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LexisNexis CourtLink Case Study: AmLaw 100 Firm

“I use CourtLink for strategic profiles, which is very useful for me to see whether a company or individual has been involved in litigation.”

Challenges

  • Solves the following challenges with CourtLink:
    • Accessing dockets and documents from Federal and State courts in one search
    • Conducting research on cases, opposing counsel or judge
    • Tracking activity and parties in ongoing cases

Use Case

  • Most commonly searches for the following pieces of information in CourtLink:
    • Specific dockets and complaints
    • Opposing counsel and judge profiles
    • Documents (briefs, pleadings and motions)
    • General cases in my practice area
  • Uses the following CourtLink features most frequently:
    • Single Search
    • Alerts
    • Docket Search
    • Patent Search
  • Uses the CoutLink Alerts feature for competitive intelligence about opposing counsel, judge, expert witness or firm and to be up to speed about the latest litigation activity.

Results

  • Ranked CourtLink as a 10 out of 10 in terms of how critical it is to their practice.
  • Pinpointed a new business opportunity in the last 3 months with CourtLink.

LexisNexis Public Records Case Study: Federal Agency

“LexisNexis Public Records is vital to our investigations. It is the best tool we have to locate members of an affected class.”

Challenges

  • Subscribed to LexisNexis Public Records for the following reasons:
    • Uncovers information that couldn’t be found otherwise
    • Offers the most accurate information available
    • Provides ability to look across all 50 states with one search
    • Mines over 36 billion public records
    • Connects people, businesses, locations and assets that other providers don’t

Use Case

  • Selected LexisNexis over the following vendors:
    • Bloomberg
    • Government websites
    • Google
  • Uses LexisNexis Public Records for the following tasks:
    • Locate missing or hard-to-find people
    • Find a beneficiary
    • Locate associates, relatives and neighbors
    • Track ownership of assets

Results

  • LexisNexis Public Records is their most trusted source most to investigate people and businesses.
  • Rated LexisNexis Public Records as highly differentiated compared to the competition on these attributes:
    • Depth and breadth of public records
    • Accuracy of search results
    • Timeliness of information
    • Connections between people, businesses, locations and assets
  • Is confident they’re searching the most comprehensive public records provider in the industry when using LexisNexis Public Records.

LexisNexis Public Records Case Study: Federal Agency

“We look for associated business and individuals within a specific industry and look for assets such as property and equipment. LexisNexis Public Records allows us to see undisclosed relationships and follow the movement of equipment and property between businesses and persons.”

Challenges

  • Subscribed to LexisNexis Public Records for the following reasons:
    • Provides ability to look across all 50 states with one search
    • Eliminates the need for multiple providers of public records information
    • Provides necessary info in one comprehensive report
    • Enables them to spend less time data gathering and more time analyzing/decision making
    • Connects people, businesses, locations and assets that other providers don’t

Use Case

  • Uses LexisNexis Public Records for the following tasks:
    • Locate missing or hard-to-find people
    • Track ownership of assets

Results

  • Trusts LexisNexis Public Records more than any other provider to investigate people and businesses due to connections between people, businesses, locations and assets.
  • Is confident they’re searching the most comprehensive public records provider in the industry.

LexisNexis Public Records Case Study: Fortune 500 Insurance Company

“I use LexisNexis Public Records on a daily basis to help complete important tasks such as locating companies and conducting background checks.”

Challenges

  • Subscribed to LexisNexis Public Records for the following reasons:
    • Uncovers information that couldn’t be found otherwise
    • Provides ability to look across all 50 states with one search
    • Eliminates the need for multiple providers of public records information
    • Mines over 36 billion public records
    • Provides necessary info in one comprehensive report
    • Enables them to spend less time data gathering and more time analyzing/decision making
    • Connects people, businesses, locations and assets that other providers don’t
    • Integrates with legal, news and business research

Use Case

  • Uses LexisNexis Public Records for the following tasks:
    • Check for conflicts
    • Find a beneficiary
    • Vet potential vendors, business partners, or competitors
    • Track ownership of assets

Results

  • Trusts LexisNexis Public Records more than any other provider to investigate people and businesses for the following reasons:
    • Depth and breadth of public records data
    • Accuracy of search results
    • Completeness of search results
    • Timeliness of information
  • Is confident they’re searching the most comprehensive public records provider in the industry.

Shepard’s Case Study: Personal Injury Law Firm

“Shepard’s is a necessary part of my practice. Whether I cite case law in a letter to opposing counsel or in a motion for a Judge, I cannot sign either of these documents without first Shepardizing all the applicable case law that supports my position to ensure it is good law. It is also the first step I take when attacking opposing counsel’s arguments based on the case law they cite.”

“An example is when Shepard’s helped with my motion for summary judgment on liaiblity in a personal injury case – we won and Shepard’s helped us support our position with the best cases.”

Challenges

  • Solves the following challenges with Shepard’s:
    • Knowing that authorities are still good law
    • Finding additional authority to bolster arguments

Use Case

  • Is a law firm with 6 to 10 attorneys.
  • Uses Shepard’s in the following ways:
    • To ensure that cases & authorities are still good law
    • To find more sources to clarify the law & support cases
  • Leverages Shepard’s in the following ways:
    • Build support for cases
    • Find positive and negative analysis

Results

  • Shepard’s is differentiated from other citators in the following ways:
    • Total history & treatment analysis including both positive and negative treatments
    • Speed and performance in finding authorities relevant to research
  • Extremely dependent on Shepard’s to validate and research cases

Shepard’s Case Study: Solo Practitioner

“Shepard’s lets me quickly identify the continuing validity (or lack thereof) of key cases. It lets me see how key cases have been modified or used in a variety of contexts. This dramatically speeds up research compared to other searching.”

Challenges

  • Solves the following challenges with Shepard’s:
    • Knowing that authorities are still good law
    • Finding additional authority to bolster arguments
    • Reducing research costs

Use Case

  • Is a law firm with 1 attorney.
  • Uses Shepard’s in the following ways:
    • To ensure that cases & authorities are still good law
    • To identify any splits in authority and the impact cases
    • To find more sources to clarify the law & support cases
  • Leverages Shepard’s in the following ways:
    • Build support for cases
    • Access a broad number of sources to clarify the law

Results

  • Shepard’s is differentiated from other citators in the following ways:
    • Ability to identify a split in authority
    • Total history & treatment analysis including both positive and negative treatments
    • Speed and performance in finding authorities relevant to research
    • Trust and reliability
    • Ease of use
    • Accuracy
  • Feels that the value of Shepard’s to their research provides high ROI.
  • Extremely dependent on Shepard’s to validate and research cases.

Shepard’s Case Study: Four Attorney Law Firm

“Shepard’s is an integral part of my practice – I use it every day.”

Challenges

  • Solves the following challenges with Shepard’s:
    • Knowing that authorities are still good law
    • Improving productivity by streamlining & expediting research
    • Finding additional authority to bolster arguments
    • Ensuring pertinent legal info isn’t missing that could hurt cases
    • Reducing research costs

Use Case

  • Is a law firm with 2 to 5 attorneys.
  • Uses Shepard’s in the following ways:
    • To ensure that cases & authorities are still good law
    • To help formulate stronger arguments
    • To identify any splits in authority and the impact cases
    • To find more sources to clarify the law & support cases
  • Leverages Shepard’s in the following ways:
    • Build support for cases
    • Access a broad number of sources to clarify the law
    • Find positive and negative analysis
    • Save time on research and validation

Results

  • Shepard’s is differentiated from other citators in the following ways:
    • Total history & treatment analysis including both positive and negative treatments
    • Speed and performance in finding authorities relevant to research
    • Trust and reliability
    • Ease of use
  • Feels that the value of Shepard’s to their research provides extremely high ROI.
  • Extremely dependent on Shepard’s to validate and research cases.

LexisNexis Public Records Case Study: Global 500 Energy & Utilities Company

“LexisNexis saves our company time and resources.”

Challenges

  • Subscribed to LexisNexis Public Records for the following reasons:
    • Uncovers information that couldn’t be found otherwise
    • Provides ability to look across all 50 states with one search
    • Eliminates the need for multiple providers of public records information
    • Mines over 36 billion public records
    • Provides necessary info one comprehensive report
    • Enables them to spend less time data gathering and more time analyzing/decision making
    • Integrates with legal, news and business research

Use Case

  • Selected LexisNexis over the following vendors:
    • Westlaw public records offerings, including Westlaw PeopleMap
    • Bloomberg
    • Government websites

Results

  • LexisNexis Public Records is the source they trust most to investigate people and businesses.
  • Is confident they’re searching the most comprehensive public records provider in the industry.
  • Rated LexisNexis Public Records as differentiated when compared to the competition on these attributes:
    • Connections between people, businesses, locations and assets
    • Depth and breadth of public records
    • Accuracy of search results
    • Completeness of search results
    • Timeliness of information

LexisNexis Public Records Case Study: AmLaw 100 Law Firm

“If we didn’t have access to LexisNexis Public Records, it would be devastating!”

Challenges

  • Subscribed to LexisNexis Public Records for the following reasons:
    • Offers the most accurate information available
    • Provides ability to look across all 50 states with one search
    • Eliminates the need for multiple providers of public records information
    • Mines over 36 billion public records
    • Provides necessary info in one comprehensive report
    • Enables them to spend less time data gathering and more time analyzing/decision making

Use Case

  • Selected LexisNexis Public Records over Westlaw public records
  • Uses LexisNexis Public Records for the following tasks:
    • Find witnesses and parties to legal action
    • Research fact or expert witnesses

Results

  • LexisNexis Public Records is the source they trust most to investigate people and businesses.
  • Is confident they’re searching the most comprehensive public records provider in the industry when using LexisNexis Public Records.
  • Rated LexisNexis Public Records highly differentiated compared to the competition on these attributes:
    • Depth and breadth of public records
    • Accuracy of search results
    • Completeness of search results
    • Timeliness of information
    • Connections between people, businesses, locations and assets

LexisNexis Public Records Case Study: Four Attorney Law Firm

“If we didn’t have access to LexisNexis Public Records, it would take me a lot longer to locate people and the information I would find would not be as reliable.”

Challenges

  • Subscribed to LexisNexis Public Records for the following reasons:
    • Connects people, businesses, locations and assets that other providers don’t
    • Mines over 36 billion public records
    • Offers the most accurate information available
    • Provides ability to look across all 50 states with one search

Use Case

  • Uses LexisNexis Public Records for the following tasks:
    • Find witnesses and parties to legal action
    • Locate missing or hard-to-find people
    • Track ownership of assets

Results

  • LexisNexis Public Records is the source they trust most to investigate people and businesses.
  • Rated LexisNexis Public Records as highly differentiated compared to the competition on these attributes:
    • Connections between people, businesses, locations and assets
    • Depth and breadth of public records
    • Accuracy of search results
  • Is confident they’re searching the most comprehensive public records provider in the industry with LexisNexis Public Records.

LexisNexis Public Records Case Study: State Court

“If we didn’t have access to LexisNexis Public Records, it would be a big inconvenience and office paperwork would remain incomplete.”

Challenges

  • Subscribed to LexisNexis Public Records for the following reasons:
    • Uncovers information that couldn’t be found otherwise
    • Offers the most accurate information available
    • Provides ability to look across all 50 states with one search
    • Eliminates the need for multiple providers of public records information
    • Provides necessary info in one comprehensive report
    • Enables them to spend less time data gathering and more time analyzing/decision making

Use Case

  • Uses LexisNexis Public Records for the following tasks:
    • Locate missing or hard-to-find people
    • Find beneficiaries

Results

  • LexisNexis Public Records is the source they trust most to investigate people and businesses
  • Rated LexisNexis Public Records as highly differentiated compared to the competition on these attributes:
    • Connections between people, businesses, locations and assets
    • Accuracy of search results
    • Timeliness of information

LexisNexis Public Records Case Study: State Agency

“We primarily use LexisNexis Public Records to locate individuals that we cannot get hold of with the Address of Record on file with our office. LexisNexis has been valuable for this purpose.”

Challenges

  • Subscribed to LexisNexis Public Records for the following reasons:
    • Uncovers information that couldn’t be found otherwise
    • Provides necessary information in one comprehensive report

Use Case

  • Uses LexisNexis Public Records for the following tasks:
    • Locate missing or hard-to-find people
    • Locate associates, relatives and neighbors
    • Track ownership of assets

Results

  • Trusts LexisNexis Public Records more than any other provider to investigate people and businesses for the following reasons:
    • Depth and breadth of public records data
    • Completeness of search results
    • Timeliness of information
    • Connections between people, businesses, locations and assets

LexisNexis Public Records Case Study: State Government

“There have been many cases where I have searched for an important witness and I found them through LexisNexis when I had not been able to locate them elsewhere.”

Challenges

  • Subscribed to LexisNexis Public Records for the following reasons:
    • Uncovers information that couldn’t be found otherwise
    • Provides ability to look across all 50 states with one search
    • Eliminates the need for multiple providers of public records information
    • Mines over 36 billion public records
    • Provides necessary info in one comprehensive report
    • Enables them to spend less time data gathering and more time analyzing/decision making

Use Case

  • Uses LexisNexis Public Records for the following tasks:
    • Find witnesses and parties to legal action
    • Locate missing or hard-to-find people
    • Locate associates, relatives and neighbors

Results

  • Trusts LexisNexis Public Records more than any other provider to investigate people and businesses
  • Rated LexisNexis Public Records differentiated or highly differentiated compared to the competition on these attributes:
    • Connections between people, businesses, locations and assets
    • Depth and breadth of public records
    • Accuracy of search results
    • Completeness of search results
    • Timeliness of information



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