CRIV BLOG

June 17, 2019

Conference Call participants: 

LexisNexis – Carolyn Bach, Sr Manager Librarian Relations and Faculty Programs; Teresa Harmon, Sr Director Segment Management; James D. Oakes, Segment Manager
CRIV – CJ Pipins, Chair; Karen Provost, Lexis Liaison
AALL – Vani Ungapen, Executive Director

Integration update:
We value the time and effort AALL has put into sharing their insights on our products and pricing, so we wanted to give an update on this topic.  We have made strides in our integrated product plans, based on customer feedback, by launching and migrating products to the same platform which provides a common navigation experience and extensive linking between products.  Recent examples of this include the launch of Context on Lexis Advance, leveraging the Ravel technology previously available in Ravellaw.com and the imminent launch of the CourtLink redesign on Lexis Advance.  We have also created seamless navigation across our ecosystem with migrations to a single ID which is complete or planned over the next few months for Lexis Advance (complete in 2017), Intelligize (complete), CourtLink, Dossier, Diligence, Nexis TotalPatent One and Newsdesk.  Taken together, these enhancements allow your users to best capitalize on the products a firm/organization purchases by having the simplicity of one ID, the efficiency of a common navigation, and the deeper insights provided by links between products.

As always, since pricing and packaging plans vary by customer type and are customized to meet specific customer needs, we encourage members to reach out to their LexisNexis account representative with specific questions.

Status of Annotated Georgia Code:
The key case on this issue, Code Revision Commission, et al v. Public. Resource.Org, Inc., has a potential to be heard by the US Supreme Court.  We are following that case and do not generally comment on ongoing litigation.

Unique Lexis Identifiers in Cases and making them accessible:
We are looking in to this question and will address during the CRIV roundtable session at the AALL conference.

Updates since January

Lexis Advance:

• Verdict and Settlement Analyzer Refresh and Improvements – modernized charts on the front page that are both easier to understand and provide a better user experience; added more than 130 new injuries to the post-search filter for injury type; and added an alerts function

• Added multiple segments for searching in News, Company and Financial, and Trademark content, as well as the ability to search news by industry.

• • In Company & Financial content: Ticker Symbol, State, SIC, Revenue, Company (for Analyst Reports), City and Address (for Company Profiles)
  • In News content: Show (for News transcripts), Body (for news); and added the ability to search news by Industry
  • Specialized Segments for two sources:
  • Verigift: Donation Type, Donation Year, Donor, Recipient, Transaction, Category, & Zip Code
  • Wealth Engine: Company, Donor, Country, City, Street, & Address
  • Expert for Expert Witnesses
  • Award for Verdicts
  • Trademark and Mark-Descrip for Trademark
    
    
• Improved accessibility in the Word Wheel for users who are visually disabled

• Context
  • Improved reports delivery to allow for more customization of reports
  • Added ability to search for experts by Area of Expertise

Lexis Practice Advisor:

• New Modules:
  • Business Entities
  • Energy & Utilities
  • Civil Litigation

Coming later in 2019:

Lexis Advance:

• State Court Swim Lanes in Ravel View – As you may know, Ravel View currently has horizontal “lanes” for different levels of Federal Courts; we are improving the experience to more easily discern state courts by breaking them out into jurisdictional hierarchy, similarly to how we treat Federal.
• Streamlined Homepage Redesign
• AI enabled research assistant tool
• Statutes Compare Tool – a quick means to ascertain changes in a statute over time
• Expert Witness Cards on Lexis Answers – users will be able ask “Who is Expert Michael Gowalter?” and get some immediate information, powered by machine learning, in addition to normal search results.
• Courts Module on Context (targeted for August)
• Context for Business Development for Large Law firms
• CourtLink on Lexis Advance – starting to rollout over the coming months
• We are developing a brief analysis tool, anticipated to be released by end of year. More info will be available at AALL.

Lexis Practice Advisor:

• Evolving Guidance – this tool combines the news resources of Law360 with the forms and guidance provided within Lexis Practice Advisor for editorially selected issues, providing end to end awareness and guidance as an issue develops.
• Life Sciences Module – targeted for August

AALL Preview: LexisNexis is proud to be the Gold sponsor.

• We’ll be showcasing over a dozen products and tools in booth #301 with an emphasis on AI technology, analytics, exclusive content and integrated solutions.
• Law360® and Intelligize® will be in the LexisNexis booth this year.
• Librarians can preview products releasing later in the year at dedicated demo stations including Courtlink on Lexis Advance, Courts module on Context, Business Development on Context, AI enabled research assistant tool and a brief analysis tool.
• We also have several program sessions on a variety of topics including a panel discussion on Assessing and Managing News; Ligation Analytics, Courtlink on Lexis Advance, and Digital Library.