September 16, 2022

Shepard’s Citation Guide Part 1: The History

If you're an attorney, you've probably heard the phrase, "Did you Shepardize ® ?” As the premier citator, Shepard's ® Citation Service is one of the most well-respected tools in the legal industry. Much like Xerox, it has become the moniker for checking and validating citations, used by attorneys and judges alike. This three-part series will show you where Shepard’s came from, what...

September 15, 2022

In-house counsel cut through the Abyss of Information with Fact and Issue Finder on Lexis+

In-house counsel who work in litigation consistently tell us that one of the most frustrating aspects of their jobs is trying to locate all related materials available for cases with similar fact and issue patterns. There is a vast abyss of information they need to wade through in order to have confidence they have left no stone unturned when researching the merits and potential risks associated with a lawsuit. For...

September 12, 2022

LexisNexis CaseMap® Cloud Features: August 2022 Updates

CaseMap Cloud is a collaborative organizational tool designed to help attorneys manage their cases. The new features on CaseMap Cloud provide a more customized case management experience and help streamline the process of inputting information. Keep reading to learn more about embedding documents in fact chronology reports and adding multiple people to batch uploads. Embedded Documents on Casemap Cloud Fact chronology...

August 19, 2022

LexisNexis vs. Thomson Reuters: The Comparison

This article was written by the Small Law Marketing team at LexisNexis and compares U.S. product offerings. LexisNexis and Thomson Reuters are large, international companies that boast decades of experience in creating products for a variety of organizations and legal entities. Best-in-class search technology, Shepard’s ® Citations, and data visualization set LexisNexis apart from Thomson Reuters. The...

August 09, 2022

New Practical Guidance Video Center Simplifies Lawyer Access to Instructional Practice Videos

The age of video has revolutionized the way that we watch television and movies, experience music, and even connect with friends and family members. It has also transformed the workplace, particularly when it comes to the delivery of information and instructional content. A 2021 study by TechSmith found that a whopping 83% of Americans prefer watching videos to accessing instructional or informational content via text...

August 05, 2022

CaseMap® Cloud Features: July 2022 Updates

What is CaseMap®? Organization and collaboration are two of the most important aspects of pre-trial litigation. Preparing your case strategy with paper files can lead to missed facts, lost documents, and ultimately, losing your case. As the legal industry gets more advanced, legal technology is more important than ever. Enter CaseMap® Cloud . CaseMap Cloud is a collaborative case management platform for case...

August 04, 2022

Inside Private Market Data with Johnston Chen

With the launch of Private Market Data from LexisNexis® Practical Guidance , attorneys can expect to gain access to a wealth of information they never or rarely had access to before, regardless of the size of their firm. Now you can research, inspect, and gain actionable insights using data from your peers across the country to work smarter when negotiating commercial real estate leases, labor and employment discrimination...

August 02, 2022

AI for Legal Documents: The Ultimate Tool for Supporting Your Legal Strategy

Summary: Use AI to Perfect Your Legal Documents Identifying Winning Arguments with Brief Analysis Try AI on Lexis+ This article was originally published on August 2, 2022, and was updated on March 16, 2023. The introduction of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to the fast-paced, high-stakes world of litigation has delivered huge gains in efficiency for practitioners. If you're not already using AI to support...

July 19, 2022

Introducing Fact & Issue Finder on Lexis+

Save time and be confident your research is complete. There’s no question that litigation research can be challenging. From finding the proper terminology to combing through a myriad of resources in disparate systems, the process can be time-consuming and inefficient. Fact & Issue Finder on Lexis+® provides a unique litigation-specific search experience that helps litigators find all the materials they...

July 15, 2022

Because "Excellent Lawyers Miss Things"

By Geoffrey D. Ivnik, Esq. | Director of Marketing LexisNexis There are few professional oversights as damaging to a lawyer’s career as missing key legal precedent when representing a client. The legal news site Above the Law reported that a team of lawyers in one matter in the Southern District of New York missed a critical controlling precedent on an evidentiary issue that ultimately decided the outcome of...

May 02, 2022

Find And Analyze Relevant Bills And Regulations With The All-New State Net Platform

If you are a corporate compliance officer, government relations professional — or serve as legal counsel to someone who is — there is perhaps nothing more important than having access to current and accurate information regarding proposed legislation and government regulations. The price for overlooking an important bill or new industry regulation can be substantial for your organization, not to mention the...

March 28, 2022

Incorporating User Experience Into Research And Information Products For Legal Professionals

By Cindy McCracken | LexisNexis UX Research Lead Six in 10 workers said new business software had frustrated them in the past two years, according to a November 2021 survey published by Gartner, Inc. In addition, 56% of respondents said new software had made them wish their management would bring the old software back. If business software tools are becoming faster and more sophisticated, how is it that new iterations...

December 03, 2021

Key Areas for GCs Advising the Board of Directors on ESG

By Aba Acquaah Today’s increased corporate focus on climate change, social justice, diversity and inclusion, and overall employee wellness corresponds with an added company stakeholder push to strengthen environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG)—with particular emphasis on an organization’s stance on its corporate responsibility and sustainability. For example, in 2011 approximately 20...

November 08, 2021

Six Questions Every GC Should Ask to Assess the Risk of an FTC Antitrust Investigation

By Timothy Haney In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, corporate legal professionals engaged in months of speculation about how the Biden Administration might bring a different approach to antitrust enforcement than we saw in recent years. We now have sufficient evidence to confirm that at least one of the key federal antitrust regulators—the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)—intends to increase...

October 26, 2021

Litigators Now Able to Compare Multiple Briefs in Seconds With New Judicial Brief Analysis on Lexis+

Litigators are expected to cover every base when developing briefs for a case, so one of the tasks they often undertake is to compare opposing briefs and motions, one argument at a time. This enables them to stand in the judge’s shoes and compare documents like they do in the courts. Unfortunately, conducting this sort of manual side-by-side comparison of briefs runs the risk of overlooking or misunderstanding...

October 20, 2021

Six COVID-19 Insurance Litigation Trends for GCs to Watch

By Randi-Lynn Smallheer and Anna Haliotis The waves of commercial litigation triggered by the impact of COVID-19 continue to build and crash ashore. Corporate legal departments in every industry are seeing a pace and volume of lawsuits related to the pandemic unlike anything we have seen in our lifetimes. “The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to lead to more litigation than any other incident in U.S. history,”...

October 15, 2021

Return to Work Considerations: COVID-19 and Mental Health in the Workforce

By Elias Kahn American businesses continue to wrestle with what “return to work” really means for their workforce, whether it requires everyone who worked in an office to come back to the workplace, a shift to a remote work environment or some sort of hybrid approach. In the face of such variation, what’s clear is that an ongoing casualty of the COVID-19 disruption is the mental health of American...

September 24, 2021

9 Tips to Organize and Analyze Legal Cases Faster

Anyone who works in litigation knows that organizing and analyzing legal cases can be a chaotic and overwhelming process. Litigation often requires you to manage complex facts, navigate complicated case law and collaborate with multiple colleagues. With everything that goes into successfully litigating a case, keeping it all organized can be a formidable task for even the most seasoned legal professional. When litigation...

September 17, 2021

4 Ways Litigators Practice More Efficiently with CaseMap® Cloud

Streamline case management by more effectively organizing and analyzing the cases on your desks using LexisNexis. CaseMap® Cloud is a collaborative fact management and case analysis tool that helps legal professionals organize case documents and craft their case strategy to present a compelling case story. With the CaseMap Cloud legal case management system , litigators can build case outlines, track case progress...

September 14, 2021

Five Questions for In-House Counsel to Ask Before IP Due Diligence

By Catriona Collins Intellectual property assets long ago supplanted physical assets as the most valuable components of the typical corporate balance sheet. A recent analysis of the 500 largest public companies in America indicates the dramatic scope of that shift. Intangible assets—largely comprised of IP rights associated with inventions and brands—now account for a stunning 90% of the total value of companies...

August 09, 2021

Preparing for Anticipated New SEC ESG Disclosure Rules

By Scott M. Tayne In-house counsel at many U.S. companies are preparing for intensified federal regulatory activity under the Biden administration compared to their experience in recent years. One federal agency that has already signaled its intention to be more active is the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). A significant issue on the SEC’s radar right now is environmental, social and corporate governance...

August 03, 2021

Navigating the Patchwork of State Data Privacy Laws

By David Giusti Senior Manager, LexisNexis® State Net ® The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) sent chills up a lot of spines within corporate legal departments when it was adopted in 2018. This was the first comprehensive, consumer-facing data privacy law passed at the state level, and was widely viewed to be a harbinger of similar state data privacy laws that would soon flood across the nation like a tidal...

July 26, 2021

Most Common Pitfalls With Wellness Program Compliance in the Post-COVID Workplace

By Elias Kahn Millions of Americans are now headlong into the process of returning to their respective workplaces after nearly 18 months of pandemic-required lockdowns and business disruptions. One of the unpleasant truths to accompany this post-COVID return to work is that many of those workers are now bearing the health scars—both mental and physical—of those difficult months. A March 2021 survey of...

July 01, 2021

How Corporate Legal Departments Can Use Data Analytics to Help Select M&A Advisors

By Meg Vernal and Caroline Yoon In-house legal departments are reporting an increase in corporate transactions as the global economy rebounds from the pandemic-induced reduction in M&A activity, according to Gartner’s 2021 survey of corporate legal departments. The survey also found that in-house counsel expect that an increased use of advanced technologies, such as applications that leverage big data and...

June 16, 2021

Six Components of a Diversity Policy for Your Corporate Legal Department

By: Randi-Lynn Smallheer The Corporate Legal Operations Consortium (CLOC) released its 2021 State of the Industry Report in May, which revealed a stunning shift in priorities for in-house legal departments this year. CLOC’s new survey found that six in 10 respondents ranked the implementation of a diversity and inclusion program as their top-ranked priority for 2021, placing diversity programs on the top of...