How to Stay Updated on Legal Developments

Stay updated on legal developments with vLex Library. Learn to use Alerts, Follow documents, and SmartTopics to monitor new cases and legislative changes.

Summary

Stay current on the legal topics that matter to you by using vLex Library's proactive tools. Use Alerts to monitor new documents, Follow specific documents for updates, and track broad areas of law with SmartTopics.

Why This is Important

The law is constantly changing. These tools transform vLex Library into a personalized monitoring service, ensuring you never miss a critical new judgment, legislative amendment, or development in your practice area, saving you from manual daily searches.

How to Stay Updated

Use Alerts for New Documents

Alerts notify you via email when new documents matching your search criteria are added to vLex.

  1. Run a search for a topic, party name, or keyword phrase.

  2. On the results page, click the Create alert (bell) icon.

  3. To manage your alerts, click the person icon in the top-right and select Manage your alerts.

Set up Alerts to get notified by email when new documents match your search.

Follow Documents for Specific Updates

Following notifies you of changes to an existing document, like a new journal issue or a filing in a docket.

  1. Open any document, journal, or docket you want to monitor.

  2. Click the Follow toggle at the top of the page.

  3. Updates will appear in your Personalised news tab on the Homepage.

Follow documents to stay updated on changes or new issues.

Use SmartTopics for Broad Areas of Law

SmartTopics are AI-curated collections of relevant content on a specific legal topic.

  1. Follow a SmartTopic by using the toggle on its results page or by selecting it in the Edit your vLex menu on your Homepage.

  2. New content related to that topic will appear in your Personalised news.

Use a combination of Alerts, Following, and SmartTopics to stay fully informed.

Control Your Notifications: In the Edit your vLex menu, you can opt-in to a daily or weekly email digest of all your followed content, giving you a single summary of all updates.

Best Practices & Pro Tips

  • Alerts vs. Following: Use Alerts for a search query (e.g., any new case mentioning "force majeure"). Use Follow for a specific document (e.g., updates to the "International Arbitration Journal").

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