Abstract: The present disclosure is directed towards systems and methods for facilitating regulatory compliance, which comprises receiving a signal related to at least one topic and associating the at least one topic with a predefined theme. The systems and methods of the present disclosure then use the predefined theme to associate the at least one topic with an entity and subsequently associate the at least one predefined theme with a set of predefined workflow tasks. A regulatory workflow routine is created by aligning at least two predefined workflow tasks in an order, said at least two predefined workflow tasks selected from the set of predefined workflow tasks and the regulatory workflow routine is executed by the central server.

Abstract: Many companies provide online search facilities that enable users to conduct computerized searches for documents. Unfortunately, these searches frequently provide results that include duplicate documents—that is, documents that are completely or substantially identical to each other. This problem is particularly vexing when searching news stories, for example. Moreover, the duplicate documents are intermixed in the search results, leaving users to manually manage the complexities of identifying and/or filtering them. Accordingly, the present inventors devised systems, methods, and software that facilitate the identification and/or grouping of duplicate documents in search results.

Abstract: Some information retrieval systems, such as the Westlaw™ system, empower users to search thousands of databases. One problem with some systems is that the large number of databases makes it difficult for some users to identify the right database(s) to search. Accordingly, the inventors devised, among other things, new options for helping users target searches on the right databases. One exemplary option enables users to search sample-based database profiles. Another enables users to navigate to a category or subcategory in an online database directory and search databases or database profiles associated with the category. And, yet another enables users to select a query-category and receive a list of relevant database choices, a list of links into a database directory, or a sequence of follow-up questions. One or more of these or other disclosed innovations enable users to execute more effective search strategies, while potentially reducing computational burdens on information retrieval systems.