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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

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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

Knowledge & Research Consultant Research Tip : Getting the Deal Through Publications Now Reflect a New Title, Lexology Panoramic

If you are a fan of the publications that begin with the phrase Getting the Deal Through, they now have a new title, beginning with Lexology Panoramic on Lexis/Lexis+. For example, Getting the Deal Through: Licensing , is now titled, Lexology Panoramic: Licensing . To make it easier to adjust to this change, you will still be able to search for the publications in the search box by using the title “getting the ...
11 Jun 2024

LexisNexis at AALL 2024

Join LexisNexis ® and industry thought leaders at AALL ® 2024 for an inside look at groundbreaking developments in legal technology with a focus on artificial intelligence, research, drafting, and analytics. Plus, explore how we are collaborating with law librarians to transform legal work. Visit LexisNexis at Booth #604 in the AALL Exhibit Hall - Hyatt Regency Chicago on the Purple Level (East Tower) ...
5 Jun 2024

2024 AALL Giveaway Rules and Regulations

OFFICIAL RULES NO PURCHASE NECESSARY . A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. Open only to members of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) who are registered to and attend the 2024 AALL Conference July 20 through July 23, 2024, and who are least 18 years of age or older as of July 20, 2024. Void where prohibited by law . Employees of LexisNexis, a division of RELX Inc ...
5 Jun 2024

Knowledge & Research Consultant Research Tip: Delivery of Full-Text Documents as Separate Files in Lexis+

If you prefer sending full-text documents to others as separate items, you can save yourself a step in Lexis+ when using Email or Download by unchecking the “Combine all documents into one file” checkbox. In this case, the Email will be sent with one attachment that is compressed, and when that attachment is opened, the documents are listed as separate files: If you currently create separate files ...
5 Jun 2024

Knowledge & Research Consultant Research Tip : Narrow Your Results to a Specific Motion Type or a Combination of Motion Types

The Briefs, Pleadings and Motions content type on Lexis+ includes a Motion Type post-search filter that allows you to narrow your results to a specific motion type or a combination of motion types. When using Search within Results , a Segment drop-down allows you to restrict results to materials that contain your search terms only within particular segments of the document. Search within Results also includes the ...
29 May 2024

Knowledge & Research Consultant Research Tip: You Don’t Need Generative AI to Compare Different Versions of Statutes or Regulations!

Code Compare provides an immediate review of the changes to a particular statute or administrative regulation that is significant to your client’s matter. View one version of a federal or state statute (or administrative regulation) and compare it with an earlier version, noting the differences between the two in either an overlay or a side-by-side format. Save time with valuable insight into legislative changes ...
22 May 2024

Knowledge & Research Consultant Research Tip: Find Relevant Case Law in Multiple Jurisdictions Quickly Using Ravel View

Looking for a time and cost-effective way to quickly search for relevant cases in different jurisdictions, simultaneously? Consider using Ravel View which shows your top 75 case search results and graphs the citing relationships between them. Each circle represents a case—the bigger the circle, the more the case has been cited by other cases. Simply run your search terms, select the Ravel View icon on the upper ...
15 May 2024

Knowledge & Research Consultant Research Tip: Narrowing a News Search to Front Page or Lead Section Articles

Lexis is known for our news collection, but sometimes there is a need to narrow this down to front page news or lead articles. Let’s say you are searching for references to a firm that appeared on the front page of the New York Times or Wall Street Journal, specifically. Here’s how you could construct a search: Add Wall Street Journal and New York Times (or any other newspapers) as search filters in the ...
7 May 2024

Knowledge & Research Consultant Research Tip : Staying Up to Date on Practical Guidance Documents

Set an alert on your favorite Practical Guidance documents and get notified when the document is updated. The benefits of document-level alerts: Track legal and practice developments more seamlessly Ensure you are using the most up-to-date language and guidance Have peace of mind that you are giving the best and most current legal advice How to set up document alerts: Once you have accessed a document ...
30 Apr 2024

Knowledge & Research Consultant Research Tip : Finding Additional Authority from a Relevant Case

Did you know you have three efficient ways to find additional authority from within a relevant case? Shepardize by Headnote, More Like This Passage, and the Legal Issue Trail can all lead you to additional relevant cases when you are starting from a key case. Use Shepardize by Headnote to find authority that has cited to the exact point of law from the case you’re interested in. This feature is available on ...
24 Apr 2024

Knowledge & Research Consultant Research Tip: Finding Coverage Information for Sources on Lexis/Lexis+

On Lexis: To find a specific source, enter the name of the source in the search box on the Sources tab within the Explore Content box. On Lexis+: Click Search Sources when you know the name of the source, then enter in the search box: Filter Sources by Content type, Jurisdiction, Practice Area, and more: Click View All Sources Once in View All Sources, use the filters in the panel on the left to: ...
17 Apr 2024