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The Numbers Behind the Noise: Litigation Analytics Demystified

As a law librarian or legal researcher, you've almost certainly heard this question — or asked it yourself – which litigation analytics resource should I use? With more litigation intelligence available than ever before, the challenge isn't access. It's knowing which tool is built to answer which question. Here's the thing: litigation analytics platforms are often lumped together as though ...
6 Aug 2026

Adding a YouTube Channel RSS Feed to Newsdesk®

Adding a YouTube Channel RSS Feed to Newsdesk ® Every public YouTube channel has an RSS feed. The format is: https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=CHANNEL_ID Replace CHANNEL_ID with the channel's YouTube channel ID. How to find the channel ID Open the YouTube channel. If the URL already looks like: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx then the UC... value is the channel ...
30 Jul 2026

AALL 2026 Highlights and Recap

We had a blast seeing customers during The Authority Tour – Live at AALL ® 2026 ! Whether you joined us for a theater session, explored a demo, attended one of our AALL education sessions, or simply stopped by Booth 601 to say hello and make friendship bracelets, we truly appreciated the opportunity to connect with you in Cleveland. A huge thank you from our KRC team and fabulous event staff! (Liz Knecht, ...
23 Jul 2026

Recommendations for What to Do in Cleveland

When you are in Cleveland, Bridget recommends these sights! Museums Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum (downtown) Cleveland Museum of Natural History (University Circle) The Cleveland Museum of Art (University Circle) The School of Fashion and the Kent State University Museum (Kent, Ohio) Kent State May 4 Visitors Center (Kent, Ohio) Kent State May 4 Memorials (Kent, Ohio) Tastes of Cleveland ...
16 Jul 2026

Track Legal Developments in Renewables and Climate Change with Practical Guidance

(Adapted from a tip by Mike Mallory, LexisNexis Customer Success Manager) As renewable energy, electrification, and climate-related regulation continue to reshape the global economy, attorneys across practice areas may need to stay current on fast-moving legal developments. From renewable project siting and permitting to climate change regulations, infrastructure constraints, and emerging energy policies, these issues ...
9 Jul 2026

Customizing Your Background in Lexis+® with Protege™

The new Protégé page on Lexis+ with Protégé defaults to a light background. But for some users, that background may not provide enough contrast or may simply be too bright for the eyes. Here’s a simple way to flip the background from light to dark. On the Protégé page, click on your name in the lower part of the left side panel. This will open a pop-up with choices. ...
1 Jul 2026

Using a voice prompt with Lexis+® with Protege™

If you enjoy using voice prompts with texts and other apps, give the voice prompt in Protégé a try! I find that the amount of typing needed for strong prompts can be overwhelming, but using the voice prompt enables me to quickly enter the prompt, and then review it and correct it before running it. Here’s how to do this: engage the voice prompt by clicking on the microphone in the search bar: ...
25 Jun 2026

LexisNexis at AALL 2026

Join LexisNexis ® in Cleveland for The Authority Tour – Live at AALL ® 2026 . From the city that celebrates rock legends comes a lineup of innovations designed for today's information professionals. Explore the latest developments in artificial intelligence, legal research, legal news, and analytics through engaging demos, theater sessions, and hands-on experiences. Whether you're answering complex ...
24 Jun 2026

How to Find Major News on Industry Trends and Issues

Lexis+ ® makes it easy to stay current on emerging trends, regulatory developments, competitive activity, and major news across specific industries. Using the News by Industry category, researchers can quickly narrow results to highly relevant trade publications, business news outlets, and industry-focused reporting. For example, to research developments in the semiconductor industry, select the appropriate industry ...
18 Jun 2026

More Powerful Acquisition Agreement Templates

Acquisition agreement templates are now more powerful with the addition of SRS Acquiom information, data, and insights. You’ll find these templates in Practical Guidance on Lexis+, in the Corporate and M&A practice area. To get a sense of the depth and breadth of these items, I recommend accessing the Corporate and M&A Templates Integrated with Market Data Resource Kit . Once you open the resource ...
11 Jun 2026

Creating a Class Action Alert in CourtLink

You can easily create an Alert in CourtLink notifying you of any newly filed cases that a U.S. District Court or the Court of Federal Claims designates as a class action. You do not need to create a term search to identify these cases, you can use the Federal Court Options, and select Class Action: After running the search, you click on the bell icon to create an Alert: And the dialog box affirms you are creating ...
28 May 2026

Accessing the Product Switcher and Changing You Landing Page in Lexis+® with Protégé™

If you are accessing the new Protégé interface in Lexis+ with Protégé, you may have found that signing on takes you directly into Protégé. You may be looking for Lexis+ Legal Research, Practical Guidance, Litigation Analytics, Document Analysis, or the Legal News Hub which were formerly available through the Experience Dock on the left side of Lexis+. (Former user interface ...
20 May 2026

Using the Vault in Protégé™ for Ongoing Client and Case Research

One of the most practical uses of the Vault in Protégé is creating a centralized research repository for ongoing client matters. You can use the Vault to continuously collect and organize relevant documents and research related to that client or case. Over time, the Vault becomes a searchable knowledge repository that allows you to quickly pull insights, summaries, quotes, timelines, and analysis when ...
14 May 2026

Unlocking the Power of the Vault in Protégé™

One of the most powerful tools in the Protégé is the Vault. The Vault is an incredibly useful feature for summarizing and analyzing documents, comparing information across files, and even pulling out key data points. What Is the Vault? The Vault allows you to securely organize and analyze large collections of documents within Protégé. Vault capabilities include: Create up to 50 Vaults ...
7 May 2026

New Content Resource Kits Now Live in All Practice Areas within Practical Guidance :

All Practical Guidance Practice Areas now feature a “New Content Resource Kit” as the first Resource Kit within their Practice Area Resource Kit pods. Replacing the former “Recently Added Resources Trackers,” these kits highlight 2–4 months of newly added content—making it easier for customers to quickly access the latest Practical Guidance resources in one convenient location. ...
30 Apr 2026

Happy National Library Week! Take a Quick Brain Break to Find Your Joy

We are so grateful for our librarians and the work you do to support your organizations. They would be lost without you! Take a minute to engage with our just-for-fun puzzles below and celebrate National Library Week with us! Complete our NLW Wordle Complete our NLW Connections Puzzle Complete our NLW mini-crossword puzzle (note, you may need to send this to yourself and open it with a personal computer) Here’s ...
23 Apr 2026

LexisNexis Practical Guidance Rolls Out Dedicated Practice Area for AI & Technology

LexisNexis Practical Guidance has launched a dedicated AI & Technology Practice Area, a single destination consolidating and expanding all AI and technology-related practitioner resources into one location. Practitioner-focused organization The new AI & Technology Practice Area is organized around the tasks and matter types that are encountered in practice, rather than around abstract doctrinal categories ...
16 Apr 2026

Tips for Summer Associates to Help Develop Soft Skills

(Adopted from a tip by Mike Mallory – designed to be shared with Summer Associates, Junior Associates, or anyone on your team!) It’s always a good time to reflect on soft skills – important at the initial phase of your career because they set the stage for how you will work in teams, adapt, and build trust with partners and colleagues, and eventually determine your overall value and potential for promotion ...
9 Apr 2026

Utilize Extractive AI Tools in Lexis+® to Streamline Research

Lexis+ provides advanced tools to speed up research and drafting: More Like This Passage: Highlight a paragraph in a case and click the magnifying glass in the margin to find other cases with similar legal discussions. Legal Issue Trail: Toggle on the Legal Research Trail in the right margin to see how a legal issue has been cited and interpreted over time. Lexis+ Answers: an AI-powered legal research feature ...
2 Apr 2026

Upload Larger Documents to Protégé™ Vault

The Vault is a great place to aggregate multiple documents to use as a dataset for queries, create timelines or summaries, or search across vast amounts of information that you have curated in a safe and secure space. Vaults are accessible under the Documents tab in Protégé. Recently, the file size for document uploads has increased to 100MB per file. This means that lengthy litigation records, transcripts ...
26 Mar 2026

Legal News Use Case and Prompt Tip for Protégé General AI

A common request for researchers is to get information on a particular company or even a specific issue that might show up in the news. Prompting Protégé General AI and allowing it to search both the Web and LexisNexis legal content, can provide an up-to-date summary and highlights as an excellent starting point. For example, here’s a recent prompt run the day after Netflix backed out of the potential ...
19 Mar 2026

Use Case and Prompt Tip for Protégé General AI

Does your firm have a process for conducting reference interviews with attorney-requestors regarding vague or incomplete research requests? If not – and you’re unfamiliar with doing so – you can use Protégé General AI to help. Here’s a prompt that works well. It’s generic, so think about adding additional information like the practice area or purpose of the information (marketing ...
12 Mar 2026

Continuing Legal Education (CLE) for Your Organization

Are you interested in high-quality legal education in for Spanish-speaking attorneys and staff? The LexisNexis CLE Team now offers four Spanish-language Continuing Legal Education (CLE) courses, available through LexisNexis University (LNU). Currently, the courses cover the areas of Artificial Intelligence, Diligence, and Litigation Management. The full list of courses are available here . Keep in mind, LNU has a ...
5 Mar 2026

Faster Insight Across Your Legal Research with AI Summaries in Lexis+® with Protégé

If you have Lexis+ with Protégé, you have a game-changing time saver in your legal research pocket. AI-generated summaries in the Legal Research experience of Lexis+ Protégé help legal information professionals quickly evaluate search results across multiple content types, including caselaw, agency decisions, regulations, administrative codes, Law360 and Mealey’s articles, and statutory ...
26 Feb 2026

New Docket Number Retrieval Improvements on CourtLink

CourtLink has recently implemented algorithm enhancements designed to improve docket retrieval success and reduce the frustration that results when entering incorrectly formatted or misaligned docket numbers. In the past users had to enter docket numbers exactly as they appeared in the court system, including all required hyphens, letters, numbers, and prefixes. Even minor typing mistakes would have potentially triggered ...
19 Feb 2026