Despite publicly supporting Plan S, China hasn’t taken bold action to implement OA policies. The ACM deal with CAS stands out in its scope and model, opening up new avenues for driving OA in China.
Legal solution providers backed by private equity continue to pose a disruption threat to legal information market players. To counter this trend, Outsell advises that established players leverage their content and data to provide self-serve legal tools that could add the differentiation needed.