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LexisNexis Upgrades Early Case Analyzer
June 14, 2014
Key improvements, according to Best: • Explore View helps users examine collected data early in the process. • Statistical...
June 14, 2014
Key improvements, according to Best: • Explore View helps users examine collected data early in the process. • Statistical...
Sixth Circuit Is First To Find Availability Of Class Arbitration Is Gateway Issue To Be Decided By Courts
November 22, 2013
Just four months ago, SCOTUS suggested (but did not hold) that the decision to allow class arbitrations might be a “gateway” issue of arbitrability that defaults to courts. This week, the Sixth Circuit was the first to take the bait and declare the availability of class actions a gateway question that a court decides unless the parties clearly assign the question to the arbitrator. In Reed Elsevier, Inc. v. Crockett, __ F.3d __, 2013 5911219 (6th Cir. Nov. 5, 2013), a lawyer filed...
November 22, 2013
Just four months ago, SCOTUS suggested (but did not hold) that the decision to allow class arbitrations might be a “gateway” issue of arbitrability that defaults to courts. This week, the Sixth Circuit was the first to take the bait and declare the availability of class actions a gateway question that a court decides unless the parties clearly assign the question to the arbitrator. In Reed Elsevier, Inc. v. Crockett, __ F.3d __, 2013 5911219 (6th Cir. Nov. 5, 2013), a lawyer filed...
Sixth Circuit Rejects Class Arbitration Claims Against LexisNexis
November 12, 2013
In a case brought by a lawyer who objected to LexisNexis's billing practices, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit...
November 12, 2013
In a case brought by a lawyer who objected to LexisNexis's billing practices, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit...
Law Departments Trading Large Firms for ‘Large Enough’
October 23, 2013
When choosing outside firms to handle legal matters, a new survey indicates corporate law departments are not necessarily knocking on the doors of the largest 50 U.S. law firms, instead going to those that are a somewhat smaller—but still “large enough.” The “CounselLink Enterprise Legal Management Trends Report,”conducted by LexisNexis division CounselLink, looked at data collected from more than two million legal invoices, covering 300,000 matters. The report concluded that corporate...
October 23, 2013
When choosing outside firms to handle legal matters, a new survey indicates corporate law departments are not necessarily knocking on the doors of the largest 50 U.S. law firms, instead going to those that are a somewhat smaller—but still “large enough.” The “CounselLink Enterprise Legal Management Trends Report,”conducted by LexisNexis division CounselLink, looked at data collected from more than two million legal invoices, covering 300,000 matters. The report concluded that corporate...
How Writing Your Attorney Profile Is Like Writing a Dating Website Profile
August 10, 2013
Want to write a compelling attorney profile that will make potential clients feel like you could be their new lawyer? According to Lance Tarrant, Law Firm Marketing Specialist for LexisNexis, it may help to think of your attorney website profile like a dating website profile. Some of the goals are the same. You want to reveal enough to create a connection, but not so much that viewers find your profile long and boring. An attorney website profile serves a very different purpose than looking for a date,...
August 10, 2013
Want to write a compelling attorney profile that will make potential clients feel like you could be their new lawyer? According to Lance Tarrant, Law Firm Marketing Specialist for LexisNexis, it may help to think of your attorney website profile like a dating website profile. Some of the goals are the same. You want to reveal enough to create a connection, but not so much that viewers find your profile long and boring. An attorney website profile serves a very different purpose than looking for a date,...
LexisNexis Adds Customization Tools to CounselLink
April 27, 2013
LexisNexis Legal & Professional, a provider of legal content and technology to lawyers and law firms, added customization...
April 27, 2013
LexisNexis Legal & Professional, a provider of legal content and technology to lawyers and law firms, added customization...
LegalTechNY Discussion: Barriers to Social Media Adoption
March 31, 2013
At LegalTechNY, Steve Mann, chief marketing officer of the Research & Litigation Solutions business at LexisNexis,...
March 31, 2013
At LegalTechNY, Steve Mann, chief marketing officer of the Research & Litigation Solutions business at LexisNexis,...
