Westlaw tip: Have you found a headnote that states the rule of law you want and you’d like to find more cases supporting that rule? Click on the “Most Cited Cases” link next to that headnote to run a search that will retrieve more cases.

(Provided by West Reference Attorneys)

Know everything about a case but its citation? Here’s a quick way to track it down: Click on the “Find & Print” link at the top of your screen and then the “Find a Case by Party Name” link on the left.

Enter the information that you have, and a list of matching cases will be displayed. Then you can just scroll down the list to find the appropriate case.

(Provided by West Reference Attorneys)

Instead of waiting for new lawsuits to hit the docket, wouldn’t it be great to hear about them as soon as the complaint is made available by the court?

Whether you need to protect an organization, defend the legal interests of a client or develop new business, you know how hard it can be to stay on top of new litigation that can pop up just about anywhere in the country.

By combining cutting-edge technology with some good old-fashioned shoe leather, Westlaw has developed a new service that can deliver relevant new litigation filings directly to your computer or smartphone, almost as soon as they’re filed.

Westlaw Court Wire accomplishes this with a team of staff editors who constantly monitor 136 key state and federal courts around the country. Thanks to their efforts, users can get daily email reports and continuous notification alerts on new complaints for search terms they select.

Scannable archives of past feeds are available via a Westlaw tab, and new case notifications link right into Westlaw, which means you can download copies of complaints and request notification of ongoing developments in specific matters.

If you’re looking for flexibility in determining which cases are reported to you – and how they’re distributed to others within your organization – Westlaw Court Wire could be the key. Check it out at west.thomson.com/courtwire.

Do you have a one-time research assignment and need to learn more about the topic? Westlaw has a tab that can help.

You can display a topical tab for one research session without having to save the tab. To try it, click on the “Add a Tab” link on the right-hand side of your Westlaw window. Click on “Add Westlaw Tabs,” scroll down to the topical tabs section and you will see tabs on topics ranging from Animals to Medical Malpractice to Public Utilities.

If you click the blue underlined name of the tab, it will display the tab for this research session and the tab will be removed when you log off. To keep the tab around, you can use the checkbox next to the tab’s name.

(Provided by West Reference Attorneys)

Westlaw tip: How popular can a name be if no one knows where to find it? Congress assigns many pieces of legislation a “popular name.” These may be as well known as the USA PATRIOT Act, or as obscure as the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Act of 2000.

Westlaw has useful tools to help you find where these acts have been codified. Go to the USCA database search screen and choose the “Pop. Name Table” link in the upper right-hand corner. Then select the letter your act starts with and scroll down, clicking to the next part if necessary.

When you click the name of the act, a table will display showing where the sections of the act were codified. It also shows the Public Law number, which you can use to do a Find of the entire act.

(Provided by West Reference Attorneys)

Do you have a one-time research assignment and need to learn more about the topic? Westlaw has a tab that can help.

You can display a topical tab for one research session without having to save the tab. To try it, click on the “Add a Tab” link on the right-hand side of your Westlaw window. Click on “Add Westlaw Tabs,” scroll down to the topical tabs section and you will see tabs on topics ranging from Animals to Medical Malpractice to Public Utilities.

If you click the blue underlined name of the tab, it will display the tab for this research session and the tab will be removed when you log off. To keep the tab around, you can use the checkbox next to the tab’s name.

(Provided by West Reference Attorneys)

From the West eLearning Center’s Webinar Series for Legal Experts, here are the slides for “The Benefits of Terms & Connectors” sessions conducted June 28th, 29th and 30th, 2010:

Q&A: Read all the answers to all the questions from this Webinar series.

From the West eLearning Center’s Webinar Series for Legal Experts, here are the slides for “II always wished Westlaw could… (and how WestlawNext Can)” sessions conducted June 14h, 15th and 17th, 2010:

Q&A: Read all the answers to all the questions from this Webinar series.

Is your printer ready to break after printing 538 pages of annotations? Removing annotations from statutes is one click away.

After clicking on the “Print” or “Email” button, check off the “Statutory Text Only” option. If you want to get rid of the annotations on your screen, you can use the Tools menu in the lower right-hand portion of the screen to choose the “Limit by Fields” option and click the Go button. Check the box next to Substantive-Doc and press OK. The annotations will now be removed from your screen display. Printing from this display will work, too.

(Provided by West Reference Attorneys)

You’ve been using Westlaw for years. You’ve collected enough time-saving shortcuts and nifty little tricks to write a book. And you have questions about WestlawNext.

Our upcoming WestlawNext expert webinar series is your chance to get answers to your questions. Starting next week, We’ll answer the most frequently asked questions we’ve gotten about WestlawNext, then give you a chance to ask your own.

Each 30-minute live webinar will include a 20-minute instructional session and 10 minutes for the instructor to field your questions. And if that isn’t exciting enough, one person from each of the six sessions will win a new Apple iPad just for attending!

This webinar takes a quick look at how WestlawNext does many of the things power researchers told us they wished Westlaw could do.

Find out how power researchers can still use Boolean Terms & Connectors within the WestlawNext platform and get more relevant, inclusive results.