LexisNexis
Legal research platform
LexisNexis is a corporation providing legal, regulatory, and business research databases.
Law firms, journalists, and corporations use its services to search court records, news archives, and public records.
The attorney found the precedent on LexisNexis.
The name combines Lexis (its legal database) and Nexis (its news database), both launched in the 1970s.
Judge-made legal doctrine
- statutesFormally enacted laws
- precedentPrior authoritative example
- litigationLegal dispute process
- jurisprudencePhilosophy governing legal systems
legal briefs · court records · dockets · verdicts · citations · headnotes · annotations · trial records
News gathering and dissemination
- articlesWritten works or items
- headlinesArticle titles in newspapers
- press coverageReporting by journalists
- transcriptsWritten versions of speech
periodicals · wire services · editorial · investigative reporting · byline · correspondent · clippings · news aggregation
Corporation spanning many industries
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- subsidiaryOf lesser importance
- B2BEnterprise-to-enterprise commerce
- enterpriseCommercial undertaking or initiative
provider · information services · professional services · risk management · due diligence
Methodical expert investigation
- peer-reviewedEvaluated by field experts
- journalsPeriodicals or personal logs
- abstractsCondensed versions of documents
- citationsAcknowledged source mentions
literature review · university access · full-text search · research papers · interdisciplinary
Confirming someone's claimed self
- fraud preventionStopping dishonest financial activity
- background checksInvestigation of someone's past
- public recordsOfficially filed, publicly accessible documents
- insurance claimsDemands for policy compensation
case law
Judge-made legal doctrine
- statutesFormally enacted laws
- precedentPrior authoritative example
- litigationLegal dispute process
jurisprudence · legal briefs · court records · dockets · verdicts · citations · headnotes · annotations · trial records · appellate
journalism
News gathering and dissemination
- articlesWritten works or items
- headlinesArticle titles in newspapers
- press coverageReporting by journalists
transcripts · periodicals · wire services · editorial · investigative reporting · byline · correspondent · clippings · news aggregation · public records
conglomerate
Corporation spanning many industries
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- subsidiaryOf lesser importance
- B2BEnterprise-to-enterprise commerce
enterprise · provider · information services · professional services · risk management · due diligence
scholarly research
Methodical expert investigation
- peer-reviewedEvaluated by field experts
- journalsPeriodicals or personal logs
- abstractsCondensed versions of documents
citations · literature review · university access · full-text search · research papers · interdisciplinary
identity verification
Confirming someone's claimed self
- fraud preventionStopping dishonest financial activity
- background checksInvestigation of someone's past
- public recordsOfficially filed, publicly accessible documents
insurance claims · skip tracing · criminal records · risk assessment
LexisNexisopen access
Free public scholarly content
public library · Google Scholar · Wikipedia · public domain · Creative Commons