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Lexis for Microsoft Office Now Works With Lexis Advance

Mon, 13 May 2013 12:01:00 EDT

LexisNexis Legal & Professional today announced that Lexis for Microsoft Office legal drafting software now integrates with Lexis Advance, the company's next generation research platform.

Fastcase Flags Negative Case History

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 09:16:07 EDT

Fastcase, a legal publisher and research service, today released new software to identify overturned or reversed cases in its Authority Check system. The new algorithm, called Bad Law Bot, surfaces citations that give negative treatment to a cited case.

Wolters Kluwer Software Offers Help for Busy In-House Generalists

cdunn@alm.com (Catherine Dunn) — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:43:03 EDT

If your legal department had 15 minutes to answer a question on privacy, corporate governance, or intellectual property, what information would you want at your fingertips? That's the driving concept behind Wolters Kluwer's General Counsel Navigator software.

BriefMine Launches Legal Research Database

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:43:43 EDT

BriefMine has launched a new legal research platform: a database of over 150,000 legal briefs, assembled through a partnership with the Law Library Microform Consortium and the Los Angeles Law Library.

ABA Techshow: South by Southeast

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:12:08 EDT

The southeast exhibit hall at the ABA Techshow in the Hilton Chicago was more densely packed with vendors than the southwest hall. Sean Doherty, LTN's technology editor, was not able to get through it all in a day but managed to get some news and hear David Pogue, technology columnist for The New York Times and Scientific American, declare the end of email.

ALM Legal Intelligence Releases Government Research Database

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:27:14 EDT

ALM Legal Intelligence, a business information provider to U.S. and international law firms, released the Government Contracts Database product today that provides full, searchable data on all federal contracts for outside legal services from 2008 to 2012.

Thomson Reuters Unveils Practitioner Insights and Alerts Platform

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 20:12:08 EST

Thomson Reuters, a legal content, software, and service provider, on Monday introduced Practitioner Insights, a WestlawNext resource with practice-specific content and analysis as well as information on emerging legal developments.

Thomson Reuters Now Offers Combined Expert Witness Research and Placement Services

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:27:14 EST

Thomson Reuters Expert Witness Services, a source for locating and researching expert witnesses, and DRI, a professional organization for members of the defense bar, announced Tuesday that they are joining forces to provide DRI's 22,000 members worldwide with enhanced expert witness research and placement capabilities.

LexisNexis Overture for LegalTech New York

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:01:18 EST

LexisNexis conducted a one-day summit for journalists, analysts, and bloggers on January 16 to meet the executive team of LexisNexis Research & Litigation Solutions (RLS), who discussed the legal software and information provider's business strategy and product plans for 2013, which will be unveiled at LegalTech New York from January 29 to 31 at the Hilton New York.

LegalTech Rookies Focus on Court Technology and Legal Research

ekoblentz@alm.com (Evan Koblentz) — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:27:06 EST

A half-dozen companies in court technology and legal research will be first-time exhibitors at LegalTech New York from January 29 to 31 at the Hilton New York.

LexisNexis to Close Matthew Bender Plant in Albany, N.Y.

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 08:57:16 EST

LexisNexis plans to close its Matthew Bender plant in Albany, N.Y., in 2014, after more than a century of law-book publishing in the state capital region, according to a state Labor Department filing on Tuesday.

LexisNexis' Prelude to LegalTech New York

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:01:18 EST

LexisNexis is planning an exclusive one-day conference for journalists, analysts and bloggers to meet the executive team of LexisNexis Research & Litigation Solutions, who will discuss the legal software and information provider's product plans for 2013 in a prelude to their announcements at LegalTech New York.

ALM Announces Smart Litigator Edition for Connecticut

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:29:08 EST

ALM, a provider of news and information for legal and real estate professionals, announced on January 7 the release of Smart Litigator Connecticut, a web-based research service with practice materials designed for Connecticut litigators.

Thomson Reuters Releases ProView eReader 1.5

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 19:46:02 EST

Thomson Reuters, a legal software and content provider, released its ProView eReader Platform version 1.5 for Apple's iPad, Andoid-based tablets, and Microsoft's Windows and Apple Mac desktop operating systems.

Book Review: 'Hacking Web Apps'

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 12:07:22 EST

It has never been easier to initiate a hack with devastating consequences. This is reflected by a number of books including Mike Schema?s Hacking Web Apps, which focuses on eight groups of security weaknesses and vulnerabilities most commonly exploited by hackers and more importantly, it explains how to guard against such attacks.

Justice Powell's Papers Online: a Treasure Trove for Academics

tmauro@alm.com (Tony Mauro) — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 13:14:28 EST

Twenty years after they first became available to the public, the papers of the late Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell Jr. are still yielding interesting nuggets. And you don't necessarily have to travel to Washington and Lee University School of Law in Lexington, Va. to find them.

Wolters Kluwer Expands News Service for Lawyers

ekoblentz@alm.com (Evan Koblentz) — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:01:16 EST

The law unit of Wolters Kluwer is expanding its coverage for legal practice areas with a news service available from email, mobile apps, and IntelliConnect, the company's web platform.

Bloomberg Law Offers Attorney Business Development Package

ekoblentz@alm.com (Evan Koblentz) — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:00:00 EST

Bloomberg Law announced the availability of an information services bundle designed for lawyers to use as a business development tool.

Quicklaw for Office Combines Internet, Legal Research and Microsoft Office

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 00:00:00 EST

LexisNexis Canada, a provider of content, software, and workflow tools for Canadian legal professionals, launched Quicklaw for Microsoft Office on Thursday, which integrates Office tools, online legal research and the Internet.

Will Wikipedia Wither Traditional Legal Citation?

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 00:00:00 EST

Wikipedia is a popular source of information, in part because search engines prioritize the wiki in search results, says Gardere Wynne partner Peter Vogel. When will it become acceptable legal citation?

Thomson Reuters Opens Sustainability Site

sdoherty@alm.com (Sean Doherty) — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDT

Thomson Reuters, an information provider for business and legal professionals, launched a new website, called sustainability, to enable dialogue and support customers and citizens in efforts to find a more sustainable way to conduct business and live in communities.

The Delaware Court of Chancery Speaks by Transcript

Fri, 14 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDT

Once again, the Internet is changing how Delaware law is made -- major Web reporting services are obtaining transcripts of unpublished opinions and providing them to lawyers outside of the litigation and state jurisdiction.

'The Bluebook' Is Going Mobile

sdoherty@alm.com (Sean Doherty) — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 00:00:00 EDT

The Bluebook, A Uniform System of Citation, a joint publication by the Columbia Law Review, the Harvard Law Review, the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, and The Yale Law Journal, has selected Ready Reference Apps, the developer of the rulebook app, as the exclusive distributor of The Bluebook on iOS-enabled mobile devices.

Lexis Practice Advisor Gets California Module

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 00:00:00 EDT

LexisNexis Legal & Professional, a provider of content and technology to legal professionals, today announced it has added its first jurisdictional module, California, to Lexis Practice Advisor, a Web-based practical guidance offering.

ABA Tech Survey: A Third of Lawyers Use Tablets, a Few Still on Dial-Up

ekoblentz@alm.com (Evan Koblentz) — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 00:00:00 EDT

Compelling insights about cloud computing, data backups, e-discovery, mobile computing, security, and social media highlight the American Bar Association's 2012 Legal Technology Survey.

Library Costs Go to Bottom Lines at Dewey & LeBoeuf

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 00:00:00 EDT

Gregory Castanias, Jones Day's partner in charge of library services, takes a gimlet-eyed look at legal research products as intellectual investments in the "New Normal" of law firm economics.

Why Are Big Law Libraries Slow to Buy E-Books?

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 00:00:00 EDT

Despite improved efficiencies and cost controls, law firm libraries have been unable to move research to electronic books. American Lawyer's annual survey of firm library directors offers some answers.

Thomson Reuters ProView 1.4 E-Reader Now Available for iPads

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 00:00:00 EDT

Thomson Reuters ProView 1.4, an e-reader platform, is now available for iPads. Beta versions also released for Android, Windows, and Apple Mac devices.

CCH Launches New Open Integration Platform

sdoherty@alm.com (Sean Doherty) — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 00:00:00 EDT

CCH launched on June 26 a new Open Integration Platform (OIP) that securely connects the Riverwoods, Ill.-based company's software and services for tax, accounting, and audit information to third-party applications.

Fla. Clerks' Offices Prepare to Go Paperless

apesquera@alm.com (Adolfo Pesquera) — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 00:00:00 EDT

After more than a decade of planning, budgeting and training, Florida's justice system faces a July deadline for all clerks of court to be ready to e-file in civil courts.