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Jury Verdicts and Settlements

If you need information relating to jury verdicts and settlements, this tip from the Monthly Tips from Customer Support on the LexisNexis Info Pro site will be of help to you.

Here's an excerpt:

LexisNexis® maintains several files which contain information relating to jury verdicts and settlements. These files contain information including whether there was a settlement or jury verdict, the amount of the settlement or award, the amount demanded during negotiations, the plaintiff, the defendant, the attorneys, the expert witnesses, the court, and summaries of the case. This information is extremely helpful to people looking to find out how much a particular injury is worth in any given jurisdiction.

There are several group files for jury verdicts and settlements, as well as regional and individual state files for most states. 

Read the full tip: Jury Verdicts and Settlements.

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New Middle East News Sources Now Available on LexisNexis

Six new Middle East news sources are now available on the LexisNexis service in English.

The titles include:

• Khaleej Times (United Arab Emirates)
• Gulf News (United Arab Emirates)
• 7 Days (United Arab Emirates)
• Cyprus Mail
• AKIpress News Agency (Kyrgyzstan)
• Pajhwok Afghan News English.

Restatements on LexisNexis

It's time for the monthly tip from LexisNexis Customer Support. This month that tip is about the American Law Institute Restatements.

The American Law Institute created the Restatements to summarize common law on a wide variety of topics. Restatements are secondary authority, but are given additional weight due to the number of times they are cited within judicial opinions. They are extremely useful to practitioners in helping to understand unfamiliar topics. LexisNexis carries Restatements on the following subjects:

• Agency
• Conflict of Laws
• Employment
• Foreign Relations
• Judgments
• Property
• Restitution
• Torts
• Trusts
• Unfair Competition

READ THE FULL MONTHLY TIP AND LEARN MORE ABOUT RESTATEMENTS ON LEXISNEXIS.

LexisNexis 50 State Surveys: An Overview

Have you heard about LexisNexis 50 State Surveys?

Currently lexis.com offers about 300 topical surveys—more are being added—and each topic covers all 50 states plus the District of Columbia and Guam.

• For convenient retrieval, the surveys are organized into 31 categories, including Consumer Law, Criminal Law, Health, Labor, Non-Profits, Privacy and Property.
• LexisNexis 50 State Surveys are available on the main lexis.com menu, under the LEGAL tab. Select the source and a list of categories displays automatically.
• To view the surveys available for a specific category, just click the green arrow next to the category title. Then select a survey link.
• Once you display a survey, you can click links to move to full-text statutes, regulations, court rules, etc.
• Download the survey—and still link to full-text documents. Once you download, you can also add text and customize the survey report.

Learn more by reading the full article on the LexisNexis Information Professional Update article by Elizabeth Cavendish.

Elsevier Full-Text Journals: New Total Tops 800

An additional 250 Elsevier journals have joined the collection* available through lexis.com. Get insights into highly complex technical and scientific issues for prior art research, medical malpractice—even for understanding environmental and economic theories—offered by the world’s pre-eminent experts.

You can’t find another full-text collection like it online any place else.

And find more than words. Embedded graphics such as charts and illustrations are included for review, download or print. Or link to a PDF** of the article you need—no additional search needed. Search for the concepts you need.

Get more details from this LexisNexis Info Pro Keeping Current article.

Recently Added News and Business Sources on LexisNexis

Here are some new sources that have been added recently on LexisNexis that you might want to know about.

41 New Blogs
LexisNexis continues to add influential blog content to its services. 41 new blogs join the existing collection of over 1,200 Newstex blogs (including their archives) and cover topics such as Computers & Technology, Entertainment & Media, Finance, Government & Politics, Medical & Health and Sports.

New Technology Tracking database
The Ci Technology Database (CiTDB) from Harte Hanks tracks technology installations, business demographics and key decision makers at more than 650,000 locations in 25 countries in North America, Latin America and Europe. The CiTDB provides users with a unique insight into their prospect's and client's technology buying cycle.

Datamonitor Financial Deals Tracker
This comprehensive database of global information on mergers and acquisitions, private equity-backed buyouts, venture capital investment, IPO's and private placements allows users to track competitors, identify investment opportunities and benchmark company values across multiple sectors.

Media & Marketing Polska
This Polish language publication covers the Polish media industry, including marketers, media insiders and advertising agencies. It also provides and analysis of the market sectors, info about brands and companies, advertising campaigns, people etc.

Mint
Mint is India's newest national business newspaper, from HT Media Ltd, published cooperation with The Wall Street Journal. It aims to connect India to the world and the world to India in terms of business, economy, regulation and policies.

New French Financial Services Industry Publications
Publi-News provides a wide coverage of the Banking, Insurance, Technology and Customer Loyalty sectors in France. Titles include:

• Assurances des Particuliers
• Banques des Entreprises
• Banques des Particuliers
• Banques des Professionnels
• Banques Hebdo
• Banques Ressources Humaines
• Cartes Mag
• eBanking & News Payments
• Electronic Banking News
• Payment System News
• Financement des Particuliers
• L'Observatoire des Produits Bancaires
• L'Observatoire des Produits d'Assurance
• La Lettre de la Fidélisation
• La Lettre du Conseil
• Point B@nque
• Systèmes de Paiement
• Technologies Bancaires
• Technologies et Assurances
• Guide Pratique des Progiciels Bancaires
• Sécurité Informatique

Federal Register - What is it? What's in it?

Some thoughts on the Federal Register...

One great source of federal administrative and executive information is the Federal Register. The Federal Register was created by the Federal Register Act of 1935 (49 Stat. 500) and is published daily by the Government Printing Office. Executive orders, administrative regulations and rules must be printed in the Federal Register to be legally effective. The Federal Register contains the following documents:

• Presidential documents including approved agency reorganization plans, presidential proclamations, executive orders, and other documents which the president deems important.
• Every document issued by an administrative authority which is considered to have general applicability and legal effect. This includes documents that set procedures or priorities; grant authority, privileges or rights; or impose an obligation on any particular group of individuals. Final and proposed rules and regulations fall within this classification.
• Any other document which an act of Congress requires to be published.
• Any other document which the Director of the Federal Register selects for publication.

To continue reading this article about the Federal Register from the LexisNexis Customer Support Knowledge Share, CLICK HERE.

Municipal Codes on LexisNexis

In an exciting move, LexisNexis has been able to work with numerous cities, municipalities, and villages to obtain the right to publish their local codes, statutes or ordinances (depending on the term that the location uses). These sources are currently scheduled for updates twice a year, but some municipalities are working to enable us to update their ordinances with greater frequency.

We currently have ordinances from 35 states, including Illinois, Florida, Georgia, Texas, California, Ohio, and Washington. The number of cities included for each state varies, and we are looking forward to adding more cities in the future.

To read more about Municipal Codes on LexisNexis in this article from the LexisNexis Customer Support Knowledge Share, CLICK HERE.

More Newstex Blogs, Please

Another 75 blogs have been added to the LexisNexis services, making a grand total of 1,100 individual blog titles. To see the list of newly added blogs, click here. To learn more about the award-winning Newstex blogs, check out this Government Info Pro post: LexisNexis®, Newstex Blogs On Demand™ Win SIIA 2007 Codie Award for Best Blog Aggregation Service.

All available Newstex blogs are in the Web Blogs group source (short name NEWS;BLOGS). To select, click News & Business tab > Combined Sources. Web Blogs are also part of most commonly used group sources. Plus Newstex blogs are also available in subject group sources, i.e.:

• Newstex Business Blogs (short name NEWS;NTXBUS)
• Newstex Financial Blogs (short name NEWS:NTXFIN)
• Newstex Government & Politics Blogs (short name NEWS;NTXG&P)
• Newstex Marketing Blogs (short name NEWS;NTXMKT)
• Newstex Media Blogs (short name NEWS;NTXMDA)
• Newstex Computers & Technology Blogs (short name NEWS;NTXCTC)
• Newstex Medical & Health Blogs (short name NEWS;NTXMDH)

[More Blogs Mean More Real-Time Insights, LexisNexis Information Professional Update, April 2007]

LexisNexis Brings You Even More Newstex Blogs

I am a big fan of good blogs and the value they can bring - if well selected - to the librarian, both in addressing aspects of their daily work and in their ongoing professional development. LexisNexis has the award-winning Newstex Blogs and they have recently added more than 100 blogs to their lineup. To learn more about these new additions, visit the August 2007 LexisNexis Information Professional Update and check out this article: More Than 100 Blogs Join the LexisNexis Newstex Line Up. To learn more about Newstex Blogs on LexisNexis check out this Federal Info Pro Post: LexisNexis®, Newstex Blogs On Demand™ Win SIIA 2007 Codie Award for Best Blog Aggregation Service.