Member Benefits

• Jurisdiction: United States,Federal,Georgia
• Citation: Vol. 24 No. 6 Pg. 0074
• Pages: 0074
• Publication year: 2019

Member BenefitsNos. Vol. 24, 6 Pg. 74Georgia Bar JournalJune, 2019

Enhanced Interactive Timeline & Forecite in Fastcase 7

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BY SHEILA BALDWIN

Since Jan. 1, 2011, members of the State

Bar of Georgia have had access to Fastcase free legal research as a member benefit. Although the full scope of coverage includes more than case law and statutes, most users spend the bulk of their time searching cases and checking to see if they are still good law. Two features that assist the user in conducting case law searches is the Interactive Timeline and Forecite. This article covers the Interactive Timeline and Forecite and how they function in Fastcase 7.

What is the Interactive Timeline?

The Interactive Timeline graphs cases that are selected in response to your search query, represents them as bubbles and references them as "your results."? The bubbles are various sizes, the larger bubbles indicating the cases that are

cited most often and thus being easily recognized. The X-axis is static, always displaying results by date decided. If you hover over a bubble with your cursor, you will see a summary of your...