Last week, we began our What’s Next Trivia contest by asking which mythical hero could be seen in the breakfast tour video from Los Angeles walking behind Johnny and Jenny at the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It wasn’t a bird, or a plane – it was… Superman!

Stephanie D., a law librarian in North Carolina, was our randomly selected winning contestant – which means we’re sending $30 worth of Starbucks gift cards her way. When we notified Stephanie of her win, she commented, “Wow, what a nice surprise! I enjoyed watching the WestlawNext demos – Johnny is a hoot!” (We think so too.)

We’ll be handing out more Starbucks gift cards every week for the rest of the tour, so keep following the WestlawNext tour right here!

How to enter and win

• Watch  the Johnny & Jenny videos from the second full week of the tour in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia. You’ll hear what legal professionals in each of these cities have found most impressive about WestlawNext, and you’ll also tag along with Johnny and Jenny as they venture out for a taste of the local scene.
• Go to either of the two most recent videos (from Miami and Atlanta) and click on the PARTICIPATE tab (on the bottom of the video screen).
• Answer a single trivia question about one of the videos. (Psst…Pay very close attention to the D.C. video.) Then type in your name and email address (so we can contact you if you win) and click Submit. That’s it!

One winner will be chosen at random from the entries we receive each week, so keep following and playing along as Johnny & Jenny visit the remaining cities on the tour! (For more information, see the official rules.)

Incorporating a court rule in your search? To account for the many ways a court might cite to the rules, try using the following strategy: To look for cases involving Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), type “f.r.c.p.” in your search box and then use the Thesaurus to add all the alternate ways the courts may use to cite to a Federal Rule of Civil Procedure.

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As the WestlawNext tour enters its third week, some of you have been asking: Who are Johnny and Jenny Westlaw? And what’s up with those names? Did they rename themselves as a tribute, the way John Denver did? Or was it merely to make their names more memorable, a la Barbara Eden? (You know, Barbara Eden? I Dream of Genie? Oh, never mind.)

Are they a brother-sister act like Donny & Marie? Or are they a husband-wife duo, like Sonny & Cher? Will Johnny Westlaw run for Congress? Is he even electable?

Of course, most of you have guessed that Johnny and Jenny Westlaw are pseudonyms for two real (and unrelated) people who work with West to promote and personify WestlawNext.

As for the name, “Johnny Westlaw” recalls John B. West, founder of West Publishing Company, who began publishing law books in Minnesota in 1876. John West traveled long distances to meet and talk to his customers – much like Johnny and Jenny are doing right now (but without the benefit of paved roads or hot showers).

Many of West’s earliest customers were pioneer lawyers, and John West established a niche by coming up with the tools they needed to practice law more effectively in their remote communities. Often, he had to create those tools himself. Up-to-date court reporters (starting with the North Western Reporter) and the West Key Number System were innovations inspired by the needs of West’s first customers.

WestlawNext builds on the company’s long history of innovation.  It was developed to meet the needs of attorneys practicing today, by listening and responding to what you told us you needed to be more effective at helping your clients.

And now you know… The “West” of the story. (Horrible pun intended.)

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2009 WL 3710579 Defendant United States of America’s Closing Argument

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