By: Karen Hay The foundation of accurate legal research is ensuring that your citations are good law. Citing outdated, overruled or irrelevant cases not only weakens your credibility and undermines your persuasiveness. It can also be a costly mistake for both...
We sat down with Alison Manchester, Vice President of Product Management, and Huiling Chen, Principal Product Manager, on the LexisNexis® Shepard’s® team to learn more about the history of Shepard’s C itation Service, how Lexis® provides...
The law is fluid, changing over time with new rulings and precedents. The following case study demonstrates how attorneys are using Shepard’s ® Citator to quickly see how the new Supreme Court ruling regarding the Federal Arbitration Act will impact their...
Whether from a judge or supervising attorney, for years attorneys have heard: “Did you Shepardize ® that case?” Shepard’s ® , of course, refers to the Lexis Shepard’s Citation Service. Shepardizing is a critical step in any attorney’s...
If you're an attorney, you've probably heard the phrase, "Did you Shepardize ® ?” As the premier citator, Shepard's ® Citation Service is one of the most well-respected tools in the legal industry. Much like Xerox, it has become the...
This post was originally published in September 2020 and was updated in April 2023. When it comes to being efficient with time and resources, litigators from small law firms must generally be a bit more adaptive than those from larger firms. For this reason,...
This post was originally published in May 2020 and updated in April 2023. Remember those comic book superheroes with X-ray vision? Well, the Lexis service doesn’t give you capabilities that powerful (yet!), but it does have some handy online legal research...
This post was originally published in January 2020 and was updated in March 2023. When citing a case to point to precedent in your favor, relying on good law is critically important. That’s what makes Shepard’s ® Citations Service so valuable...