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Oregon Department of Justice Partners with LexisNexis™ for Legal Research, in an Effort to Resolve the State’s Budget Crisis
DAYTON, OH, March 08, 2004 - LexisNexis U.S., a leading provider of legal, news and business information services, and the Oregon Department of Justice, the state’s largest law firm, today announced that they have signed an agreement for LexisNexis to provide online access to its Total Research System of four billion searchable documents, two billion public records, and 35,000 legal, and business and news sources. The agreement with LexisNexis will save the Department of Justice over $200,000 per year when compared to the terms of the previous contract.
LexisNexis was awarded the contract based on a hands-on test by Department of Justice attorneys that rated the service on features, operations, ease-of-use, and customization. The Department of Justice rated LexisNexis a stronger overall value and scored the service higher on ease-of-use and customization. The switch to LexisNexis is the first legal research change by the Department in over a decade.
"After an extensive evaluation by a panel of attorneys representing most of our divisions, we found LexisNexis to be the best overall choice for our needs," said Oregon Attorney General Hardy Myers. "This change provides the Department with a premium set of research tools and wonderful support and, at the same time, saves money for the state. We are looking forward to our new partnership with LexisNexis."
As part of the agreement, nearly 500 attorneys and staff of the Oregon Department of Justice will access the full LexisNexis library of cases, statutes, rules, regulations and other primary legal materials from all U.S. state and federal jurisdictions, as well as Matthew Bender® titles and the Shepard’s®. citations service, using a customized interface. In addition, the contract includes access to the company’s collection of public records and docket information. To aid in the state’s efforts to combat identity theft and fraud, the contract also includes LexisNexis SmartLinx™, a powerful investigative tool that allows users to sift through a myriad of public records materials with a single search.
"This deal demonstrates the confidence the Department of Justice has in our legal research products, as well as our comprehensive portfolio of law enforcement and public records offerings," said Bill Carter, LexisNexis vice president and managing director. "Our recent contracts with other Oregon agencies including the Oregon State Legislature, the Department of Consumer and Business Services, and the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals as well as a growing number of contracts with private law firms, demonstrates that more and more Oregon attorneys are finding that LexisNexis is the smart choice for comprehensive legal research."
The agreement includes LexisNexis training and technical support for DOJ attorneys and staff at no additional cost. The new LexisNexis interface also facilitates filling requests for Oregon legal research at no charge to the public.
The Oregon Department of Justice, includes the Office of the Attorney General, the Appellate Division, the Civil Enforcement Division, the Criminal Justice Division, the Division of Child Support, General Counsel, and the Trial Division.
About LexisNexis
LexisNexis™ (www.lexisnexis.com) is a global leader in comprehensive and authoritative legal, news and business information and tailored applications. A member of Reed Elsevier Group plc [NYSE: ENL; NYSE: RUK] (www.reedelsevier.com), the company does business in 100 countries with 13,000 employees worldwide. In addition to its flagship Web-based research service, LexisNexis, the company includes some of the world’s most respected legal publishers such as Martindale-Hubbell, Matthew Bender, Butterworths, Les Editions du Juris-Classeur, Abeledo-Perrot and Orac.
In the U.S., LexisNexis™ Total Research System offers an extensive range of online and print legal and regulatory information products, tools, customized Web applications and critical filing services that help legal professionals reach confident decisions and comply with the law.
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