16 Facts About LexisNexis

LexisNexis is a corporation that sells data analytics products and various databases that are accessed through online portals, including portals for computer-assisted legal research, newspaper search, and consumer information.

LexisNexis story begins in western Pennsylvania in 1956, when attorney John Horty began to explore the use of CALR technology in support of his work on comparative hospital law at the University of Pittsburgh Health Law Center.

LexisNexis coined a new name, LEXIS, from “lex, ” the Latin word for law, and “IS” for “information service.

The US state of Illinois subsequently audited Mead's income tax returns and charged Mead an additional $4 million in income tax and penalties for the sale of LexisNexis; Mead paid the tax under protest, then sued for a refund in an Illinois state court.

In 1997, LexisNexis acquired 52 legal titles owned by the Thomson Corporation.

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In February 2020, LexisNexis transitioned its database services to the Amazon Web Services cloud architecture, and shut down its legacy mainframes and servers.

In 2002, LexisNexis acquired the Ohio legal publisher Anderson Publishing.

In 2004, Reed Elsevier Group, parent company of LexisNexis, purchased Seisint, Inc, from founder Michael Brauser of Boca Raton, Florida.

On March 9,2005, LexisNexis announced the possible theft of personal information of some Seisint users.

LexisNexis became recognized for providing guidance and analysis to the banking industry.

In May 2022, LexisNexis acquired the behavioural biometrics technology provider, BehavioSec for an undisclosed sum.

LexisNexis services are delivered via two websites that require separate paid subscriptions.

Previously, LexisNexis had a stripped-down free version but this has been discontinuedand replaced by Lexis Communities, which provides news and blogs across a variety of legal areas.

In France, the UK and Australia, LexisNexis publishes books, magazines and journals, both in hard copy and online.

LexisNexis was a pupil at King Henry VIII School, Coventry.

LexisNexis produces a range of software, services and products which are designed to support the practice of the legal profession.