LexisNexis Press Releases: Legal
LexisNexis Alliance with Wisers Provides Customers Critical Intelligence about Asia-Pacific MarketsNEW YORK– LexisNexis® Legal & Professional ( www.lexisnexis.com), a leading global provider of content and technology solutions, today announced that it has reached an agreement with Wisers, the world’s leading Chinese news information service provider, to offer exclusive access to both Chinese and English language news content. As a result of this exclusive agreement, LexisNexis customers will be able to gain immediate access to the world’s largest news and business insights database covering Greater China and Taiwan, helping drive effective, real-time, business decision-making. Lawyers.com to Showcase Legal News from Abrams Media NetworkNEW YORK – Lawyers.comSM, a leading legal website from LexisNexis for consumers and small business owners, has reached an agreement to add to Lawyers.com links to legal content from Abrams Media Network properties including Mediaite.com, Styleite.com, Geekosystem.com, SportsGrid.com, TheMarySue.com, TheJaneDough.com, TheBraiser.com as well as from GossipCop.com, co-founded by Dan Abrams. Part of the agreement includes an original, monthly legal column for the Lawyers.com blog from Abrams, founder of Abrams Media and Good Morning America legal analyst. LexisNexis Launches Financial Restructuring & Bankruptcy Module for Lexis Practice AdvisorNEW YORK – LexisNexis® Legal & Professional ( www.lexisnexis.com), a leading provider of content and technology solutions, today announced a new module of its Web based practical guidance offering from Lexis® Practice Advisor addressing the needs of Bankruptcy attorneys. The Financial Restructuring & Bankruptcy module was developed to help law firms increase the productivity of their bankruptcy practices by providing practical guidance, ‘on point’ content and analysis — backed by Collier on Bankruptcy®, the preeminent treatise in the bankruptcy field. The module helps to bring junior attorneys up to speed quickly, while enabling senior attorneys to save time, allowing them to expand their practice, and stay up-to-date with changes in the law. LexisNexis Acquires Law360NEW YORK, March 20, 2012 – LexisNexis (www.lexisnexis.com) today announced that it has acquired Portfolio Media, the parent company of Law360® (www.Law360.com), an online provider of speedy and trusted legal news and analysis for business lawyers, primarily in the United States. LexisNexis Inks Deal with JD Supra to Power Distribution of Law Firm Blog Content to Wider Network of Social Media SitesNEW YORK – LexisNexis® ( www.lexisnexis.com), a leading provider of content and technology solutions, announced today an agreement with JD Supra®, which hosts a rapidly growing platform for law firms to market their expertise online, to enhance the LexisNexis® Social Media Visibility Advanced service for small law firms. JD Supra will syndicate blog content from LexisNexis Social Media Visibility Advanced customers to JD Supra’s established LinkedIn®, Twitter® and Facebook® distribution channels, where thousands of prospective clients, referral sources and media members subscribe to dozens of subject feeds. By distributing this content to a broader audience, LexisNexis customers are able to expand their online footprint, help improve website performance on search engines, and engage prospective clients via popular interactive communities. Lawyers.com "Divorce and Family Law" Newsletter LaunchedNEW YORK, Lawyers.comSM, a leading legal website from LexisNexis® for consumers and small business owners, has a new, free electronic newsletter available on the site called Lawyers.com Divorce and Family Law. The newsletter provides legal news, practical advice and information consumers can use to learn about current developments in divorce and family law. Future articles may cover such topics as adoption, paternity, child abuse and domestic violence. Readers will also receive alerts about related chats occurring on the Lawyers.com blog, a top online destination for practical analysis of consumer legal news. Burr & Forman Selects Full Suite of LexisNexis Redwood Analytics Business Intelligence Software to Improve Law Firm Growth NEW YORK, - LexisNexis® Legal & Professional ( www.lexisnexis.com), a leading provider of content and technology solutions, today announced that Burr & Forman, a full-service law firm with offices in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee, has selected the entire suite of LexisNexis® Redwood Analytics® software solutions, including its core business intelligence package along with profitability and planning modules. The firm has also selected LexisNexis® Client Analysis, a solution that helps law firms accelerate growth by quickly and easily identifying existing client relationships with the greatest profit potential and by building profiles of the types of prospective clients the firm should pursue to fuel future growth. LexisNexis Launches Social Media Visibility Service for Law FirmsNEW YORK – LexisNexis (www.lexisnexis.com), a leading provider of content and technology solutions, announced today at LegalTech® New York, the launch of the LexisNexis® Social Media Visibility service that enables solo practitioners and lawyers at smaller law firms to establish a solid, comprehensive, and manageable social media presence. The service includes creation of an exclusive blog page as well as guidance and assistance in crafting profiles and in generating and posting appropriate content on major social sites, including Facebook®, Twitter® and LinkedIn®. By leveraging social media more effectively, lawyers and firms are better able to demonstrate thought leadership, extend the reach of their websites, improve site performance on search engines, and engage prospective clients via popular interactive communities. LexisNexis Firm Manager, CaseMap and Time Matters Software Win “Best of Legal Times” Reader SurveyNEW YORK - LexisNexis® Legal & Professional (www.lexisnexis.com), a leading provider of content and technology solutions, today announced that LexisNexis Firm ManagerTM, CaseMap® and Time Matters® each won their respective categories in the recently released “Best of Legal Times” Reader Survey. Voted on by D.C.-based readers of Legal Times, CaseMap was named Best Matter Management Software. LexisNexis Firm Manager won Best Docketing & Calendaring Software, and Time Matters received top honors in the Best Time & Billing Software category. ALM Media Taps LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings Data to Publish “Martindale-Hubbell Top Rated Lawyers” Special ReportsNEW YORK — LexisNexis Legal & Professional, ( www.lexisnexis.com), a leading provider of content and technology solutions, today announced a multi-year licensing agreement with ALM Media, enabling ALM to leverage data from the LexisNexis® Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™ service to publish special reports of top rated lawyers, law firms and women attorneys in more than two dozen major U.S. markets. ALM reaches an audience of more than 500,000 legal professionals through its industry-leading print and digital publications for the legal industry. The Martindale-Hubbell Top Rated Lawyers™ lists will also appear in a number of consumer-focused publications affiliated with ALM, generating additional exposure for lawyers who serve the consumer market. LexisNexis Launches New Release of Lexis AdvanceNEW YORK — LexisNexis Legal & Professional, ( www.lexisnexis.com), a leading provider of content and technology solutions, today announced the general availability of Lexis Advance™ – an innovative and new pure Web application designed to transform how legal professionals conduct research. Built on a state-of-the-art technology platform, Lexis Advance allows the primary researchers within legal and professional organizations to easily and efficiently find more highly relevant information than ever before, helping them to be more productive and drive better outcomes. Product videos and information are available at: http://www.lexisnexis.com/advance. New Jury Verdict Roundup Launched on Lawyers.com BlogNEW YORK – Lawyers.comSM has launched a weekly news feature reporting on some of the largest and most interesting jury awards won by individuals in recent personal injury cases. Lawyers.com is a leading legal website from LexisNexis® for consumers and small business owners. The feature, called "Editor's Choice: Jury Awards Edition," will appear every Friday on the Lawyers.com blog ( http://www.lawyers.com/our-blog), a top online destination for practical analysis of consumer legal news. Fannie Mae Selects LexisNexis CounselLink Software for Legal Matter Management and e-BillingNEW YORK – LexisNexis ( www.lexisnexis.com), a leading provider of content and technology solutions, announced today it has reached a multi-year agreement to provide its CounselLink? software to Fannie Mae, a government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) chartered by Congress with a mission to provide liquidity, stability and affordability to the U.S. housing and mortgage markets. LexisNexis® CounselLink® enables corporate law departments to more effectively and efficiently manage their legal spend and matters, while at the same time optimizing their outside counsel relationships. The service consists of robust e-billing capabilities, comprehensive matter management functionality, actionable reporting and analysis tools, and various outside counsel collaboration features. Hawaiian Electric Company Chooses LexisNexis CounselLink Software for Legal Matter Management and e-BillingNEW YORK - LexisNexis ( www.lexisnexis.com), a leading provider of content and technology solutions, announced today it has reached a multi-year agreement to provide its CounselLink® software to Hawaiian Electric Company and its subsidiaries, which serve 95 percent of the state’s 1.2 million residents on the islands of Oahu, Maui, Hawaii Island, Lanai and Molokai. LexisNexis® CounselLink® enables corporate law departments to more effectively and efficiently manage their legal spend and matters, while at the same time optimizing their outside counsel relationships. Client Center Feature Now Available for Law Firm Websites Built by LexisNexisNEW YORK – LexisNexis (www.lexisnexis.com), a leading global provider of content-enabled workflow solutions, today announced the launch of the new LexisNexis® Client Center feature, which provides a secure, designated area on a law firm’s website where lawyers and their clients can easily and quickly access, review or exchange documents and relevant case information. The Client Center feature encourages clients to become more involved and informed in their matters, reduces the administrative burden on the firm, and helps to differentiate a firm in the eyes of prospective clients. LexisNexis Releases Early Data Analyzer to Streamline E-Discovery Document ProcessingNEW YORK – LexisNexis (www.lexisnexis.com), a leading global provider of content-enabled workflow solutions, today announced the release of LexisNexis® Early Data Analyzer – an innovation in electronic discovery software that enables litigation professionals to more efficiently conduct early data assessment and significantly streamline processing of electronic documents. LexisNexis Launches Lexis Advance for Law Schools BETANEW YORK - LexisNexis (www.lexisnexis.com), a leading global provider of content-enabled workflow solutions, today introduced Lexis® Advance for Law Schools BETA – the next online legal research tool built on the company’s innovative New Lexis® technology platform. LexisNexis Announces a New Generation of Website Services for Law FirmsNEW YORK - LexisNexis ( www.lexisnexis.com), a leading global provider of content-enabled workflow solutions, today announced the launch of LexisNexis® Site Essentials, Site Edge and Site Exclusives, a suite of updated website development products and services — complete with blogging features and mobile device optimization — designed to help law firms establish an effective online presence and attract more clients. CounselLink Matter Management Software from LexisNexis Now Integrated with Microsoft OutlookNEW YORK – LexisNexis (www.lexisnexis.com), a leading global provider of content-enabled workflow solutions, today announced the integration of its LexisNexis® CounselLink® software with Microsoft® Outlook®, enabling corporate legal departments to access powerful matter management, e-billing and legal hold tools directly within the Microsoft desktop application that most attorneys use every day. This integration helps streamline management of legal department workflow by giving corporate counsel a consolidated view of activities, contacts, calendar, emails, invoices and other documents related to dozens of individual legal matters – all within Outlook. EZLaw Survey Finds Most Americans Recognize the Importance of a Will or Estate Planning, Yet Few Have Necessary Documents in PlaceNEW YORK - A new national survey commissioned on behalf of EZLawTM, an online legal document creation service from LexisNexis®, finds the majority of Americans (60 percent) believe that all adults should have a will or estate planning documents in place, yet only 44 percent report that they currently have any such documents. In stark contrast, more than one third (36 percent) of Americans with minor children do not believe that wills or estate plans are among the most important documents to have on hand. Rather, adults with minors in the household rank birth certificates (76 percent) and titles/deeds for property and vehicles (70 percent) as the most important. In addition, although the majority of parents with minors in the household (75 percent) understand that a court will decide who the children’s legal guardian becomes if there is no will at the time of both parents’ death, only 39 percent have any estate planning documents in place. LexisNexis Launches Concordance EvolutionNEW YORK – LexisNexis® (www.lexisnexis.com), a leading global provider of content-enabled workflow solutions, today announced the release of Concordance® Evolution, a powerful new enterprise software product for electronic discovery and litigation document management. New Juris Software from LexisNexis Streamlines Collections, Helps Law Firms Speed up Client Payments NEW YORK, NY - LexisNexis ( www.lexisnexis.com), a leading global provider of content-enabled workflow solutions, today announced the launch of LexisNexis Juris® Suite Collections, a new collections module for LexisNexis Juris®, a billing, accounting and financial management software for mid-sized law firms. Juris Suite Collections, available in Juris version 2.5, helps law firms isolate and manage delinquent accounts to speed up client payments while reducing the overall time spent on collections activities. LexisNexis Announces a New Generation of Financial Analysis Software for Law FirmsMew York, NY - LexisNexis ( www.lexisnexis.com), a leading global provider of content-enabled workflow solutions, today announced the launch of LexisNexis? Redwood Analytics? Business Intelligence 5, a new generation of financial analysis software designed specifically for law firms. Redwood Analytics Business Intelligence 5 moves business intelligence beyond the power users by delivering tailored, easy to understand financial insights to every timekeeper in the firm, in support of a firm’s efforts to maximize profitability and accelerate collections and cash flow. Litigation Management Survey Identifies Trend toward Bolder Investments in People and Technology in Law FirmsNEW YORK, NY – Findings from a nationwide survey of law firms and corporate legal departments suggest that, while both corporate legal departments and their outside counsel are using various tools to achieve greater litigation efficiency, a trend may be developing in which law firms are making significant investments in people and innovative technologies so they are able to better manage the entire litigation process. The survey was conducted online among 513 lawyers by Harris Interactive® on behalf of LexisNexis® ( www.lexisnexis.com). LexisNexis Lead Alert Application for iPhone Brings Leads to Lawyers on the GoNEW YORK, NY – LexisNexis ( www.lexisnexis.com), a leading global provider of content-enabled workflow solutions, today announced the launch of LexisNexis® Lead Alert, an application that instantly delivers lead information to Apple® iPhone® and other Apple mobile devices. Sourced from a lawyer’s profile on Lawyers.comSM or martindale.com®, or from their LexisNexis hosted website, Lead Alert provides phone and email information, giving attorneys the opportunity to respond promptly to new client inquiries even when they are away from their computer. PCLaw Legal Billing and Accounting Software Goes MobileNEW YORK, NY – LexisNexis (< a href="www.lexisnexis.com">www.lexisnexis.com), a leading global provider of content-enabled workflow solutions, today announced the launch of a new mobile application for PCLaw®, a leading legal billing and accounting software offering for law firms. The mobile application is offered as part of LexisNexis? PCLaw® version 11 software, which gives legal professionals a set of robust, yet easy-to-use tools to effectively manage time and expenses, billing and receivables, trust accounting, case and matter information and more. Today’s release marks the latest in a range of mobile solutions from LexisNexis launched this year that enable lawyers to improve productivity and efficiency of their legal practice while they are on the go. Survey Finds Financial Honesty Is Hard to Come By in American CouplesNew York, NY - A new national survey finds discrepancies in financial candor and spending habits among Americans aged 25-55 in committed relationships. Of these Americans, four in ten (40 percent) agree that honesty about finances is more important than honesty about fidelity (compared to 2005 in which 24 percent agreed with this sentiment), yet nearly three in ten (29 percent) admit that they have withheld information from their spouse or partner regarding their spending on discretionary items, such as apparel, accessories, electronics and entertainment. LexisNexis Launches CounselLink Legal Hold SoftwareNEW YORK – LexisNexis ( www.lexisnexis.com), a leading global provider of content-enabled workflow solutions, today launched LexisNexis® CounselLink® Legal Hold, a new product that gives corporate legal departments a stronger, more systematic set of tools to fulfill court-ordered responsibilities with respect to the execution of legal holds. U.S. courts have recently intensified both their scrutiny of legal hold procedures as well as the severity of penalties – including fines and perhaps even spoliation charges – they impose against companies that fail to comply with this fundamental duty to preserve information in the discovery phase of a legal matter. LexisNexis Launches Series of Mobile Matter Management Offerings for Law Firms New York, NY - LexisNexis, ( www.lexisnexis.com) a leading global provider of content-enabled workflow solutions, today announced new mobile applications for its Time Matters® and Firm Manager® practice management software solutions. The two applications are the latest in a range of mobile solutions LexisNexis® is launching this year that enable lawyers to use their smartphones, mobile or tablet devices to convert downtime into billable hours, respond to client inquiries faster and improve productivity and efficiency during periods when operating their laptops or desktop computers would be impossible or inconvenient. PDR Network and Reed Technology Launch PDR®3D™ - The Industry's Most Comprehensive Drug Label Database Platform MONTVALE, NJ; HORSHAM, PA - Network ( www.PDRNetwork.com) and Reed Technology and Information Services ( www.ReedTech.com) today announced the launch of PDR3D (Digital Drug Database) – a new premium drug label reference product. Accessible through www.PDR3D.com, PDR3D features the industry's most comprehensive human drug label database, a suite of advanced services and an easy-to-use interface. This new product was developed by PDR Network -the trusted industry leader in essential prescribing and labeling information to U.S. physicians for over 65 years -and Reed Technology, part of the LexisNexis® -providers of a wide range of electronic content management services to pharmaceutical manufacturers. Survey Finds Financial Honesty Is Hard to Come By in American CouplesNew York, NY - A new national survey finds discrepancies in financial candor and spending habits among Americans aged 25-55 in committed relationships. Of these Americans, four in ten (40 percent) agree that honesty about finances is more important than honesty about fidelity (compared to 2005 in which 24 percent agreed with this sentiment), yet nearly three in ten (29 percent) admit that they have withheld information from their spouse or partner regarding their spending on discretionary items, such as apparel, accessories, electronics and entertainment. Lawyers Passionate about Providing Access to Justice for Underserved PopulationsNEW YORK - LexisNexis ( www.lexisnexis.com) and Pro Bono Net ( www.probono.net) today announced the results of a new study indicating that pro bono work is heavily ingrained in the legal profession, and is driven primarily by a sense of personal commitment on the part of lawyers. Almost eight out of ten (79 percent) of the more than 200 attorneys surveyed (from both large and small firms) use their skills to make a positive impact in the world. The survey found that those undertaking pro bono work are motivated by personal fulfillment goals and a dedication to issues important to them and their communities. Lawyers not volunteering their services often are interested in pro bono work, yet constrained by time and billing expectations.
LexisNexis Announces Release of Client Analysis Software for Large Law FirmsNEW YORK — LexisNexis, a leading global provider of content-enabled workflow solutions, today announced LexisNexis® Client Analysis, an innovative new application in the LexisNexis® Redwood Analytics® product suite that helps marketers in large law firms accelerate revenue growth by enabling more targeted business development efforts.
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