Blogs

On October 4, 2017, the LexisNexis Legal department was awarded the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Award 2017 . This highly prestigious award recognizes the work that the Global Legal team has done to advance the Rule of Law and Access to Justice...

Monthly ebook revenue increased for the first time in two years. Revenues for book publishers were up by $50.7 million (4.6%) in May 2017 over May 2016. Downloaded audio had another strong month, up 43.4% in May 2017 vs. May 2016 and 32.5% from Jan. –...

Tune in to the latest NARS SoundBytes recording featuring Nigel Roberts, vice president of global associations for LexisNexis Legal & Professional. Nigel provides an overview of our rule of law efforts, as well as some specific examples based in North...

The National Student Survey and the teaching excellence framework are placing growing emphasis on the learning environment and student experience. But discussions have moved on from thinking about physical spaces. Instead, libraries are putting digital...

LexisNexis® Legal & Professional today announced a new agreement between LexisNexis® Digital Library and ALM®, to make more than 250 well-regarded treatise titles from ALM available on the Digital Library platform and the LexisNexis eCommerce...

On May 16, 2017, the following employees from the Legal & Professional Legal Department were honored at the RELX Legal Conference hosted in Alpharetta, GA for their outstanding commitment to the RELX Values: SPOGEMAY MANGAL RELX Value Award...

LexisNexis® eBooks can help you consult critical legal texts from anywhere at any time. eBooks include active links from citation references to statutes, cases, treatises, and other materials at Lexis Advance®. When you purchase an eBook on the...

New Terms for Lexis Library We have over the last few years been looking at the library terms looking for ways to improve them and make them easier for you to use. New Terms and Conditions for Lexis Library launch today, 2 May 2017. They represent...

At the 2017 Western States Bar Conference held in Maui, Nigel Roberts, VP Global Associations had the privilege of opening the conference, presenting to over seventy five leaders from seventeen State bar associations and the American Bar Association ...

LexisNexis had a significant presence at the 2017 Commonwealth Law Conference held in Melbourne, Australia, March 20 th – 24 th that included the presentation of the Commonwealth Law Conference Rule of Law Award, established by LexisNexis and the...

It’s an old song, but it’s still ringing out from the global marketplace: ebook sales are down, print sales are up, and we think the kids are to blame. In all seriousness, the very early days of the digital publishing revolution showed us...

In November 2016, Terry Jennings, Head of Rule of Law Development worked with the Executive Committee of the Inter-American Bar Association representing attorneys across Latin America for the launch of a Rule of Law program in San Salvador, El Salvador...

This year the IBA Law Students’ Committee presented an award to a law student who has not only shown distinction in their academic achievement to date, but also shown a longstanding commitment to promoting human rights and rule of law. Read more...

The Marketing Review policy in the LexisNexis policies on People Hub does * not * make a distinction between the types of materials that require legal review based on their internal or external nature. That policy treats both internal and external materials...

Citing to Authoritative Sources as Media Options Expand There's no question about it... sound authority is fundamental to your work. And today you can access that authority using many types of media. Both law students and professionals now conduct...

On Thursday, December 8 th , Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Ian McDougall spoke on a panel at the World Bank’s Law, Justice and Development global forum. The panel addressed Working Smart in Second Generation Rule of Law Assistance...

On Global LexisNexis Cares Day 2016, the LexisNexis Legal Department teamed up with the Telephonic Solutions Consultants and the Dayton Bar Association to host a Wills for Heroes Event at the Dayton Bar Association offices. Wills for Heroes is a Dayton...

LexisNexis Legal & Professional EVP and General Counsel Ian McDougall, was privileged to have the opportunity to address Harvard Law School students on the importance of the Rule of Law at Harvard University earlier this week. Ian was asked to speak...

On October 27 th , Mike Walsh was one of the VIP guests at the Korean-American Community Foundation where Elsevier’s YS Chi serves as a President’s Council advisor, having helped to establish the KACF fifteen years before. During the event...

Sixty-five percent of Americans have read a print book in the last year, according to a new survey from the Pew Research Center, more than double the share that has read an ebook (28 percent) or listened to an audiobook (14 percent). Many ebook readers...

LexisNexis had a significant presence at the 2016 IBA Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. Over 6,000 lawyers from more than 120 countries attended the event. James Harper , Head of Legal for the UK and Ireland facilitated a panel for the IBA Intellectual...

The strong commitment of LexisNexis to advancing the rule of law across the globe was showcased at two recent major global association conferences held in Washington, D.C. The week’s events kicked off with LexisNexis Legal &...

Congratulations to our very own Kermit Lowery for being selected as one of this year’s honorees, for the inaugural Dayton Business Journal “Veterans of Influence Awards”!! Click the link to read more. http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton...

LexisNexis EVP and General Counsel Ian McDougall speaking on the Rule of Law at the Commonwealth Secretariat, London, with Senior Officials of Law Ministers from the Commonwealth countries.

Last Thursday Márcia Balisciano, Director of Corporate Responsibility at RELX Group, joined a high-level panel during the UN General Assembly in New York on the goal of achieving peaceful, just and inclusive societies. This is one of the UN’s...