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Also known as Lexis, LexisNexis Legal & Professional, Lexis Advance, Lexis Practice Advisor, CourtLink, CaseMap, nexis.com, CounselLink

LexisNexis is an American data analytics company headquartered in New York. Its products are various databases that are accessed through online portals, including portals for computer-assisted legal research (CALR), newspaper search, and consumer information. During the 1970s, LexisNexis began to make legal and journalistic documents more accessible electronically. the company had the world's largest electronic database for legal and public-records–related information. The company is a subsidiary of RELX.

Key facts

Company.logo
LexisNexis logo.svg
Company.type
Subsidiary
Company.location
Helmsley Building, New York City, New York, United States
Company.num_employees
10,000
Company.industry
Publishing, Information and analytics
Company.products
Case law, articles, publications, news, court documents, lawyer marketing, law practice management tools, media monitoring tools, supply management tools, sales intelligence solutions, and market intelligence tools
Company.parent
RELX

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

24 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Acquisitions
  • Matthew Bender
  • Data breach
  • Commercial products
  • LexisNexis Asia
  • LexisNexis UK
  • Butterworths
  • Other products
  • Criticism and cases
  • Illegal collection and sale of personal data
  • Immigration-related criticism
  • Allegations of surveilling pregnant women
  • Allegations of violating EU privacy legislation
  • Withdrawal from China
  • Violation of Daniel's Law
  • Privacy Class Action Lawsuit
  • Other privacy cases
  • Port scanning
  • Awards and recognition
  • See also
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

LexisNexis is an American data analytics company headquartered in New York. Its products are various databases that are accessed through online portals, including portals for computer-assisted legal research (CALR), newspaper search, and consumer information. During the 1970s, LexisNexis began to make legal and journalistic documents more accessible electronically. the company had the world's largest electronic database for legal and public-records–related information. The company is a subsidiary of RELX.

== History == thumb|upright|LexisNexis office in Markham, a suburb of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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