We compute the virtual next-to-leading corrections to the Lipatov vertex in
the helicity-amplitude formalism. These agree with previous results by Fad
in and collaborators, in the conventional dimensional-regularization scheme
. We discuss the choice of Reggeization scale in order to minimize its impa
ct on the next-to-leading-logarithmic corrections to the BFKL equation. [S0
556-2821(99)02605-3].