Archive for November, 2008

A recent press release issued by Practising Law Institute and Knowledge Mosaic LLC  describes PLI-XChange in more detail than PLI’s recent press release (see Practising Law Institute (PLI) Announces PLI-XChange) about the same service.  In this press release PLI announces it’s partnership with Knowledge Mosaic in that their content will be used by PLI to support student [...]

The November issue of VIP Magazine published by Free Pint LImited includes a review, The Big Three Revisited, of the news products from Dialog, Dow Jones and LexisNexis.  The annual report written by Pam Foster and Jill Fenton includes a the product review of NewsRoom, Factiva and Nexis along with a user survey.  The press release describes the [...]

Late last week, LexisNexis announced the acquisition of IDEX, a provider of expert witness content to the legal market.  Started in 1984, IDEX began as a collaborative network of insurance companies, law firms and self insured corporation that contributed to a central database of experts.  Today it the network has grown to 4,600 member organizations with a [...]