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LexisNexis U.S. Awarded 10-Year U.S. Courts Contract
New federal judiciary web portal to provide
training materials, newsletters and user support
DAYTON, OH, September 13, 2004 - LexisNexis U.S., a leader in legal, news and business information services, today announced the Administrative Office of the United States Courts has awarded the company a multi-million-dollar, 10-year contract to provide LexisNexis® information services to all federal judiciary personnel.
The contract provides federal court judges, librarians, law clerks, legal staffs, federal defenders, probation and pretrial officers and federal court administrative staff with comprehensive, authoritative legal, news and public records content and leading editorial content in all areas required for the practice of law. LexisNexis also will provide exclusive information to the courts, including primary legal content exclusively published under the LexisNexis and Michie™ names, more than 640 analytical treatises from Matthew Bender®, Shepard’s® Citations Service and the Martindale-Hubbell® Law Directory and an exclusive offering of CCH INCORPORATED tax and legal information.
In addition, the U.S. Courts will have access to all of the news, corporate, financial and public records information that establishes LexisNexis as the industry standard in breadth and depth of content coverage.
"LexisNexis has been committed to the rule of law and a supporter of the U.S. Courts since the company’s inception 31 years ago," said Lou Andreozzi, president and CEO of North American Legal Markets. "We are most gratified that the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts has awarded this contract so that the Courts will continue to have access to the well-recognized and authoritative information services of LexisNexis."
The LexisNexis services will be available through a new web portal customized for federal judiciary users with access to training materials and schedules, newsletters, customer contacts and appropriate documentation. LexisNexis also will provide dedicated telephonic helpline.
In addition to legal research services, LexisNexis will provide report-based products, such as LexisNexis® CourtLink® federal and state docket information, docket alerting and tracking, and Strategic Profiles; business information via LexisNexis® Company Dossier and Company Analyzer; and LexisNexis® SmartLinx™ report products for people and business analysis of public records.
About LexisNexis
LexisNexis® (www.lexisnexis.com) is a 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 Lexis® and Nexis® research services, the company includes some of the world’s most respected legal publishers such as Martindale-Hubbell, Matthew Bender, Butterworths, JurisClasseur, Abeledo-Perrot and Orac.
In the United States, LexisNexis® (www.lexisnexis.com) offers an extensive range of products and services that guide professionals in making decisions confidently. This includes online and print legal and regulatory research products, customized Web applications and critical e-filing services for legal professionals. In addition, the company provides products and customized tools that address job-specific and organization-wide information needs for corporations, information professionals, government agencies and libraries.
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