LexisNexis Legal & Professional today (22 July) announced a set of new capabilities in its gen AI solution Lexis+ AI, which enables conversational search and provides summarization, intelligent legal drafting, and document upload and analysis capabilities. Lexis says that all recent and upcoming enhancements are based on customer-led development. Usability enhancements include: “Stop Response” Option – Gives users…

By Gareth Kristensen, Gaia Shen, Federica Mammì Borruto, Elena Galimberti & Amanpreet Kaur on July 12, 2024 Gareth Kristensen 1. Background: three years of legislative debate Today, on July 12, 2024, EU Regulation No. 1689/2024 laying down harmonized rules on Artificial Intelligence (“Regulation” or “AI Act”) was finally published in the EU Official Journal and will enter into force on August 1, 2024.  This…

Duke Law & Technology Journal, Maura R. Grossman, a Research Professor in the School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo and an adjunct Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, with coauthors, Paul W. Grimm, Daniel G. Brown, and Molly (Yiming) Xu, discussed the implications of generative AI on legal proceedings.  

Initiative to expand education of judiciary, legal community on evolving AI technology and solutions WASHINGTON, D.C., June 27, 2024 – The National Center for State Courts (NCSC) and the Thomson Reuters Institute, part of global content and technology company Thomson Reuters (TSX/NYSE: TRI), today announced the launch of a strategic artificial intelligence (AI) partnership called the…

Instructive that this article is penned by “Anonymous”.   By Anonymous. Lawyers make mistakes. That’s why they take out professional liability insurance. This raises the question in the wake of the Stanford University study into the accuracy of Thomson Reuters’ and LexisNexis’ generative AI tools: what are we comparing these systems against when it comes…

Morocco has started using artificial intelligence (AI) in its courts to transcribe rulings, conduct research, retrieve archived texts, and more. The North African country’s Justice Minister Abdellatif Ouahbi confirmed that the government had purchased an AI program and handed it to the President of the Supreme Judicial Council to distribute in the country’s courts. Ouahbi believes that…

Ambrogi writes On Friday, I spoke to a group of trial lawyers on the use of generative AI in litigation. Many in the room were that increasingly rare breed of lawyer who actually go into court and try cases. Of several that I spoke to before and after my talk, they were proud of their…