Fastcase has acquired Casemaker, according to a LinkedIn post that recounts the history of competition among legal research providers serving bar associations. The post says Fastcase and Casemaker were the primary competitors for years before the acquisition. No purchase price or other financial terms were disclosed in the source.
The same post states that Fastcase later merged with vLex and was then acquired by Clio, which now offers a research service called Clio Library. It does not give dates or terms for those transactions.
The post also describes later competition for bar association business. It says RELX, the parent of LexisNexis, created a service called Decisis Legal Research to pursue the bar market, and that by last year Decisis had won the business of 14 state bars. It says the Maine State Bar Association left Decisis last month and switched to Clio Library, telling its members that Clio offered a more robust research experience for significantly less cost to the bar. The post adds that Decisis picked up another state bar last year and refers readers to LawSites for further details.
These details come from a single LinkedIn post and are attributed to it. The post does not state when the Fastcase acquisition of Casemaker was completed.