LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell to Be Exclusive Third-Party Provider of Lawyer Directory on Law.com

Business Wire, July 15, 2004

NEW PROVIDENCE, N.J. -- LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell, the leading client development company for the legal profession, has signed an agreement with American Lawyer Media (ALM), the nation's premier source of news and information for the legal industry, in which the Martindale.com Lawyer Locator will serve as the exclusive third-party lawyer directory available on ALM's Law.com Web site. Law.com is the leading provider of legal news and information on the Web.

Under terms of the agreement, the Martindale-Hubbell search box will be displayed on the Law.com homepage, as well as placed on select pages throughout the site. Law.com visitors will be able to conduct attorney searches with one-click access to the renowned Martindale-Hubbell database of more than 1 million lawyers and law firms.

In addition to the placement of Martindale-Hubbell's attorney directory, Law.com will also create new links from each law firm's name in select ALM "Firm Rankings" lists (e.g., AmLaw 100, Global 100, NLJ Top 250, Who Represents Corporate America) to that firm's Martindale-Hubbell profile. When readers of these lists click on a specific firm's name, they will instantly receive the firm's biographical listing from martindale.com.

"Law.com continues to be a popular destination for corporate counsel and other legal professionals who are seeking information about lawyers and law firms on the Web," said Michael Gibeault, vice president of ratings and strategic relations for New Providence, N.J.-based LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell. "This agreement allows us to further extend our database into the hands of these individuals who are reviewing the credentials of lawyers and buying legal services on a daily basis."

About LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell

LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell is the leading client development company for the legal profession and is the number-one resource for information about lawyers and law firms worldwide, consulted daily by lawyers, business executives and consumers. With more than 4 million searches per month, this unrivaled network connects lawyers and law firms with their clients and potential clients, facilitates communication between members of the legal profession, and makes available a wide range of biographical information and professional credentials regarding attorneys in private, corporate and government practice. It is powered by a database of more than 1 million lawyers and law firms around the world.

Martindale-Hubbell is also the leading provider of Web sites for lawyers and has recently announced a number of new products and services to facilitate client development initiatives for lawyers and law firms. These client development vehicles include opportunities to publish articles on the Web and in respected industry newsletters, invitations to speak at highly regarded professional conferences, and new products designed to market law firm practice area and industry groups. LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell is part of the LexisNexis Group, a member of the Reed Elsevier Group plc. For more information, visit www.martindale.com.

About LexisNexis

LexisNexis (www.lexisnexis.com) is a leader in comprehensive and authoritative legal, news and business information and tailored applications. A member of Reed Elsevier Group plc (NYSE:ENL) (NYSE:RUK) (www.reedelsevier.com), the company does business in 100 countries with 13,000 employees worldwide. In addition to its flagship Web-based research service, LexisNexis, the company includes some of the world's most respected legal publishers such as Martindale-Hubbell, Matthew Bender, Butterworths, Les Editions du Juris-Classeur, Abeledo-Perrot and Orac.

About American Lawyer Media

Headquartered in New York City, ALM is a leading integrated media company, focused on the legal industry. ALM currently owns and publishes 27 national and regional legal magazines and newspapers, including The American Lawyer(R) and The National Law Journal(R). ALM's law.com(R) is the Web's leading legal news and information network. ALM's other businesses include book, custom and newsletter publishing, court verdict and settlement reporting, production of legal trade shows and conferences, educational seminars and distribution of content related to the legal industry. ALM was formed by U.S. Equity Partners, L.P., a private equity fund sponsored by Wasserstein & Co., LP. More information on ALM, its business and services is available on the Web at www.americanlawyermedia.com.