Providing an online user interface that brings together data sources of interest and value to law firm practice area leaders and CMOs, namely, how much companies are spending for litigation and transactional law firm work in each of the main practice areas; providing key business news and information on each of the main practice areas; providing law firm financial benchmarks in each of the main practice areas; providing aggregated information on companies and their financial status in various industries, news and recent developments on various industries; providing a database that provides law firms with information on how much of a company's legal spend by practice area is divided among law firms and lawyers in each of the main practice areas; providing information on companies and industries as they relate to various practice groups