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LB10149-1 0210 2009 in Review: Additions & Enhancements to the LexisNexis® Services Every year LexisNexis adds new products and services, enhances existing products and services, and makes acquisitions and alliances. It’s part of our commitment to provide a complete portfolio of products and services that help legal practitioners succeed. 2009 was no different—a banner year for new and improved resources and exciting new functionality for the LexisNexis services. Here are just the highlights: (In addition, individual sources added to lexis.com® during 2009 are included beginning on page 4.) Your LexisNexis account representative or Librarian Relations Consultant can give you more details on any of these products or services. Research and Litigation Solutions Highlights in 2009 Now one case-law search surfaces much more—no additional search charge! Your federal and state case-law search results now include links to additional insights and relevant materials—some content you may not realize was available in your subscription. LexisNexis® Related Content gives you one- click access to the most comprehensive combination of analytical content available: • Case Analysis: links to official reports PDFs; briefs, pleadings, motions and dockets; even links to premium analysis like Lexis® Case in Brief and expert commentaries. • Issue Analysis: links to ALR®, Am Jur® 2d, Matthew Bender®, BNA®, law reviews, etc. • Document Outline: links to help you navigate the case quickly and easily. Please contact your LexisNexis® account Uncover connections among more public records—25 billion— representative or Librarian Relations Consultant with more precision tools—In 2009, you could search 56 million if you need more detailed information on any additional cellular phone records (more than 150 million total) of these products or services. and 12 million Canadian phone records; or conduct a new e-mail address search. Need a comprehensive look at a specific property or neighborhood? Subscribe to 11 new sources of deed images, Use the FOCUS™ feature in corporate, bankruptcy and UCC parcel maps, real property valuation and risk assessment tools. filings. Limit your property record search to current records only. Use the default phonetic name match—or request a strict name Plus your Public Records searching powers expanded. match in many sources. Added bonus! Check source coverage and For example, now conduct a registered agent search in updating information. Just click the Coverage link on any search state corporate filings. form and view a state-by-state table. Availability of products and services is determined by your agreement with LexisNexis. You may not be able to access all of the material described in this booklet. 1 Find critical facts on 220,000+ expert witnesses—lexis.com Identify the most relevant CourtLink® dockets—with key words!— now offers one of the largest, most comprehensive sources of Why spend time daily reading through dockets and complaints? published and unpublished expert witness information available. With new CourtLink Complaint-Based Alerts, you can enter a few key words and get automatic updates on available federal civil The addition of IDEX® resources means you can locate, select complaints that include keyword matches. What a time saver! or even discredit expert witnesses via: • More than one million verdicts and settlement documents Research more model documents—LexisNexis Precedent Search • Nearly 100,000 full-text depositions and trial transcripts now offers more than 675,000 searchable precedents, including Exhibits 4 (Rights of Shareholders) and 99 (other exhibits). • Expert curricula vitae, resumes and profiles covering And discover more refining tools—like the FOCUS feature— 220,000 experts and more and additional links. Short on staff? Full-Service Expert Witness Search powered by IDEX lets you call the IDEX call center or submit your request Choose more than 20 transactional practice areas > pick your online, and get reports back in two – three days. task > go to vital facts fast!—Practice Centers at Lexis® Transactional Advisor provide researchers with a single point of Combine your patent research expertise with cutting-edge access to the content and tools needed to advise on multiple semantic technology—New Semantic Search powered by topics, analyze strategies, prepare for and perform due diligence, PureDiscovery™ makes intelligent connections and can return stay on top of compliance issues, draft documents and accomplish additional related results. The Semantic Search “giant brain” more. These LexisNexis Practice Centers joined the lineup in 2009: consults 10 million patent documents. Choose Semantic Search in TotalPatent™, PatentOptimizer™ or when you’re searching • Antitrust lexis.com—patent sources and 2,700 others, including • Banking and Financial Services Elsevier journals, The New York Times ® and more. • Compliance New Shepard’s® statute reports consolidate more right up • Copyright front—All reports on your section—down to the subsection level— • Election Impact Resources are consolidated for easy review. (You can still link to individual reports too.) And there’s a new Shepard’s Statute Summary right • Privacy at the top, showing you vital treatment—like the new special • Trademark Shepard’s Signal™ indicator for statute treatment. Special links also call out recently enacted or pending legislation that could Connect with practice colleagues; get news—no charge— affect your section. LexisNexis Online Communities give you access to free practice news headlines, summaries and breaking updates Reach far beyond traditional media with archived blogs, tweets— on practice “movers and shakers.” Get insights from leading even videos—Dive deep into blogosphere archives for nearly practitioners. Link to podcasts, RSS feeds and practice articles 4,000 influential blogs covering business, government & politics from martindale.com®, Even find online CLE options from certified and much more. Need more timely insights? How about tweets— providers. Plus you can brainstorm and vote on innovative products like more than 144 Congressional Twitter® feeds from U.S. senators’ with LexisNexis product experts at the LexisNexis myIDEAS site. and representatives’ blogs? And Newstex® Video on Demand content covers events and conferences as well as vital business, health and legal topics. 2 Combine BNA sources!—All BNA sources can now be combined with other sources for customized group searching. Client Development Solution And all BNA Tax Management Portfolios, as well as some other Highlights in 2009 BNA sources, now offer Enhanced Table of Contents (TOC) functionality for faster navigation. Reach out and network with leading lawyers and librarians— Martindale-Hubbell® Connected is a global online community Discover international law—much more—including broad designed specifically for legal professionals. That includes you! worldwide legal surveys—In addition to the 6,500+ non-U.S. Connect with peers, expand your professional networks and news sources, lexis.com offers fast, efficient access to the law of demonstrate your credentials and expertise to a global audience more than 150 nations through a new path. Just select Foreign of sophisticated legal-service buyers. Plus take advantage of Web Laws & Legal Sources on the LEGAL tab. You’ll also find more than 2.0 tools for online sharing and collaboration. Join the Information 20 new International Multi-Jurisdictional Surveys. For example, Professionals’ group … or create your own. choose the Intellectual Property and Competition Law Survey and compare the laws in more than 30 nations, plus U.S. federal and Check out the expanding business-development resources— all state law—in one easy-to-browse document. LexisNexis atVantage™ aggregates the most complete collection of news, business/industry information, public records, litigation and patent prosecution facts on your prospects. And in 2009, atVantage legal content increased. Now atVantage coverage Take Note, Law Librarians! includes 56 court systems (and 400+ counties) in 19 states. Watch for more! Grab a cup of java—and sample 40+ no-cost Webinars— We call them LexisNexis Coffee Break Webinars because each recording offers a concentrated, 20-minute Practice Management Highlights review— perfect for break time. You can learn about in 2009 newer LexisNexis products, like Semantic Search, or review hot practice topics and lexis.com standards It’s a 2009 SIIA Codie Award Winner!—Lexis Search Advantage such as LexisNexis Search by Headnote. Find