VersusLaw was founded in 1985 as Timeline Publishing Company. The company`s focus was originally to provide the legal community with accurate, current, and in-depth information exclusively on one topic - professional liability. The Company created a monthly journal on legal ethics titled Lawyers Liability Review (LLR) and published the first issue in February 1986. LLR continues to be published today in both print and electronic form and is considered the preeminent journal covering legal malpractice and professional ethics.
In the early 1990s, Timeline began the electronic collection and distribution of court opinions and other primary research materials. Timeline was an early adopter of the World Wide Web and in August 1995 was among the first web-based legal content providers, carrying opinions from the U.S. Supreme Court, the Federal Circuit Courts of Appeals, and State appellate courts. Reflecting a new direction and the company`s commitment to electronic distribution of legal research materials, in 1996, Timeline Publishing changed its name to VersusLaw, Inc., and launched a new web site devoted exclusively to the distribution of primary materials to the legal profession.
Today, VersusLaw continues to broaden its focus and mission: to provide all legal practitioners access to current, in-depth, easy-to-use legal research, regardless of the size of their firms, by using the power of technology. The company has a deep-seated belief that knowledge is power and that this power should be available to everyone quickly, easily and affordably.