Lexum Lab – Lexum’s R&D unit – currently conducts several projects in the fields of text analysis, information retrieval, metadata extraction, document enhancement, and classification. We use machine learning and deep learning techniques on the millions of documents available on the Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII) website. Our approach provides versatile solutions... Read more
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Improving Publishing without Disrupting how you Operate
Ten years ago, organizations looking to improve online access to their legal material were faced with the requirement to either adopt a generic product designed for non-legal documents, or to invest heavily in a bespoke solution. Many such legacy solutions are still in place today, although they have become somewhat outdated. Legal research is more […] Read more
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The Federal Courts Reports Website Upgraded with Decisia
We are happy to announce that the Federal Courts Reports website recently adopted Decisia. The Federal Courts Reports (FCR) are published by the Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs Canada (FJA). Their website makes reported judgments, digests, and information on appeals from the Federal Court of Appeal and the Federal Court openly available […] Read more
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Quebec’s Commission d’accès à l’information adopts Decisia to upgrade its Website
The Commission d’accès à l’information (CAI) of Quebec selected Decisia to enhance the publishing of decisions on its website. The Commission reviews decisions of public organizations in response to requests from individuals who have been denied access to an administrative document or to their personal information. Except in certain situations, these judgments are public information […] Read more
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Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario Adopts Qweri
Lexum is thrilled to announce that the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) has chosen Qweri to enhance their online services. The ETFO has been advocating for teachers and education professionals since 1998 and is considered Canada’s largest education union. With over 81,000 members, the ETFO provides publications to its members through position papers and […] Read more
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Decisia 5.0 – New Improvements in Publishing and Search Features
Lexum is pleased to announce its latest version of Decisia: Decisia 5.0. Here’s what’s new: Creation of a Bridge between Decisia and Qweri Qweri (https://lexum.com/en/products/qweri/) is Lexum’s document viewer. This software specializes in viewing and navigating large documents, such as the Court Reports. Decisia 5.0 makes it possible to configure a bridge between Decisia and […] Read more
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Using Lexbox with CanLII and the SCC Judgments Website with any Browser
Lexbox is not only available via a Google Chrome extension. It is also directly available to users of CanLII and the SCC Judgments Website. Here’s a short help guide on using Lexbox with any browser: Signing on 1 – You can sign into Lexbox from (1) the SCC judgments website (https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/en/nav.do) or (2) CanLII (https://www.canlii.org/) using any […] Read more
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Qweri 2.0 – Notifications, Improved Language Management & Metadata Fields
Lexum is pleased to announce its latest version of Qweri: Qweri 2.0. Here’s what’s new: Notifications when Documents are Ready Qweri 2.0 makes publishing your documents even easier. You can now select the option “Send an email at the end of the processing” to be notified when Qweri has completed the upload of your document. […] Read more
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The Cayman Islands Judicial Administration Selects Decisia to Upgrade its Judicial & Legal Information Website
Lexum is proud to announce that Decisia has been selected for the online publishing of the Cayman Islands Law Reports (CILR) as well as the unreported judgments of the Cayman Islands judiciary. Decisia will be seamlessly integrated to the Cayman Islands Judicial & Legal Information Website and provide subscribers with improved navigation and search in […] Read more
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The Full Series of Canada Supreme Court Reports is Now Available via Qweri
In addition to all decisions of the Court, the ‘decisions’ section of the website of the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) now includes the entire series of the Canada Supreme Court Reports (SCR) from 1877 to 2017. Complete reports were previously available from 2013 onward. The scanned reports are published using Lexum’s Qweri solution, although […] Read more