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Review the most recent enhancements to the LexisNexis® services here:
Client Development
Research Solutions
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Litigation Services
Client Development
LexisNexis® atVantage™ 2.0 (October 2007)
Specific features and functionality included in atVantage 2.0:
- State Court Data
The most recent release of atVantage™ features the addition of state court data. We offer Company, Firm and Lawyer Profiles for NY Supreme (62 counties) and DE Court of Chancery, which gives marketers, business development professionals and librarians more options when profiling a company. State Court content is visible under the Litigation Trends tab and includes State Case Types — which varies for each state, Geographies — which roll up all courts within a given state and Courts — which allows users to choose a specific court. Users can choose to search for a company from a high level, including all courts available in atVantage, or dig deeper to specify a state court at a granular level, such as a specific court.
Currently, state court data is not available on Industry or Market Profiles and is not a searchable criteria within Prospecting but will be added as part of future releases. Additional state courts will be coming with upcoming releases — including California (LA County) and Illinois (Cook County) for the 2.4 release in December 2007 — more states being targeted in future releases.
- New Portal Integration
Firms that use portals (such as SharePoint or Plumtree®) to provide a central point of access for a variety of applications and information can now add atVantage to their portal deployments. We offer multiple Web part options that allow you to integrate atVantage into your portal:
- A Generic Search in which the user enters a company, firm, lawyer or industry and is then brought into atVantage.
- An Inline Search which is similar to a generic search, except that the interim results are included in the portal. The user then chooses the correct search result and is brought into atVantage.
- Cross Tabs (Company, Industry, Firm and Lawyer) and More Like This content are embedded into the portal so the user never has to leave. Users can view Litigation Trends and Corporate Transactions information directly within the portal.
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Research Solutions
TotalPatent™ (October 2007)
TotalPatent is an online patent research and retrieval application that offers access to a single, new platform combining comprehensive first-level data coverage with a user-friendly design and powerful search functionality.
The TotalPatent service allows users to access extensive LexisNexis®proprietary patent information, including the full text from 22 authorities, bibliographic and abstract data from an additional 74 authorities, searchable both in the language of publication and in English language machine translations, as well as images, legal status, citations and patent family data. The TotalPatent collections represent the most comprehensive, searchable, online collection of first-level patent information in the world.
Additional features:
- Weekly updates — Available on day of publication or shortly thereafter
- Clipped images, inline images, and drawing sheets
- Citations — forward and backward citations, patent and non-patent
- Legal status data — Post issuance (US only)
- Patent family data — Basic, Extended
- Inventor and assignee searching
- Inventor and assignee look-up tools — available in October
- Directory of Corporate Affiliates (corporate hierarchy tool)
- Results sorting and patent family grouping and de-duplication
- Narrow search
- Wide range of “printer friendly” document views
- Full-text, images, KWIC™, family, legal, biblio, PDF
- Hit term highlighting options
- Side-by-side displays
- Search history — Save, recall, edit and combine searches
- Hypertext links throughout
- Widest range of searchable fields, operators and wildcards
- Data delivery
- Supports a wide range of formats
- Reporting capabilities
- E-mail forwarding
- Alerts management
- Monitor changes to individual patents
- Variable scheduling
- Delivery options
- Work folder management
- Storage of documents and records
- Copying and forwarding capabilities
- Annotations — Create, store, share, search
- Analytics and visualization tools
- Administration and preference settings
- Context-sensitive online help
- 24/7 Customer support
- Invoicing, client tracking, etc.
Access via a link on lexis.com or at www.lexisnexis.com/ip/totalpatent.
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LexisNexis® Insurance Law Center (September 2007)
The Insurance Law Center at www.lexisnexis.com/insurancecenter is an online product using Web 2.0 capabilities to showcase exclusive LexisNexis® content. The main elements of the page are:
- Insurance News Headlines — List of headlines for the top insurance stories of the day that the user can click on to access the first paragraph of the article. They can then log-in with their lexis.com® ID to access the full article. These stories will be frequently updated. Visitors to this newsroom page can comment on the substance of the article, recommend it to others, e-mail the link, publicize their own cases, send us a news tip and/or meet our newsroom staff.
- Inside Perspective — Informal writing area where a LexisNexis® employee with strong subject matter knowledge, an outside author, or other permitted users(e.g., editorial board member, top customer, law professor, frequent speaker) can write on insurance issues in their own voice and not always with a corresponding link to more complete content on lexis.com. For example, a LexisNexis® Legal News editor who just received a tip about a new filing or ruling could post the tip here. It can include bylines and photos of the bloggers. Visitors can comment on the substance of the posting, recommend it to others, or e-mail the link. From The Blawgsphere is an area where we would quote other law bloggers (blawgers) and direct users to them; for example, if a law firm’s insurance blog has comments on a recent trend or decision we could direct users to that blog.
- Expert Forum — We prominently feature expert commentaries along with a photo of the expert. Visitors will see a brief description and then have the ability to click in and purchase the full commentary. They can also access a repository of other expert commentaries that sits behind the home page. Users can comment on the substance of the posting, recommend it to others or e-mail the link.
- Movers & Shakers — Where we post “people” news about lawyers, law firms, corporate legal departments and members of the judiciary; for example, promotions, new hires, the creation of a new law firm practice area or opening of an office in a new city, firm mergers, judicial appointments, speaking engagements, awards. These are free articles acquired through avenues such as PR Newswire and law firm media relations departments. Visitors can comment on the substance of the posting, recommend it to others, or e-mail the link.
- Podcasts — Professionally produced audio broadcasts that discuss important cases and rulings and legal trends, with interviews involving top experts in the field.
- Your Resources — Links to Insurance on lexis.com (Insurance Area of Law Page), Appleman on Insurance, New Appleman Current Critical Issues in Insurance Law, Miller’s Standard Insurance Policies Annotated, Mealey’s™ Insurance, Emerging Issues, JurisCharts with Analysis, Briefs & Pleadings, Cases, Statutes and Pending as well as Enacted Regulations.
- Your Toolbox — Links to access information on Ensuring Compliance, Gathering Intelligence, Assessing Your Case, Draft Documents, Tools to Download, Insurance Checklists, Appleman’s TOC.
- Our Communities — Links to information about Networking Events, Conferences (e.g. Join our Reinsurance Roundtable), in Online/Audio Forums, and additional online communities.
- “Top” Sections — Areas listing the top searches, top emerging issues, top blogs, top cases, etc., as determined by a board of directors for the site, comprised of internal and external experts.
- Other features — E-mail alerts and listings of live events such as Q&A sessions with experts, audio conferences, in-person seminars, etc.
- Other Links — Customer Support, Webcasting, Appleman’s on the Bookstore, Contact a Rep, View Related Products & Services.
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Search by Topic or Headnote Feature through lexis.com® (September 2007)
Search Advisor has been over-hauled and replaced by the improved Search by Topic or Headnote feature (now a sub-tab under the Search tab). The Search Advisor tab no longer exists on lexis.com®. This change involves significant functionality enhancements enabling users to use one search that goes across multiple jurisdictions & multiple content types. Included in the mapping for Search by Topic or Headnote are Matthew Bender® content, cases, codes, regulatory material, and law reviews, with additional content being added throughout the rest of the year. It is a huge improvement for customers who don’t know where to start their research or for customers who want to easily see all the coverage for a given topic.
Results are delivered in an easy to follow tabbed format, with an at-a-glance summary of hits by content type under the “All Results” tab and individual tabs for each content type. Users can quickly navigate to the content they are most interested in.
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User Interface Enhancements (September 2007)
This release includes user interface enhancements that allow for easier use. Specifically, this release includes the:
- When you select a Practice Area or State jurisdiction page, you’ll see a streamlined look with easier to browse menu screens that display more sources.
- Removal of Document/Source Icons from lexis.com® source selection screens as well as from the Research Task Page screens.
- Movement of Dollar Signs to the end of the Source Name.
- Movement of the Source Information Icon/Guide next to the dollar sign.
- Removal of icons from the lexis.com® source selection key. The key will only include $, checkbox available and checkbox unavailable icons.
- Update of lexis.com® footer to include a new Contact Us link. This link will replace the Feedback link.
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Get a Document Tab Enhancements (September 2007)
Get a Document:
- The ability to retrieve CourtLink® Docket Sheets or OSD(Original Source Documents) files via the Get a Document tab on lexis.com®.
- Increased visibility/user awareness of the ability to Get a Document by Party Name and Docket number.
Docket Sources & Searching
- The addition of CourtLink Docket sources providing search and retrieval capabilities on lexis.com.
CourtLink Integration
- The presentation of CourtLink Docket Sheets within lexis.com, providing a deeper and more visible integration with CourtLink beyond the current gateway structure.
- The extension of “loosely integrated” links from within case law to CourtLink Docket Sheets to “deep integration” (presented in lexis.com).
- The billing of all activities up to retrieval & display of the docket sheet within lexis.com.
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LexisNexis® Tax Center Enhancements (September 2007)
Redesign of the Federal tab in Tax Center in order to highlight our sources
- Tax Advisor — Federal Topical
- Selected Sources feature
Tax Advisor – Federal Topical (TAFT) is a topic-based service that streamlines tax research and provides up-to-date expert tax guidance and valuable insight and analysis backed by expert validation of research, ensures that you are not missing any critical information when investigating a tax topic.
Tax News Tab has been redesigned and improved to make it quick and easy to get the latest important tax news. Three new areas are across the top of the Tax News tab:
Top Tax News provides links to the most current tax news publications from leading tax publishers, such as:
- Tax Analysts Tax Notes Today®
- Tax Analysts Worldwide Tax Daily
- Tax Analysts State Tax Today
- Tax Analysts Tax Notes Weekly
- BNA® Daily Tax Report
- CCH® Federal Tax Day
- CCH State Tax Day
- Kleinrock Federal Tax Bulletin
Click on a link to go directly to the latest issue of these top tax publications.
Click on Prior Issues to quickly retrieve recent issues by date.
Tax Legislation provides links to the most recent tax legislation documents, including:
- Public Laws
- Congressional Bills
- Bill Tracking Reports
- Conference Reports
- Joint Committee Reports
Link to expert Matthew Bender analysis of recent tax laws.
Recent Developments provide links to other current tax materials, including:
- Recent IRS Releases
- Recent Federal & State Tax Cases
- Applicable Federal Rates
- Tax Notes Today Pending Legislation
Search enhancements for Tax Center, including
- search limit increased from 50 to 80 sources
- search across Analytical Sources sub-tabs
- new search forms for the Tax Topics tab
Source Selection interface enhancements, including
- Updating icons and icon key
- Moving source information icons
- Moving transactional indicators
Get a Document enhancements — addition of new federal and state citation formats
SOURCE SELECTION PATHWAY:
Legal/Area of Law/By Topic/Taxation/Tax Research/LexisNexis Tax Center
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LexisNexis® Total Alerts (September 2007)
Total Alerts Goes Mobile!
As BlackBerry® and other mobile devices have become increasingly popular, law firms have been requesting the ability to display LexisNexis® Publisher Topics and other alerts they subscribe to via the BlackBerry. Total Alerts now has the solution they have been seeking:
Total Alerts New Mobile Format:
- Total Alerts provides a mobile link at the top of every e-mail
- Total Alerts delivers results without the typical mobile Web delay experienced with the Blackberry
- Total Alerts uses smaller fonts to conserve valuable BlackBerry “real estate”
Total Alerts Recap:
Total Alerts enhances LexisNexis Publisher with easy group distribution of Topics
- Total Alerts sends one personalized e-mail every day with all subscribed Publisher Topics and other alerts for every professional at the firm
- Total Alerts email can be customized to the look and feel of the firm
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Paralegal Discussion Boards (September 2007)
New addition to the LexisNexis Paralegal Community — the Paralegal Discussion Forum. This new forum gives our paralegal and legal assistant customers a space to converse with each other on a variety of topics and creates a true user-community, allowing visitors to interact with one another. This enhancement is a "first of its kind" technology endeavor for LexisNexis.
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Practice Management
LexisNexis® Total Search 5.2 Enhancements (September 2007)
New Installations. The Total Search installations have been improved and include the following:
- You can install an upgrade version of the software, rather than having to uninstall the current product.
- The installation program includes an easier-to-understand wizard, complete with graphics, simplified dialogs, and streamlined file locations and shortcut menu folders.
- The install for Total Search Server also includes the Total Search Administration Console.
The installs are more compact, which for the connectors means that they are one file (.MSI) installs and for server it means there are a lot fewer files than before.
Automatically spell check queries. Using this optional feature, Total Search can automatically try to correct misspelled search terms and reapply them to your search.
E-mail links to documents returned by a search. You can include a hyperlink to a document found by a Total Search query in an e-mail message.
Added support for Time Matters® 8 connector. Total Search now works with Time Matters version 8 software.
Added support for Internet Explorer 7 in plug-in. Total Search is compatible with Internet Explorer version 7.
Improved document sectioning in Total Search Transactional. Total Search includes improved sectioning capabilities for all transactional documents. This includes the ability to section documents with a Tables of Contents (Previously, these documents were excluded).
Overall improvements to the Total Search application. Total Search includes several fixes and enhancements, including improved connector reliability and stability, improved error messages, and improved TMP directory clean-up.
New Total Search documentation. Total Search now provides improved and expanded online help for both administrative and client users. Administrative help is installed with the admin tools and is accessible from the Total Search Start menu. Client-side help is saved to the server with the Web application and is accessible from any Help or Tip link within Total Search.
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Litigation Services
LexisNexis® Total Litigator (October 2007)
We have combined our options for searching documents into one task in Draft, File & ServeNow access the entire court document collection from one place in Total Litigator. Select Briefs, Pleadings & Motions from the left-hand task bar within the Draft, File & Serve tab and choose one of the following options:
- Briefs, Pleadings & Motions: Full-text searching of editorially selected court documents
- Document Text Search: Full-text searching of Federal and State court documents
- Document Finder: Keyword searching of docket proceeding entries from US District Civil cases
- Document Retrieval Service: Court runner service covering all courts and agencies in the US
Please note that the Briefs, Pleadings & Motions editorially enhanced collection continues to be accessible via lexis.com® and LexisNexis Total Practice Advantage™ as well as Total Litigator. Document Text Search, Document Finder and the Document Retrieval Service are part of CourtLink®, and also accessible through Total Litigator. Users can listen to an audio file in Briefs, Pleadings & Motions describing this new offering upon launch.
$$ in LexisNexis® Total Litigator will be defaulted to ON for all users beginning October 1, 2007. This change will minimize concerns about going out of plan. Users can now confidently use Total Litigator with the knowledge that they will be notified via $$ when something is outside of plan. If customers currently have suppressed $$ through LexisNexis Fulfillment, they will stay that way until 9/29. After that, if those customers still prefer not to see the $$, please direct them to the Total Litigator Preferences link on the top-right of the Total Litigator screen to modify their preferences. Note: Firms that chosen to have the $$ turned OFF in lexis.com, will also have the $$ turned OFF in Total Litigator following the release.
Total Litigator Widgets now available for Google™! We have created Total Litigator widgets that can be added to your iGoogle customized page. Users of iGoogle can easily access their favorite tasks in LexisNexis Total Litigator by adding a Total Litigator widget. It’s easy, you don’t even have to be a techie to set this up! The following Total Litigator widgets are available for use with iGoogle: Quick Search, Mealey’s™ Litigation Headlines, Early Case Assessment, Draft, File & Serve, Discovery, Research, Gather Intelligence, Trial Prep and Alerts & Tracks.
Medical Record Retrieval now available! Total Litigator now includes alliances with both EMSI and MediConnect. Both providers offer the ability to retrieve medical records. Users will be able to easily sign in to these sites from Total Litigator as well as learn more about these providers. This new alliance, combined with the additional medical research mappings added last month, strengthen our Medical Research offering in Total Litigator.
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LexisNexis® Total Litigator Tab (September 2007)
This removes the current Total Litigator ‘Purple Button’ and creates a Total Litigator tab to the right of the Alerts Tab.
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CourtLink® Release (August 2007)
New Courts:
- California — Orange Superior Court — full database available for searches, alerts, tracks, and profiles. Civil cases available from 1/2000.
- California Appellate and Supreme Courts — full database available for searches, alerts, tracks, and profiles. Cases available from 1/2000.
- Massachusetts Appellate and Supreme Courts — full database available for searches, alerts, tracks, and profiles. Cases available from 1/2000.
- New Jersey Statewide Superior Courts — Alerts are now available, adding to our current Search and Track capabilities.
- Texas — Denton County District and County Courts — full database available for searches, alerts, tracks, and profiles. Civil, Probate and Appeals cases available from 1/2000.
New Features:
Document Search Enhancements - Document Text Search
Document Text Search performs a full-text search of 2.6 million documents from selected state and federal cases across the United States. 95% of the contents of this database are state court documents.
CourtLink® now offers supplemental state court searching, making it faster and easier to get state court documents.
Conduct full-text, broad searches by state and court using Document Text Search to find and immediately download state court case documents.
Federal Documents Now Available for Download from CourtLink® Dockets:
CourtLink dockets now link to an expanded database of court documents and allows the ability to immediately download case documents. Users have two ways to access court documents from CourtLink dockets:
- “Online”: indicates that the document is available for immediate download from multiple sources. Sources include:
- “PDF”: immediately download electronic copies of documents provided by the court.
- “Enhanced”: immediately download documents chosen by Mealey’s™ editors from the litigation in high-demand practice areas. These documents are enhanced with the full LexisNexis® treatment, including the citations and links to case law
- “Runner-Library”: immediately download documents previously retrieved by our Document Retrieval Service runners.
- “Runner”: indicates that the document can be ordered from our Document Retrieval Service. Our service is staffed by expert researchers who specialize in frequent communication and customer satisfaction.
- A new document ordering wizard will walk users through the document retrieval process
Judgment Data Now Available in Strategic Profiles:
We have integrated over 391,000 judgments spanning 100,000 Federal District Civil court cases into Strategic Profiles.
Alert and Track Enhancements:
- Users will now have the ability to send results from an individual alert or track result outside of their e-mail preferences. For example, you might want the results of your alert to go to different people (some of whom are not CourtLink® users). In the setup process, you can specify by e-mail address with whom you want to share the results of that one alert.
- Results can be sent to any e-mail addresses regardless of whether they have a CourtLink account or not
- Results sent are the actual docket sheets and not case results — this enables busy attorneys to view the dockets without having to click through a result list
- No login is required to view results
- Users can customize the subject line of their e-mails to insure it gets read by the recipients
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