Chart Your Litigation Workflow & Discover How LexisNexis Litigation Solutions can help you succeed

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1 Solutions Chart Your Workflow & Discover How LexisNexis Solutions can help you succeed Only LexisNexis offers a truly integrated portfolio of litigation tools and research content that helps litigation teams: Organize and share vital case thinking with unprecedented ease and speed Achieve greater clarity early and throughout case development Conduct and better connect legal research, factual investigation and case analysis Gain greater control over discovery and rising discovery costs Inside! Review a step-by-step chart of litigators tasks and the LexisNexis resource you can use to enhance performance.

2 As you move through each phase of litigation, LexisNexis resources can help you save time and often budget as well as deliver the best possible work. For more details on each LexisNexis product featured, see the back page. ( tasks shown in gray denote steps managed solely by the litigation team.) The cost savings and utility of remote access to TextMap was so compelling that our firm to move from agreed LiveNote to TextMap Mark LeWinter, Shareholder, Anapol Schwartz Initial Client Contact lexis.com CaseMap TextMap TimeMap / Information provided to attorney Facts of case provided and organized 3 Internal firm conflicts check Information provided by attorney Emergency/time-sensitive issues addressed Legal case assessment (i.e., early case assessment) Preliminary thoughts, analysis about the case 3 3 Client background check, credit review 3 Intake Procedure Client intake & decision Intake form completed Initial total fee & cost estimate Draft engagement letter Appoint case manager if appropriate Case management framework established 3 Budget & Preliminary Analysis Preliminary fact investigation Preliminary legal research 3 3 Settlement options discussed 3 3 Initial Client Contact Intake Procedure Budget & Preliminary Analysis

3 Access the most thorough case-law research available 40 % more headnoted and Shepardized cases over the past 20 years than the nearest competitor. Case Planning - PROpose case plan/budget lexis.com CaseMap TextMap TimeMap / Case prognosis Key issues & events framed out 3 3 Staffing Budget aligned to requirements Periodic reporting on budget Media guidelines discussed with client Attorneys selected as official representation w/court Case tracking, notification, alerts 3 3 implementation of Case plan Further fact investigation 3 Outline preliminary case issues, arguments 3 3 Review documents available Interviews conducted w/immediate witnesses 3 Consider retention of experts, investigators, consultants 3 Revisit insurance issues 3 Background check on parties (find and organize) 3 3 Background check on judge 3 3 Background check on opposing counsel 3 3 Consider retrieving documents from the court 3 3 Further legal research (also see Preliminary research) Jurisdiction 3 Venue 3 Insurance coverage 3 Substantive law 3 Check local court rules 3 Notices & demands 3 Notices sent to insurance carriers 3 3 Notices sent to adverse party 3 3 Case Planning Propose Case Plan/Budget Implementation of Case Plan

4 LexisNexis offers a comprehensive collection of expert witness resources, including in-depth information on more than 220,000 expert witnesses. Implementation of Case Plan (continued) lexis.com CaseMap TextMap TimeMap / Demand for indemnity 3 3 Demand for arbitration 3 3 Exhaustion of administrative remedies 3 Service of process 3 3 Pleadings Practice, Initial Pleadings Plaintiff Consider case theme 3 3 Complaint created & filed 3 3 Considerations (extraordinary relief, jury trial) 3 Defense Removal & remand considered, drafted, filed 3 Answers drafted and filed 3 3 Preliminary motions (quash, venue) 3 3 Service of process 3 3 Retrieve documents from the court 3 3 Service between both parties initiated 3 3 Preliminary Motions Severance 3 3 Consolidation 3 3 Summary judgment (research, undisputed fact analysis) Motion to dismiss (on pleadings) 3 3 Service 3 3 Implementation of Case Plan (continued) Pleadings Practice, Initial Pleadings Preliminary Motions

5 By using CaseMap, I can review a case in four to six hours that might have taken me as much as 40 hours Mike Rogers, Ronin Consulting the old-fashioned way. Consultants & Experts Retained lexis.com CaseMap TextMap TimeMap / Search for consultants relevant to litigation 3 3 Research background/qualifications 3 Review expert witness testimony or statements Organize expert information Formal Discovery (Documents, Depositions, etc.) Discovery conference & discovery plan, time set Request for inspection & production of documents 3 3 Scan/OCR of paper documents 3 3 Discovery paper production 3 Electronic discovery production Discovery review (paper, electronic) Storage of discovery data Discovery consultants retained Interrogatories drafted 3 Medical records Request for admissions 3 Depositions Service of process 3 3 Retain court reporters, transcriptionist for depositions 3 Consultants & Experts Retained Formal Discovery (Documents, Depositions, etc.) FOIA requests Exchange of witness information Demands for inspection/examination 3 3 Settlement conference Mediation

6 Helping firms cut even the most daunting document collections down to process size, LAW PreDiscovery can pay for itself within 2 months. Responsive Discovery Tasks & Motions lexis.com CaseMap TextMap TimeMap / Immediately transmit discovery requests to client 3 Prepare/draft initial responses 3 Motion for extension or continuance 3 3 Objections 3 3 Motion to quash 3 3 Motion for protective order 3 3 Motion to compel 3 3 Prepare witnesses, experts for deposition 3 Review & send deposition transcripts Status Conference with Client Review case evidence, status, future course strategy Discuss budget to date Consider settlement, ADR PreTrial Pretrial motions 3 3 Summary judgment (automated motion analysis/creation) Judgment on pleadings 3 3 Severance 3 3 Consolidation 3 3 Coordination 3 3 Bifurcation 3 3 PreTrial Notices & Organization List of witnesses List of exhibits List of expert witnesses 3 3 Notice to appear at trial 3 Trial subpoenas & service of process 3 3 Responsive Discovery Tasks & Motions Status Conference with Client Pretrial Pretrial Notices & Organization

7 teams using Concordance have been able to reduce document review costs by as much as 50 %. Trial Preparation & Court Conferences lexis.com CaseMap TextMap TimeMap / Refine case theme Refine fact organization from above Complete deposition summaries Jury profiling 3 Prepare final jury instructions 3 Prepare voir dire & research 3 Prepare preliminary opening/closing arguments Prepare direct and cross-examination questions Prepare demonstrative evidence for trial 3 3 Consider mock trial for preparation Confer with jury consultants Consider trial presentation technology & consultants Trial Pleadings Motions in limine 3 3 Jury instructions 3 3 Submit proposed voir dire questions 3 3 Submit joint witness & exhibit lists 3 3 Submit verdict form 3 3 Trial Preparation & Court Conferences Trial Pleadings

8 Flexible and affordable, LexisNexis Hosted solutions have helped firms reduce large-volume data management costs by up to 30 %. Trial lexis.com CaseMap TextMap TimeMap / Motion in limine argued Voir dire 3 Opening statements 3 Defense motion for directed verdict 3 Plaintiff s case in chief 3 Defendant s case in chief 3 Rebuttal Timelines for trial created 3 Demonstrative evidence created Closing arguments 3 Motions for directed verdict 3 Jury deliberations Verdict (jury trial), decision (bench trial) post Trial/appeal Preparation & entry of judgment 3 3 Prepare & file memorandum of costs 3 3 Motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict 3 3 Motion for attorney fees 3 3 Motion for new trial, additur, remittitur 3 3 Notice & entry of judgment 3 3 Motion to stay execution of judgment 3 3 Document preservation for appeal Fact preservation for appeal 3 File appeal Trial Post Trial/Appeal

9 Services Exclusive LexisNexis Tools and Research Content Highlighted Inside content at lexis.com Tap into an exclusive combination of integrated legal research tools, including legal, news, business and public records resources. Sophisticated LexisNexis search technology even takes you beyond your search results with intelligent guidance on where to find more relevant information. CaseMap 8.5 Case-Management Software Harness the thinking and expertise of your litigation team, and manage facts, issues, key players even your critical research efficiently from a single location. CaseMap is the only tool that helps you assess and plan your cases, organize your team, and centralize all facts and issues for cases of every size. TextMap Transcript-Management Software Create a searchable database of electronic transcripts from case depositions, examinations and other proceedings. Import electronic transcripts in many different formats and then search, summarize, annotate and attach notes. Produce a host of practical, polished reports. And TextMap costs only a quarter the price of other transcript summary tools. TimeMap Timeline Software Transform vital litigation information into visual timelines for case analysis. No graphic expertise needed. You supply the facts from your court case, and TimeMap software automatically creates a time scale and positions fact flags along it. Expert Witness Resources Uncover an expert s potential biases, identify discrepancies in their testimony, compare biographical sources and more. With LexisNexis, you gain access to information on more than 220,000 expert witnesses, as well as over 1 million verdicts and settlements and 99,000 full-text transcripts no one else comes close. LAW PreDiscovery TM Combine production-level imaging and electronic discovery processing into one powerful, easy-to-use application. LAW PreDiscovery software keeps electronic information within your firewall, plus you can better manage the process and reduce discovery costs by de-duplicating data before review. Concordance Discovery-Management Software ware Control immense volumes of litigation documents scanned paper, and electronic documents. Concordance is one of the most effective, cost-efficient ways to manage litigation documents. Import, search and organize and all other types of litigation documents (even foreign-language documents). by LexisNexis Grow your litigation business while reducing risk to your firm. A wide range of flexible, affordable litigation-hosting options from LexisNexis lets you instantly increase the litigation capacity of your firm without large investments in infrastructure. Streamline delivery of court-filed and other litigation-related documents and improve access to important case information. gives you control to serve documents electronically using a secure, password-protected Web site. LexisNexis, lexis.com and the Knowledge Burst logo are registered trademarks and Shepardized is a trademark of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used under license. CaseMap, TextMap, TimeMap and Concordance are registered trademarks and FYI and PreDiscovery are trademarks of LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. LiveNote is a trademark of West Publishing Corporation LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. LO