CaseSoft Changes Hands

Posted by Daly de Gagne
May 24, 2006 at 12:17 AM

CaseSoft, developers of NoteMap, a single pane outliner, has changed hands, and is now part of LexisNexis. From the LN website: “LexisNexis® is a leading provider of information and services solutions, including its flagship Web-based Lexis® and Nexis® research services, to a wide range of professionals in the legal, risk management, corporate, government, law enforcement, accounting and academic markets.

I wonder what this means for NoteMap, and whether under new management it will be dropped from the product line. I recall that several months ago on Outliners.com there was discussion about NoteMap, and a comment from a company staffer to the effect that it was not really producing its share of the revenue pie.

The following comes from CaseSoft’s latest newsletter:
We’re Now Part of the LexisNexis Family of Products!

This past Tuesday the 16th, CaseSoft® became part of the LexisNexis Family of Products. You’ve of course heard of Win-Win situations. Well, we believe the LexisNexis acquisition of CaseSoft is a Win-Win-Win situation.

* Win One: It’s a winner for us at CaseSoft. Everyone on the CaseSoft staff is becoming part of the LexisNexis Litigation Services organization. We’re getting great benefits, great career opportunities, and the chance to be involved with a much wider set of litigation tools and services. The acquisition certainly also confirms our vision of the importance of fact analysis and provides the way to leverage that vision.
* Win Two: It’s a winner for LexisNexis. They get a great new team, our rock solid products, and our wonderful clients. Our CaseMap fact analysis tool is going to become the glue that ties together a host of LexisNexis tools and content offerings.
* Win Three: Finally, and certainly most importantly, the acquisition of CaseSoft is a winner for our clients. You’re going to get our tools and support as backed up and enhanced by LexisNexis’ wide array of litigation products, services and resources, including the recently launched LexisNexis® Total Litigator platform.

Okay, so what’s Changing?

* Again, we’re becoming part of the LexisNexis® Litigation Services team. We’re excited to be part of the strategy LexisNexis has put in place to serve the litigation market by providing solutions that give our customers strategic insight and greater control throughout the entire litigation process.
* We’re being asked to contribute to brainstorming on LexisNexis® litigation tools and services.
* We’re receiving additional development resources so we’ll be able to speed up work on some very cool new enhancements to our tools and also on additional integrations with other products, including LexisNexis offerings like LexisNexis® Total Litigator and Applied Discovery®.
* The CaseSoft trade name may eventually sail into the sunset (not CaseMap®, TimeMap®, et. al. ... just the company name).

And what’s not changing?

* Our staff isn’t changing. Everyone on the CaseSoft team is becoming a LexisNexis litigation services staff member. Key CaseSoft staff members are becoming important players in the LexisNexis Litigation Services organization.

* Our commitment to fantastic client support and training isn’t changing. All support and training will remain exactly as it has been.
* Our passion for innovation isn’t changing. For example, CaseMap® 6 and our new PDF Bates Stamper tool are being released very, very soon.
* Our integration with other fine products won’t change. Being part of LexisNexis Litigation Services won’t change the fact we link with dozens of other tools, primarily developed by companies other than LexisNexis. In fact, new integrations with several more tools/companies are currently in development.
* Our offices won’t change. You’re still welcome (encouraged!!) to visit us anytime in sunny Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.

Obviously, we don’t know everything yet about how the integration will work. But we do know that we are going to work really hard to make this exciting relationship a winner from your standpoint.

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Daly