Bloomberg Law

Spec sheet

What it does

Bloomberg Law combines legal research, primary and secondary sources, news, analytics, practical guidance and workflow tools for legal professionals.Read 15 Oct 2026 · pro.bloomberglaw.com

Purpose

Bloomberg Law is a web-based legal information platform for legal professionals, combining research content, news, workflow tools, and business intelligence.Read 29 Sep 2026 · trust.bloombergindustry.com

Integrations

Dashboard Legal supports SAML single sign-on, Office 365 and email registration.Read 15 Oct 2026 · pro.bloomberglaw.com

Support

The Bloomberg Law sign-in page links separate logins for Bloomberg Law, Dashboard Legal and Contract Solutions and directs customers to support.Read 15 Oct 2026 · pro.bloomberglaw.com

Headquarters

Arlington, Virginia, United StatesRead 28 Sep 2026 · pro.bloomberglaw.com

AI grounding

Bloomberg Law says its generative AI uses retrieval-augmented generation and guardrails to ground responses in its expert-written content or primary sources.Read 29 Sep 2026 · pro.bloomberglaw.com

API documentation

Bloomberg Developer provides API references, event schemas, SDK libraries, tutorials, security guidance and usage-limit information for registered clients.Read 15 Oct 2026 · developer.bloomberg.com

API security

Bloomberg Web APIs use HTTPS, JWT authentication, OAuth2 and OpenID Connect, with IP allowlisting required for access.Read 15 Oct 2026 · console.bloomberg.com

Capterra listing

Capterra lists 14 features including case-law research, search/filtering, self-service search, AI/machine learning, brief analytics and change tracking.Read 15 Oct 2026 · capterra.com

Capterra trial status

Capterra states that Bloomberg Law has no free trial and offers web, Android and iPhone/iPad deployment.Read 15 Oct 2026 · capterra.com

Company founding

LinkedIn lists Bloomberg Industry Group as founded in 1929.Read 15 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com

Company headquarters and size

LinkedIn lists Bloomberg Industry Group headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, with 1,001-5,000 employees.Read 15 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com

Company legal name

Crunchbase identifies the maker as Bloomberg Industry Group, Inc.Read 15 Oct 2026 · crunchbase.com

Contract Solutions

Contract Solutions performs semantic clause analysis, risk alerts, drafting assistance and negotiation recommendations.Read 15 Oct 2026 · pro.bloomberglaw.com

Contract workflow

Contract Solutions supports drafting, review, negotiation, and execution, and offers a Microsoft Word add-in.Read 29 Sep 2026 · pro.bloomberglaw.com

Dashboard Legal security

Dashboard Legal offers multi-factor authentication, SAML single sign-on, Office 365 or email registration, searchable administrative audit logs, and encryption at rest and in transit.Read 29 Sep 2026 · pro.bloomberglaw.com

Docket Key

Docket Key searches millions of docket filings across 20 filing types to locate exemplar briefs, motions and complaints.Read 15 Oct 2026 · pro.bloomberglaw.com

Docket search

Docket Key searches millions of docket filings and supports 20 filing types to find exemplar briefs, motions, or complaints.Read 29 Sep 2026 · pro.bloomberglaw.com

Documentation depth

The public BLPAPI documentation includes developer and user guides plus versioned SDK documentation, while API access requires registered-client credentials.Read 15 Oct 2026 · bloomberg.github.io

Funding and acquisitions

Crunchbase lists the company as private and records acquisitions of Regology and Dashboard Legal, with no public funding amount shown.Read 15 Oct 2026 · crunchbase.com

Hosting options

Dashboard Legal can run on Bloomberg servers or in a single-tenant virtual private cloud, with regional deployments for data-governance needs.Read 15 Oct 2026 · pro.bloomberglaw.com

Infrastructure certification

Dashboard Legal says its data centers are ISO 27001 certified and that data is regularly backed up and replicated across regions.Read 15 Oct 2026 · pro.bloomberglaw.com

Legal research

The platform connects answers to underlying primary and secondary legal sources and provides AI-assisted search and filtering.Read 15 Oct 2026 · pro.bloomberglaw.com

Limit: Android compatibility

Google Play says B-Unit supports most major Android devices made since 2018 with Google Play services; reviewers report biometric errors and unsupported devices.Read 15 Oct 2026 · play.google.com

Limit: cost and customization

Gartner lists reviewer complaints that the product is expensive and difficult to customize or use for multitasking.Read 15 Oct 2026 · gartner.com

Limit: practical guidance gaps

A TrustRadius review requests more practical answers, recent-legislation discussions and easier case-law searching.Read 15 Oct 2026 · trustradius.com

Limit: search and usability

G2 reviewers describe navigation as more complicated than competitors and say natural-language searching was unavailable to them.Read 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com

Limit: secondary-source coverage

A G2 reviewer reports that Bloomberg Law lacks some treatises and secondary sources needed for civil-rights, labor and constitutional research.Read 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com

Litigation Analytics

Litigation Analytics uses data and AI to identify patterns involving judges, courts, attorneys, firms and companies.Read 15 Oct 2026 · pro.bloomberglaw.com

Microsoft Word integration

Contract Solutions works inside Microsoft Word so users can draft, revise and analyze contracts without changing applications.Read 15 Oct 2026 · pro.bloomberglaw.com

News and analysis

Bloomberg Law provides newsroom content, expert analysis and more than 40 news channels.Read 15 Oct 2026 · pro.bloomberglaw.com

Notable outage

Bloomberg Law reported that the July 19, 2024 global Microsoft outage temporarily knocked out law-firm websites, email and some court systems.Read 15 Oct 2026 · news.bloomberglaw.com

Ownership relationship

LinkedIn describes Bloomberg Industry Group as an affiliate of Bloomberg L.P.Read 15 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com

Practical Guidance

Practical Guidance supplies checklists, sample forms, agreements, overviews and step-by-step attorney guidance.Read 15 Oct 2026 · pro.bloomberglaw.com

Praise: current legal information

G2 reviewers praise accurate, frequently updated legal information, real-time case updates and broad research coverage.Read 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com

Praise: integrated research and support

Gartner reviewers describe integrated research, strong service and support, and useful analytics and reporting.Read 15 Oct 2026 · gartner.com

Praise: practical legal efficiency

TrustRadius reviewers credit Bloomberg Law with reducing reliance on outside counsel and making 50-state charts easy to create.Read 15 Oct 2026 · trustradius.com

Precedent search

The in-house offering searches more than 2 million EDGAR transactional documents across 600 document types.Read 15 Oct 2026 · pro.bloomberglaw.com

Pricing model

The maker describes all-inclusive, flat-fee or fixed-price access, but the pricing page requires contacting sales and does not display a numeric price.Read 29 Sep 2026 · pro.bloomberglaw.com

Rating on G2

4.1 out of 5 from 11 reviewsRead 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com

Rating on Gartner Peer Insights

4.4 out of 5 from 6 ratingsRead 15 Oct 2026 · gartner.com

Rating on Google Play

Bloomberg B-Unit app: 4.0 out of 5 from 514 ratingsRead 15 Oct 2026 · play.google.com

Rating on TrustRadius

7.1 out of 10 from 4 reviews and ratingsRead 15 Oct 2026 · trustradius.com

Research

The platform provides primary and secondary legal sources, news, expert analysis, and AI-assisted search with filtering.Read 29 Sep 2026 · pro.bloomberglaw.com

SDKs

Bloomberg's BLPAPI documentation covers C++, C#/.NET, Java and Python SDKs.Read 15 Oct 2026 · bloomberg.github.io

Security and compliance

The Bloomberg Industry Group Trust Center lists SOC 2, CCPA, GDPR, and VPAT compliance materials, along with security and data protection documentation.Read 29 Sep 2026 · trust.bloombergindustry.com

Security controls

Dashboard Legal states that it provides role-based access controls, multi-factor authentication, searchable audit logs and encrypted data at rest and in transit.Read 15 Oct 2026 · pro.bloomberglaw.com

State-law chart builder

Chart Builder creates state-by-state comparisons and 50-state surveys on topics such as labor, privacy, health and securities.Read 15 Oct 2026 · pro.bloomberglaw.com

Who it serves

Bloomberg Law presents solutions for law firms, in-house counsel, government, and law schools.Read 29 Sep 2026 · pro.bloomberglaw.com

Workflow tools

Official product pages list Docket Key, Brief Analyzer, Draft Analyzer and Litigation Analytics as AI-powered workflow tools.Read 15 Oct 2026 · pro.bloomberglaw.com

Plans and prices

Every Bloomberg Law plan and price →

Where Specifiction places it

• AI Legal Research Software#4 of 328.4
• Legal Research Software#6 of 318.4