HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemo - Office of the City Attorney 10/13/11CITY OF MIAMI '/
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY
MEMORANDUM
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Common
FROM: Julie O. Bru, City Attorney
DATE: September 29, 2011
RE: Proposed Resolution for City Commission Meeting — October 13, 2011
LexisNexis Legal Research services for the Office of the City Attorney
File Number: 11-00692
Attached is a proposed Resolution for LexisNexis on-line legal research services for the
Office of the City Attorney.
The LexisNexis ("Lexis") proposed rate, for the three (3) years, is significantly lower
than the proposed renewal rates of our current provider, Westlaw. Although the Lexis
agreement is for three (3) years the City may cancel at any time through the "funding out
clause", or if Lexis increases any fees on the annual anniversary dates of the contract. At the
end of the three (3) year contract the total cost savings to the Office of the City Attorney will be
$110,736.00 as compared to the previous agreement with Westlaw.
The Lexis software integrates with Microsoft Office Word and Outlook. From within
Word and Outlook any cited cases may be easily extracted from Lexis without having to leave
either the Word or Outlook application. The Lexis software also integrates with the document
management and time tracking system (Prolaw).
Enclosure(s)
Doc. No.: 288941