LexisNexis teams up with law firms Marten Law Group and Jenner & Block LLP to provide leading online source for climate change legal issues

December 3, 2007 — 2007-12-03New York, NY, December 3, 2007 - LexisNexis, a leading global provider of information and services solutions, today announced the launch of its new Environmental Law & Climate Change Center – a Web resource that provides attorneys with online information and real-time expert commentary on the myriad legal issues raised by global climate change.

To provide this select and timely content, LexisNexis has aligned with two of the leading environmental law firms in the nation: Jenner & Block LLP, a longtime national leader in environmental law, and Marten Law Group, a firm offering one of the largest groups of environmental law practitioners in the Western U.S.

With the prospect of increasing state, local and federal regulations, the new center offers legal professionals news, information, expert analysis, podcasts and blogs centering on the most relevant case law, state legislative activity, regulatory changes, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) initiatives and other key developments driven by climate change concerns.

The center is also a leading example of the LexisNexis commitment to provide legal professionals a comprehensive set of Total Practice Solutions to help them more effectively manage the business and practice of law.

Summaries of the expert analysis on climate change law can be found at www.lexisnexis.com/environmentalcenter and the complete collection of content can be accessed by LexisNexis customers on www.lexis.com. It is one of several issue-oriented centers already available through lexis.com, with additional sites planned for 2008.

“The information provided through lexis.com by climate change experts at Marten Law Group and Jenner & Block LLP reinforce our effort to provide the legal community with reliable resources on the most pressing legal issues that are affecting their clients,” said Allan McLaughlin, senior vice president of Research Solutions for LexisNexis. “In addition to the new climate change center, we will be introducing a variety of other Web-based information centers, built around emerging issues impacting the legal profession.”

“The business opportunities and challenges presented by climate change are developing rapidly and the law in this area is evolving,” said Brad Marten, Founder and Managing Partner of Marten Law Group. “Our relationship with LexisNexis enables attorneys and key decision makers to stay abreast of developments as they happen.”

While regulatory and legislative response to climate change have primarily been at the state and local level so far, the prospect of federal regulation appears increasingly likely and numerous courts have weighed in on related issues. Earlier this year, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are air pollutants and may be regulated by the EPA under the federal Clean Air Act.

The growth of federal legislative and judicial involvement will continue to challenge businesses attempting to track, understand and comply with these emerging regulations.

“Corporate attorneys and their outside counsel currently face a patchwork of state regulations and federal court rulings on this issue and see federal regulations on the horizon that could broadly impact their operations,” said Gabrielle Sigel, Co-Chair of Jenner & Block’s Climate and Clean Technology Law Practice. “The Environmental Law & Climate Change Center will be a touchstone for today’s decision makers by providing them with timely content and analysis when and where they need it.”

The climate change content from Jenner & Block LLP and Marten Law Group, aligned with a specific area of practice, delivers a focused range of information resources to legal professionals tailored to their needs in dealing with emerging issues in business and the law. All emerging issues content can be accessed online at www.lexis.com.

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