FindLaw Acquires Hubbard One
From today's press release:
FindLaw, a subsidiary of Thomson Legal, today announced the company has acquired Hubbard One, the legal profession's leading provider of marketing applications to large U.S. law firms. The combination of Hubbard One and FindLaw creates the legal industry's most popular Web site with the Web developer to the AmLaw100.
Hubbard One joins FindLaw on the heels of FindLaw's acquisition of Glasser LegalWorks and the launch of the Thomson Legal Record, a new service that enables in-house corporate counsel to do due diligence by researching the litigation track record of outside lawyers and law firms.
Through the acquisition, Hubbard One will become part of FindLaw, aligned with the Thomson Legal & Regulatory market group. Hubbard One's operations, employees and management will continue to be based in Chicago. Hubbard One President and CEO John Fish will join FindLaw as vice president and general manager, Hubbard One. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
Founded in 1997, Hubbard One ranked ninth on Inc. magazine's 2004 list of the 100 fastest growing companies in urban America. Hubbard One specializes in developing business services and applications, and powers marketing and client development efforts for more than 60 of the AmLaw 200 law firms.
The combined offerings of Hubbard One and FindLaw include award-winning Web site design and hosting services, extranets and analytical tools. Moreover, FindLaw delivers superior value by connecting law firm marketing efforts with the largest communities of in-house corporate counsel, businesses and consumers through Findlaw.com. This portal (www.findlaw.com) is the highest-trafficked legal information Web site and home to the West Legal Directory®, the most often consulted directory of lawyers and law firms on the Internet.
FindLaw has become the legal industry's top consumer and business brand thanks in-part to exclusive partnerships with the Web's leading destinations, including Yahoo, America Online and Internet Broadcast Systems. FindLaw also syndicates its unique collection of authoritative legal content and resources to the nation's most trusted news and business outlets, including The Wall Street Journal Online, CNN, New York Times, Washington Post, Fox News and more.
