You may not realize it, but your Lexis news search isn't picking up some of the most popular legal newspapers, such as the National Law Journal, Legal Times and American Lawyer, because all ALM publications are available exclusively on Westlaw as of May 1st.
It appears that the ALM content was removed from Lexis sometime last week, approximately April 27th, potentially leaving researchers with holes in their search results that they didn't anticipate and may not even be aware of. While Westlaw has been touting their new advantage on the Westlaw login screen, Lexis has been very quiet on the topic. News content isn't the only thing effected. Jury verdict information for selected states such as California has disappeared; searchers of the group jury verdicts file may not realize that California is no longer represented in the results.
According to the Westlaw press release:
Specific material from ALM to be offered exclusively on Westlaw includes the full content of ALM magazines, state and national newspapers, including The American Lawyer®, The National Law Journal®, Corporate Counsel®, New York Law Journal® and Legal Times®, as well as all newsletters, jury verdict and expert witness databases, books and case collections, ALM directories, and settlement data and publications.
As always, the content provided by companies that aggregate third party news sources is a moving target. Unfortunately sometimes things can move so fast, you may get left in the lurch!
This announcement scared a few people in our area, b ut, the good news (for those in PA) is that palawlibrary.com will still have PA specific ALM products (D&C Reports, The Legal Intelligencer and PA Law Weekly).