Today's issue of TechnoLawyer NewsWire covers new features of a popular legal research service (see article below), a new E Ink eBook reader, software for reviewing prebills electronically, an application that creates a Facebook-style social network within your law firm, and an iPad app for converting and saving online videos. Don't miss the next issue.
Legal News on the Move
Those of you with a touch of gray might remember a time when conducting online legal research required a dedicated computer in a red housing. Back then, the ability to search through court opinions seemed like magic. Today, it's just business as usual — and that red computer has since given way to your Web browser on any computer. But the brand behind that red computer has remained a force in legal research through both refinement of its offerings as well as new breakthroughs. Today we report on some of the latter.
Lexis.com … in One Sentence
LexisNexis' lexis.com is an online information service for legal research, legal news, legal treatises, public records, and more.
The Killer Feature
With trusted brands like American Lawyer, National Law Journal, Legal Intelligencer (not to mention our frenemy Law Technology News), ALM Media is a legal news powerhouse. However, the company also curates legal research materials such as practice-area treatises and forms, and a comprehensive collection of jury verdicts and settlements for use in early case assessment.
As of this month, lexis.com became the exclusive licensee of ALM Media's content. So if you want to search through all that helpful material while also conducting legal research, lexis.com is now the place to go.
Other Notable Features
In recent months, LexisNexis has added other new content to lexis.com and also improved its functionality. For example, SmartLinx enables you to search through billions of public records. As its name suggests, the summary report links to the underlying records and portrays the data graphically, enabling to identify connections that may have otherwise eluded you.
Related Content is another relatively new offering that incorporates materials from Matthew Bender, ALR, BNA, newspapers such as the Wall Street Journal and New York Times, and briefs, pleadings, motions, and court dockets. Lexis.com's Related Content feature lists these secondary sources automatically when you search for case law or statutes.
What Else Should You Know?
Lexis.com offers a number of ways to search its growing collection of materials, including the two standbys — Boolean and Natural Language. A number of subscription options exist. Learn more about lexis.com.
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