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Oakland County panel approves five-year Westlaw contract extension for courts

2114540 · January 15, 2025
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The Oakland County Finance Committee approved a five‑year extension with Thomson Reuters (Westlaw) for legal research services used by the circuit and probate courts, citing single‑source market conditions and a lower annual price‑increase cap for a longer contract.

The Oakland County Finance Committee approved a five‑year contract extension Tuesday with Thomson Reuters for the Westlaw legal‑research service used by the circuit and probate courts.

Deputy court business operations manager Miss Bujak told the committee the courts have been using Westlaw and that the product is effectively single source for some tools the courts rely on. "We did a one‑year extension. I'd like to because it really is a single source product. Nobody else can sell us this Westlaw research tool," Bujak said. She said a…

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