Jenner & Block Relationship Strengthened

LexisNexis® Martindale-Hubbell® Strengthens Relationship with Jenner & Block

New Providence, N.J. - Press Release - November 2, 2005 - LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell, the leading provider of client development solutions for the legal profession, has been engaged by national legal powerhouse, Jenner & Block LLP to provide a wide range of opportunities for the firm to provide its proprietary content to clients and prospects through an ever expanding number of targeted channels.

The expanded engagement includes a significantly broadened presence for Jenner & Block attorneys in the renowned Martindale-Hubbell attorney database, the ability to publish articles by Jenner & Block attorneys in the Legal Articles database at martindale.com, a profile of the firm's various practice and industry groups, and a profile of Jenner & Block's commitment to workforce diversity in the firm.

Media Contacts: Daryn Teague for Teague Communications (661) 297-5292 dteague@teaguecommunications.com

"We're delighted to expand our partnership with Martindale-Hubbell in order to make sure that our firm's capabilities and our attorneys' specific areas of legal expertise are more effectively communicated to clients and potential clients around the world," said Theresa Jaffe, Chief Marketing Officer of Jenner & Block. "The lawyers at Jenner & Block are widely recognized for bringing powerful, cutting edge legal content and acumen to the industry. We must be exceptionally careful in evaluating the distribution channels in which we choose to participate. Martindale-Hubbell has established a stellar reputation in the industry for providing innovative, thoughtful and content rich products and services to the marketplace. We believe an expanded relationship with Martindale-Hubbell is a natural fit."

LexisNexis offers its customers a comprehensive client development solution comprised of a number of leading products and services including the Martindale-Hubbell global legal network and Web sites, news and business information via lexis.com, LexisNexis InterAction and LexisNexis Market Intelligence.

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About LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell

LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell (www.martindale.com) is the leading client development company for the legal profession, partnering with its law firm customers to meet their practice development goals. The company offers opportunities to speak at industry conferences, publish legal articles and showcase expertise through a wide range of online products. The Martindale-Hubbell database of more than 1 million lawyers and law firms, accessible at www.martindale.com and www.lawyers.com, is the number-one lawyer directory on the Internet (as measured by Nielsen//NetRatings). The company provides lawyers, business executives and consumers with detailed information to help them identify, evaluate and select legal counsel.

About LexisNexis

LexisNexis® (http://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.reed-elsevier.com), the company does business in 100 countries with 13,000 employees worldwide. In addition to its flagship Web-based Lexis® and Nexis® research services, the company includes some of the world's most respected legal publishers such as Martindale-Hubbell, Matthew Bender, Butterworths, JurisClasseur, Abeledo-Perrot and Orac.

About Jenner & Block LLP

Jenner & Block LLP (www.jenner.com) is a national law firm headquartered in Chicago. Founded in 1914, the Firm has over 400 lawyers offering experience in virtually every area of the law. Jenner & Block's clients include industrial, commercial, telecommunications, research and development, technology, and utility companies, as well as financial and service enterprises. In the public sector, the Firm represents a variety of state and local governmental entities. Jenner & Block's reputation as one of the country's most successful law firms has been established by consistently delivering excellent legal counsel to clients in the boardroom and in the courtroom, from the trial level through the United States Supreme Court. Jenner & Block is an Illinois Limited Liability Partnership including professional corporations.