Changing Litigation Settings

Litigation

Show Attorney links
Show Company links
Show Expert links
Show Law Firm links
Show Judge Links

If selected, references to validated content in documents and document summaries will link to profiles on Westlaw Profiler. Content includes attorneys, companies, experts, law firms, and judges (primary or secondary).

Setting are selected by default.

Notes:

• If you enable settings, accessing a profile is a billable transaction if you don't have a subscription to Westlaw Profiler.
• Links are inserted into documents during rendering, so enabling settings does not require reindexing.

Show Secondary Judge

When selected, shows the Include Secondary Judge References check box on advanced search pages beneath Judge–Primary. (Primary judges are identified in document captions. Secondary judges are referenced in the text of documents.) In addition, when the Show Secondary Judge option is selected, the Judge–Primary drop-down list and look-up control include names of secondary judges.

Note: For the Include Secondary Judge References check box to display, the judge field must also be selected to display at Setup, Field Display, Advanced Search Form, Litigation.

This setting is selected by default.

Show Search Terms in Result List (Litigation)

Determines whether the result list shows and highlights search terms in West km for Litigation. This setting affects result lists in both the West km and WestlawNext interfaces.

This setting is selected by default.

Number of Words to Display before and after Search Terms in Result List (Litigation)

When searching full text, indicates the amount of text (in number of words) to show before and after each search term in West km for Litigation.

Note: Surrounding text is not displayed beyond the boundaries of a paragraph, a table cell, or text that defines metadata for a title, attorney, law firm, governing law, or party.

For this setting to function, Show Search Terms in Result List must be selected.

The default value is 20.

Number of Search Term Hits to Display in a Result List (Litigation)

When searching full text or titles, indicates how many search term references to show in West km for Litigation.

For this setting to function, Show Search Terms in Result List must be selected.

The default setting is the first three search terms.

Terms and Connectors Search Result Sort Order (Litigation)

Determines the sort order for results from a full-text search using terms and connectors in West km for Litigation. (The sort order affects the West km and WestlawNext interfaces.)

The default value is Modified Date & Time.

Maximum Number of Search Terms to Highlight

Determines the maximum number of search terms that are highlighted in the document. Large documents with a search term that is present often may take a long time to load. Restricting the maximum number of search terms in such a case results in shorter document loading time.

The default value is 500.

Citing References

Display Mouseover Text for Flags

If selected, mouseover text is displayed when pointing to KeyCite status flags within the text of documents in the West km and WestlawNext interfaces.

This setting is selected by default.

Show West km Citing References Icon

If selected, KM icons are inserted after citations, indicating when a citation is referenced in indexed documents. This setting affects documents displayed in the West km and WestlawNext interfaces.

This setting is selected by default.

Show West km Citing References Icon in Clients

If selected, KM icons are inserted after citations, indicating when a citation is referenced in indexed documents. This setting affects BriefTools when KeyCite status flags are inserted. (For icons to be inserted with BriefTools, both Show West km Citing Ref Icon and Show West km Citing Ref Icon in Clients must be selected.)

This setting is selected by default.

Target for West km Citing References Icon in Clients

Defines the target interface of the KM icon when BriefTools is the source interface. Possible values are West km Intranet (the default) or Westlaw (WestlawNext).

Note: When the West km intranet or WestlawNext is the source interface, the icon's target automatically corresponds with the source.

Firm Citing Reference Threshold

Determines the number of indexed documents that must reference a citation before a KM icon is displayed after a citation. When there are more than n number of citing documents, the icon is displayed. For example, if the threshold value is 1, at least one other document must reference the citation in order for the icon to be displayed.

The default value is 1.

Depth of Treatment Settings

Category One
Category One Mininum
Category One Maximum

Category Two
Category Two Mininum
Category Two Maximum

Category Three
Category Three Mininum
Category Three Maximum

Category Four
Category Four Mininum
Category Four Maximum

Controls depth of treatment categories for citing documents. Modify these settings to change the depth of treatment categories.

KeyCite depth of treatment categories indicate the extent to which each of your organization's documents discusses a Westlaw document. The designation is based on the number of times your organization's document cites the Westlaw document.

The default settings for the depth of treatment categories are as follows:

Change the minimum and maximum settings to indicate the range of times your organization's document must cite the Westlaw document in order to belong to a particular depth of treatment category.