Robert Ambrogi, on his Law Sites blog yesterday, noted that “Lex Machina has expanded analytics from IP into Security Law,” with other areas to debut in Sept. “Ever since its acquisition by LexisNexis, Lex Machina has planned to use LexisNexis’ extensive collection of federal and state docket data to expand into other practice areas, starting with federal practice areas,” he writes.

“ ‘The whole theory of the acquisition was to enable us to get access to the LexisNexis documents,’ Owen Byrd, Lex Machina’s chief evangelist and general counsel, told me last week,” wrote Ambrogi. “Rolling out securities is our proof point that the acquisition made sense and that it can accelerate our vision of bringing analytics to all practice areas.”

Read more here.  Hat tip: PinHawk Librarian News Digest

• Congrats to Dr. Carla Hayden, who has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate to be the 14th Librarian of Congress. She is the first woman and first African-American to take the position, reports Jean O’Grady in her Dewey B Strategic blog. She also served as past president of the American Library Association.

(And a shout out to the American Association of Law Libraries, which just wrapped up its annual meeting in Chicago.)

• Nicole Steffgen wants you to know about Germany-based Beamium. It’s “an online platform to share and present PDF documents live,” she said. “No software, no add-on or registration required. Simple and straightforward: upload, share your ID and present in a question of seconds from browser to browser. Possibility to enable downloads afterwards. Efficient and safe information sharing.” Check it out here.  Email: nicole.steffgen@beamium.com.

• Rocket Lawyer is hosting its second annual Casino Night Thursday, Aug. 4 in its S.F. office, to benefit BayLegal (no relation : )  It supports “fairness in the civil justice system for the most venerable members of our community. “BayLegal provides free legal services in housing preservation, consumer protection and healthcare access.”Location: 101 2nd St., 4th floor, SF, CA 94105.  RSVP for tickets  $20 advance, $25 at the door). If you can’t come, why not send a check!

Monica Bay is a fellow at CodeX and co-host of Law Technology Now (with Robert Ambrogi) on the Legal Talk Network. Twitter: @Monica Bay. 

If you have news of interest to the CodeX community, ping me at mbay@codex.stanford.edu.

Hayden photo: courtesy American Library Association.
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