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Reed Elsevier
LexisNexis Total Search v.4.0 Leverages Additional Sources of a Law
Firmâs Intellectual Capital
30 January 2006
Modules for transactional attorneys and firm expertise highlight
latest release of the companyâs information and content management
tool
NEW YORK, January 30, 2006 â As law firms continue to strive for more
efficiency and effectiveness across their practices, LexisNexis U.S.
is helping their cause with the introduction of LexisNexis Total
Search v.4.0, the latest version of the companyâs award-winning
information and content management tool. LexisNexis, a leading
provider of legal, news and business information services and tools
proven to improve firm productivity and profitability, formally
introduced version 4.0 during the LegalTech New York trade show and
conference, Jan. 30-Feb. 1, 2006.
LexisNexis Total Search v.4.0 is an integrated search tool that allows
researchers to use the precision searching capabilities of the
lexis.com service to simultaneously search LexisNexis content and the
firmâs internal collection of most relevant and useful work product.
Powerful linking between internal content and LexisNexis analytical
and primary law materials further enhances the researcherâs
experience. In addition, integration of real-time Shepardâs Signal
indicators to both internal and external documents through LexisNexis
Total Search assures legal professionals that their arguments rely on
only the best precedent.
âAs a premier national business litigation boutique, Faruki Ireland &
Cox relies on being able to completely utilize its internal work
product and knowledge â LexisNexis Total Search has enabled us to do
just that,â said Jeff Cox, partner, Faruki Ireland & Cox. âWith this
new release of Total Search, we see the availability of a complete
range of new services that complements our constant effort to achieve
excellent results for our clients while utilizing the most efficient
and effective range of litigation support methods and tools available
to us.â
With the introduction of LexisNexis Total Search v.4.0, legal
professionals are further able to leverage additional sources of
internal intellectual capital through two new modules: Total Search
Transactional and Total Search Expertise.
Total Search Transactional expands the reach into law firms that are
looking for sophisticated internal work product solutions for their
deal and transactional practice areas. This module enables legal
professionals to quickly access prior deal documents, ultimately
expanding the capability to leverage the firmâs work product. With
Total Search Transactional, users quickly find relevant documents and
clauses to aid them in creating new work product while saving time and
providing clients with superior work product based on firm experience.
The second new module â Total Search Expertise â leverages multiple
sources of information to locate and highlight firm expertise or
know-how. The module provides the ability for users to share
information across the firm about âwho knows whom and âwho knows
what,â improving the training and effectiveness of young associates
and increasing cross-selling opportunities. In addition to tapping
into multiple sources of internal work product, Total Search Expertise
can also integrate with the firmâs LexisNexisàInterface Software, the
leading provider of Client Relationship Management software and
services which enable firms to create the Relationship Intelligence
they need to uncover new business opportunities and enhance client
service.
âWith the introduction of the latest version of LexisNexis Total
Search, weâve created a technology framework that will expand over the
coming months and years to meet practitioners discrete and varied
needs,â said Joe Swimmer, director, LexisNexis Total Search.
âLexisNexis now has the ability to support additional components
through Total Search designed to better meet the information
harvesting and reuse needs of various practice groups and to better
identify expertise, know-how and knowledge within the legal
organization.â
LexisNexis Total Search is a component of LexisNexis Total Practice
Solutions, the companyâs overarching offering of complete end-to-end
solutions to help lawyers and law firms succeed in the business and
practice of law. LexisNexis offerings, including LexisNexis Total
Search, are designed for the way legal professionals work, in all of
the areas essential to their success, including Client Development,
Research Solutions, Practice Management, and Litigation Services.
About LexisNexis
LexisNexis (www.lexisnexis.com) is a leader in comprehensive and
authoritative legal, news and business information and tailored
applications. A member of Reed Elsevier Group plc [NYSE: ENL; NYSE:
RUK] (www.reedelsevier.com), the company does business in 100
countries with 13,000 employees worldwide. In addition to its flagship
Web-based Lexis and Nexis research services, the company includes some
of the worldâs most respected legal publishers such as
Martindale-Hubbell, Matthew Bender, Butterworths, JurisClasseur,
Abeledo-Perrot and Orac.
In the United States, LexisNexis offers its customers total practice
solutions comprised of an extensive range of online and print legal,
regulatory, news and business information products, tools, customized
Web applications and critical filing services that help legal
professionals achieve excellence in the business and practice of law.
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