a professional journalist, I need to follow legal developments to understand how the industries I cover may be affected. Bloomberg Law provides information, reporting, and analysis faster than mainstream news services. I like how there are no ads. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Bloomberg Law?

Editors could filter news with more intentionality. There is an information overload sometimes, and I need to prioritize. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Bloomberg Law solving and how is that benefiting you?

Bloomberg Law provides me with highly up-to-date and comprehensive information for writing research reports. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Bloomberg Law combines the latest in legal tech with workflow tools, news, primary and secondary sources, and business intelligence.

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Bloomberg Law combines the latest in legal tech with workflow tools, news, primary and secondary sources, and business intelligence.


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5.0 out of 5
"Bloomberg's coverage and timeliness is unsurpassed"
I love searching the various parts of Bloomberg (news, dockets, opinions, BCite, precedential material) without incurring a per search fee. I use ...
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"Bloomberg Law also offers innovative features like customizable alerts"
Bloomberg Law is a comprehensive legal research platform that provides access to a wide range of legal information and resources.
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"One stop shop for legal information"
Interactive database,repository,complex query, ease of search, tag the historical doc
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What do you like best about Bloomberg Law?

Bloomberg Law is a comprehensive legal research platform that provides access to a wide range of legal information and resources. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Bloomberg Law?

Nothing as of now. Overall, Bloomberg Law is a reliable and robust tool for legal professionals seeking accurate and up-to-date legal information. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Bloomberg Law solving and how is that benefiting you?

The platform is known for its extensive coverage of business and financial law, making it particularly valuable for professionals in those fields. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Bloomberg Law?

Bloomberg has all of the best features of Lexis and Westlaw, with a complete case law database, as well as document searching of state and federal dockets, making it easy to keep track of cases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Bloomberg Law?

Bloomberg fails to include secondary sources and treatises that are necessary for researching problems that pop up in cases that do not involve business law issues, such corporate law, tax law, and securities law. Because my research often needs to include digging into civil rights, labor law, and constitutional law issues, I have to leave Bloomberg's site for another service to get in-depth sources needed for starting research on an issue, which is frustrating. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Bloomberg Law:

Get familiar with Boolean searching, as searching with natural language is not a feature currently supported. Also, look to supplement your bank of research resources with secondary sources elsewhere, such as books or other subscriptions. All in all, though, Bloomberg offers a solid alternative to Lexis and Westlaw. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Bloomberg Law solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have used it to answer basic legal questions and finding intra-circuit and intra-district precedent to support decisions on sometimes complex legal questions. I also use it to keep track of similar cases that are pending in other courts and may offer insight, particularly with case management. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Bloomberg Law?

I liked all the free things they gave out during my time in law school. They do have some content that the other legal research websites do not offer, but for nearly all legal research tasks, it is inferior. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Bloomberg Law?

It is far inferior to Westlaw and Lexis when it comes to finding the correct answer and research ease. The platform itself is more complicated to navigate than the other two, and they do not offer the same quality of treatises. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Bloomberg Law solving and how is that benefiting you?

None. I use Westlaw while wishing I still had Lexis. Bloomberg did not offer the same level of training or emersion during my time in law school. Despite having been hired as a "representative," I still did not receive training in actually using the advanced features, which is a shame because they do appear to offer things that Westlaw and Lexis do not. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Bloomberg Law?

Interactive database,repository,complex query, ease of search, tag the historical doc Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Bloomberg Law?

Parse info in multiple layer, missing granularity in old cases, array of countries, cloud based architect Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Bloomberg Law solving and how is that benefiting you?

Counsel,legal and finance analytics,business development center Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Bloomberg Law?

The best thing I like is the daily news and alerts. Law firm client alerts and other alerts keep me in the know and help with knowing whats going on in the industry and everythign legal. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Bloomberg Law?

Not much to dislike, honestly, its a great resource and besides the cost involved I think its a very valuable asset to the firm and any firm would find it useful to have in it's aresonal. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Bloomberg Law:

Its a great asset, highly recommend it as one of your recources Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Bloomberg Law solving and how is that benefiting you?

Staying up-to-date on legal industry happenings and news. Shareholders can access news and other information going on in cities and in the world. Its a very valuable resource. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Bloomberg Law?

Getting best online legal research based on AI Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Bloomberg Law?

Fewer times the roadblocks to get access to critical data Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Bloomberg Law:

Service is world class go for it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Bloomberg Law solving and how is that benefiting you?

Provides legal content while dealing with service provider and proprietary company information Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Bloomberg Law?

I love searching the various parts of Bloomberg (news, dockets, opinions, BCite, precedential material) without incurring a per search fee. I use it for everything - news, dockets, administrative research. It's evolving and changing every day with new analytics and precedent documents. I really need to use the features of BCite more. I think that is an underutilized feature. I am currently using the Tax page to monitor the upcoming budget Reconciliation package. I hope to share this content with other tax users at my firm as new content is added to this page. Budget reconciliation is a hot topic, and I trust Bloomberg to help us track news and the legislative drafts until the final end product! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Bloomberg Law?

I don't like the way it has a lag time for downloads. Sometimes you have to wait for it to email you a link to print/open a document. I also don't always know when to use the big search box or when to go directly to a data source. Some users don't understand the court courier process and may schedule a court run that they did not intend. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Bloomberg Law:

If you need a comprehensive suite of products to assist with litigation and transactional work, consider Bloomberg. I set up news and docket alerts and check them daily. I use the Bcite feature to update cases and look for new ones. I use the analytics for business development and to support current cases looking up opposing counsel and jugdges. So many ways to use this product. Their Customer Service via email or chat is amazing! They are there when you need them, too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Bloomberg Law solving and how is that benefiting you?

Every day I monitor news related to CFIUS and trade sanctions. I do a News search and search these by topic to keep up with the news. I am also monitoring the China bill and the news articles are helpful in that regard as well. I have a lot of docket alerts by party name for business development. I am running a new docket alert for public Covid-19 cases where the Plaintiff is the United States, a government agency, state or federal, or the attorney general. It works well for that. When I see a news article about a Covid-fraud related case, I search for the parties in dockets and add them to the firm's tracker. I read the Bloomberg Covid-19 newsletter, too. I like the company lookup. I use it for looking up subsidiaries and executives as well as litigation and news snapshots. I also use Judicial and Litigation Analytics. Now I'm heavily using the tax page to monitor pending legislation. Bloomberg content is improving all the time and is very current and helpful in my daily library research! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Bloomberg Law?

The user interface is fresh and clean, I'm able to research what I need quickly and with very good results Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Bloomberg Law?

The cost is my only dislike, but I use this often for research and it's invaluable Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Bloomberg Law:

It's a great resource but a little pricey Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Bloomberg Law solving and how is that benefiting you?

Researching for cases and info for clients Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Bloomberg Law?

It uses data analytics and artificial intelligence for online legal research. Also it offers news information to attorneys, law students, and other legal professionals. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Bloomberg Law?

It doesn't have the same cultural/social standing as West Law. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Bloomberg Law solving and how is that benefiting you?

Again, it doesn't have the same cultural/social standing as West Law. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.