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To: ColtonGang who wrote (962)	9/18/2000 5:12:27 PM
From: Volsi Mimir	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1094

interesting news... how about VERT and iBidLaw... nothing like efficient lawyers. VerticalNet Solutions Selected by iBidLaw to Build Digital Marketplace; iBidLaw to Launch Legal Services Exchange Business Editors, High-Tech Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 18, 2000--VerticalNet Solutions, an innovator in building digital marketplaces, and a division of VerticalNet, Inc. (Nasdaq:VERT), the Internet's leading network of business-to-business commerce communities, today announced that it was selected by iBidLaw to create its online marketplace for legal services serving in-house legal counsel and law firms. iBidLaw will use VerticalNet eMarketplace Suite(TM) to increase effectiveness in identifying and engaging providers of legal services. "Digital marketplace solutions will help eliminate inefficiencies in the legal industry," said Zev Laderman, president and CEO of VerticalNet Solutions. "We're very excited about the value proposition our online trading platform, along with iBidLaw, will deliver to the legal services industry." iBidLaw will provide a comprehensive legal exchange web site that will allow corporate law departments and other buyers of legal services to post available work for bid by qualified law firms. The site will offer commerce, content and community to both buyers and sellers of legal services, including real-time market bidding on legal services. By utilizing VerticalNet Solutions' multi-parameter matching technology and iBidLaw's extensive catalog of information, buyers of legal services will be able to make more informed decisions when selecting lawyers and law firms. Law firms will compete on a more objective basis, in a broader potential market, and with a lower marketing investment. ..............more from Business Wire (got it from bridge) bought today.