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1967 -
Ohio Bar Automated Research Corp (OBAR) is formed
to market a "free-text" retrieval system for the legal
profession developed locally by Data Corp in Dayton.
For a fee, attorneys could receive print-outs of material
through the bar association in a matter of hours.
1968 -
Mead Corp. purchases Data Corp. for $6 million.
1970 -
Mead Corp. spins off the legal research business into
a separate division, Mead Data Central.
1971 -
Lawyers are able to directly access OBAR in their
offices.
1971
- KWIC¨ format is introduced to highlight search words
in context and the CITE format is launched to help
users find cases in their published form. LEXIS¨-NEXIS¨
triples the speed of phone communications by starting
its own network to New York and Washington D.C., a
system that would later evolve into LEXNET, which
today serves more than 60 cities in North America.
April 1973 -
LEXIS¨-NEXIS¨ launches the world's first commercial
online legal research service, calling its fledgling
database the LEXIS¨ service. The first computer-assisted
legal research service is unique in that it offers
full-text and is interactive.
1975 -
LEXIS¨ offers service free to law school students.
1979
- LEXIS¨-NEXIS¨ introduces UBIQ¨ terminal, a compact
data communications terminal that eliminates the desk-sized
console of the past; and Auto-Cite ¨ citation service.
With the advent of the PC, the last UBIQ¨ was recalled
in 1996.
1979 -
LEXIS¨-NEXIS¨ signs joint marketing agreement with
IBM to provide access to LEXIS¨-NEXIS¨ via several
IBM data terminals and its personal computer. LEXIS¨-NEXIS¨
users can tap into the service from the desktop PCs
for the first time.
1980 -
Case law from all 50 states online is accomplished.
1985-86 -
LEXIS¨-NEXIS¨ launches a Membership Group program
to enlist the support of state and local bar associations
to help it provide access to LEXIS¨ for sole practitioners
and small law firms.
1987 -
LEXIS¨-NEXIS¨ acquires the MICHIETM Corp., a sole
provider of statutes for numerous states.
1994
- Mead Corp. sells LEXIS¨-NEXIS¨ to Reed Elsevier
plc group and company name is changed to LEXIS¨-NEXIS¨.
1996 -
LEXIS¨-NEXIS¨ moves to the World Wide Web as a distribution
channel for its premium, branded information products.
1996
- Company places Martindale-Hubbell directory of lawyer
biographies on the Web at martindale.com.
1996 -
The new LEXIS¨-NEXIS¨ Office system is offered enabling
attorneys to access the Internet. It also simplifies
searching the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory and
has integrated software that permits quick creation
of legal documents.
1997
- Company launches lexis.com, the first comprehensive
Web-based legal research system available.
1997
- Web version of the Shepard's citation service is
launched.
1998
- Company launches lawyers.com, a "yellow-pages" version
of the Martindale-Hubbell law directory aimed at consumers
and small businesses.
1998
- Reed Elsevier announces acquisition of legal publisher
Matthew Bender & Co., and the remaining 50 percent
interest in the Shepard's Company that it does not
already own.
1999 -
LEXIS¨-NEXIS¨ announces the creation of LEXIS PublishingTM,
consisting of five leading legal research brands:
LEXIS¨-NEXIS¨ (online research), Shepard's¨ (citations),
Matthew Bender¨ (treatises), Martindale-Hubbell¨ (legal
reference), and MICHIETM (indexed and annotated statutes).
2000 -
lexisONE is launched, offering five years of free
caselaw, 1,100 free legal forms and an Internet Legal
Guide with links to 16,000 law-related sites. The
site serves the practice, business and lifestyle needs
of attorneys in solo and small-law practices.
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