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CRIV/LexisNexis® Semiannual Update - December 2024

The CRIV Semiannual Call with LexisNexis® took place December 4, 2024. Participants : Monique Gonzalez (CRIV Liaison to LexisNexis); Lindsey Watson (Sr. Manager, Knowledge & Research and Faculty Programs, LexisNexis); Simon Weierman (Sr. Director, US Legal, LexisNexis); Vani Ungapen (AALL Executive Director); Shamika Dalton (AALL Board Member) This update includes news and product enhancements released between ...
9 Dec 2024

CourtLink Alerts Center now includes CourtLink Snapshot

If you have added Snapshot to your Courtlink subscription, not only will they be included in the email list of new cases, now you will find Snapshot included in your CourtLink Alerts Center, too. Snapshot summarizes complaint filings in civil cases from the U.S. Federal District Courts and select State Courts and delivers key insights including the nature of the case, plaintiff and defendant information, alleged harm ...
5 Dec 2024

Enter Case Correction Requests with One Click

Occasionally, an opinion may be missing information or need updates. We’ve made it much easier to submit case corrections to opinions on Lexis. From the Explore Content menu, select the Tools tab. Then click on the Case Correction Request link to be taken to the form: Enter the relevant information and upload any attachments and then click Submit: For additional information please reach out to your Knowledge ...
20 Nov 2024

Special considerations for publications and articles

With 39,000+ sources, LexisNexis ® news coverage is one of the most comprehensive news offerings available, including access to the New York Times ® , The Wall Street Journal ® , and other key sources for legal news. However, there may be times when you search for an article on Lexis and can’t seem to find it. Below we explain a few reasons this may occur. “Missing” articles that appear ...
12 Nov 2024

Knowledge & Research Consultant Research Tip: New Streamlined Footnote Experience in Legal Research

Footnotes will now expand and collapse within the body of the text within the Legal Research Experience, eliminating the need to navigate away from the paragraph you’re reading. Previously, you had to jump or scroll to the bottom of the page to view footnote text, disrupting workflow and context. Now you can simply click on a footnote reference, and the text will appear inline, allowing you to seamlessly continue ...
7 Nov 2024

Knowledge & Research Consultant Research Tip: Setting a Courtlink Docket Alert for Specific Keywords

Do you want to set an alert for a specific term or terms within Courtlink Dockets? Follow these steps: Select Dockets and enter your Keywords. You can run either a Natural Language or a Boolean Search: Farther down the screen, under Litigation Area, select “All” if you want to search across all litigation: OR pick specific areas of law to search: And Search! You can save the search as an alert at ...
30 Oct 2024

Knowledge & Research Consultant Research Tip: Using Context to Quickly Find Key Expert Witness Information

Context is an amazing language analytics tool that can be accessed from the Product Grid or from within Pinpoint and other areas of Lexis: While Context can be used to find insights and analytics for Judges, Experts, Courts, Attorneys or Companies, today we’ll look at Expert Witnesses specifically. Context allows you to learn more about a specific expert or use the tool to find relevant experts using their ...
24 Oct 2024

Knowledge & Research Consultant Research Tip: Shepardize the Citations in an Uploaded Document

You can now Shepardize the citations in your uploaded document (or two documents) without leaving the Lexis+ AI Assistant. This update streamlines your workflow by allowing you to see graphically whether the citations in your document or your opponent’s document are still good law or not. From the Upload & Summarize task within Lexis+ AI, upload your document and then click Summarize your upload. After ...
14 Oct 2024

Knowledge & Research Consultant Research Tip: Use Shepard’s® BriefLink to Hyperlink Documents in a Snap!

Shepard’s BriefLink allows you to easily upload a document for quick embedding of Shepard’s Signal indicators or hypertext case links directly within the document. BriefLink is great for hyperlinking briefs, motions, or other court documents, but it can also be a great tool to use with articles or syllabi. To access BriefLink in Lexis, click on the product grid and choose Shepard’s BriefLink: In ...
10 Oct 2024

Knowledge & Research Consultant Research Tip: How to Check Source Listing on Lexis® or Lexis+™

Accessing the current listing of all resources and publications on the Lexis or Lexis+ service is easy through Explore Content > Sources > View All Sources . Here you will find an alphabetical listing which can be narrowed down by many features including Category , Search Within , Jurisdiction , Practice Area , Publisher or Subscription . Use Explore Content > Sources > View All Sources to search for ...
3 Oct 2024

Knowledge & Research Consultant Research Tip: Visualization Bar in Full Text Documents

While Search Term Maps are a wonderful tool to help you easily identify relevant documents when reviewing search results on Lexis+ and Lexis+ AI, the Visualization Bar in a full text document provides an additional level of dynamic functionality to identify key sections and large concentrations of search terms within your individual document, helping you pinpoint the most relevant sections. The Visualization Bar appears ...
26 Sep 2024

Knowledge & Research Consultant Research Tip: Utilizing Explore Content to Get to Your Desired Sources Quickly

Often times we know exactly where to go to find relevant authority and information, but sometimes a little guidance is needed. Explore Content on the home page of Lexis, Lexis+, and Lexis+AI can help you narrow your focus in an efficient way. For example, you can start with a content category to see which materials are included and narrow down to a sub-set of those materials. Below we have clicked into the Expert ...
19 Sep 2024

Knowledge & Research Consultant Research Tip: Workers’ Compensation Questions now available for all 50 states in Labor & Employment and Insurance State Law Comparison Tool

Practical Guidance State Law Comparison Tool is a great way to create a 50-state or multi-state survey on a variety of topics. Our newest addition is several key topics related to Workers’ Compensation Law: You can now view the answers and relevant authority to these questions for all fifty states as many as you would like to compare. For more information, please reach out to your Knowledge & Research ...
12 Sep 2024

Knowledge & Research Consultant Research Tip: Tips for Weekday Delivery of Newsletters within Newsdesk

When setting up a search feed on Newsdesk, some researchers may be looking at what the news results are for the previous 24 hours. One can easily limit the coverage of the results using the date restriction drop down: For any search, limiting to the last 24 hours can be helpful if that’s the only coverage one needs. However, when using that date-restricted search feed as the basis for a newsletter, one choice ...
5 Sep 2024

Knowledge & Research Consultant Research Tip: How to Create a Keyword Search Alert in Lexis CourtLink

You can create Alerts within Courtlink that monitor keywords in Court Documents. To do so: Select Court Documents from the Search for drop-down list, select your court(s) from the Within drop-down list, and enter your search terms in the Keywords field. You can use a plain language or terms and connectors (Boolean) search. You can also select an option under Date Filed and complete the fields to apply a date restriction ...
29 Aug 2024

Knowledge & Research Consultant Research Tip: Elevate Your Research Lexis® Practice Centers

Covering a variety of jurisdictions, practice areas, and industries, the Practice Centers organize editorially enhanced and curated content and tools in a logical, easy-to-use interface. Further enhance your research by accessing related and supporting products directly from the Practice Centers, such as Practical Guidance, Law360, and Securities Mosaic®. From the Practice Area tab within Explore Content, click ...
20 Aug 2024

Knowledge & Research Consultant Research Tip: Find Federal Court of Appeals Cases in a Specific State

Given that the Federal Circuits typically deal with appeals from the Federal District Courts, one can use the HISTORY segment to retrieve cases in the appropriate states. For example, to narrow your search to cases in the 7 th Circuit in Illinois only, go to Cases / United States Court of Appeals / 7 th Circuit – US Court of Appeals Cases and search: HISTORY(Illinois) To set up an alert for new 7 th Circuit ...
14 Aug 2024

CRIV/LexisNexis Semiannual Update

The CRIV Semiannual Call with LexisNexis ® took place July 31, 2024. Participants : Monique Gonzalez (CRIV Liaison to LexisNexis); Lindsey Watson (Sr. Manager, Knowledge & Research and Faculty Programs, LexisNexis); Simon Weierman (Sr. Director, US Legal, LexisNexis); Vani Ungapen (AALL Executive Director) This update includes news and product enhancements released between January and July 2024. COMPANY ...
9 Aug 2024

Knowledge & Research Consultant Research Tip: Check Out the New Visuals for Labor & Employment Arbitration Awards!

Users who subscribe to Arbitration Awards now have access to Labor & Employment Arbitration Visuals. This resource is comprised of useful graphs and charts that make it easy to spot arbitration trends and discern if specific arbitrators favor employers or the unions/employees. It also allows users to compare up to four arbitrators regarding their decision patterns all on the same screen. Subscribers can access these ...
7 Aug 2024

Knowledge & Research Consultant Research Tip: Using Brief Analysis to Extract Citations from a Document

When you receive a request to pull multiple documents at one time, you can turn to Brief Analysis for fast results. From the Document Analysis Experience, select Brief Analysis. Then click Start under the Analyze a Brief or Passage section. From here, you can upload a document you wish to extract authority from or you can copy and paste text into the text box. Then, select Citation List from the radio buttons on ...
31 Jul 2024

The Good, the Bad…and the Ugly 60 AI Websites, Tools and Apps in 60 Minutes

Legal AI LexPlug Demo video Law Student’s Gen AI Product, Lexplug, Makes Briefing Cases A Breeze Agiloft Agiloft Releases Generative AI Feature To Shortcut Contract Negotiations and Better Align Redlines Clearbrief: create timeline/chronology instantly Exclusive: New AI Features In Clearbrief Create Hyperlinked Timelines And Allow Users To Query Their Documents DoNot Pay Is ...
24 Jul 2024

Knowledge & Research Consultant Research Tip : Use Browse Topics to Find Relevant Authority on a Topic or Issue

If you are unsure of the exact terms of art to use in a search or you are teaching a group of newer researchers, Browse by Topic can help point you in the right direction. Select the Topics tab within Explore Content. You can either type in a topic or browse by Area of Law: Start to type the topic or sub-topic you are interested in researching and then select it when you see a relevant suggestion from the word wheel ...
17 Jul 2024

Knowledge & Research Consultant Research Tip: Lexis+ Alerts Expiration Date options

When setting up an Alert you have two choices for the Expiration of the Alert. These choices are the last item in the Alert dialog set-up box. You can select the Standard Expiration, which will be 5 years from today: Or you can select a Custom Expiration date that can be any day between today and two years in the future: Setting an expiration date is part of the management strategy of Alerts and helps minimize ...
9 Jul 2024

Knowledge & Research Consultant Research Tip: Creating a Search That Becomes an Alert

You want to be strategic when creating a search that becomes an Alert by keeping these recommendations in mind. If you like to cast a wide net when you initially search, and then use filters to refine the results, be aware of how that can impact your ability to edit an Alert. You are not able to edit filters in an Alert. In the initial Alert set-up, you’ll see any filters used listed below Narrowed by: When ...
26 Jun 2024

Knowledge & Research Consultant Research Tip: Lexis+ Alerts - Delivery Recipients or Share My Alerts? What are the differences between the two options?

After running a search, when you create an Alert, the initial dialog set-up box contains all the choices to select. You’ll notice that there is the choice of adding Delivery Recipients or Share My Alerts . What are the differences between the two options? First, both generate a notification to the recipient prompting the recipient to accept the Alert. To avoid a notification being sent, you can set-up the ...
18 Jun 2024