A large number of articles came across my desk this week about major improvements in the Legal-AI products. It's worth checking to see what new features your Legal AI has now that you might not be aware of. The "Worth a Bookmark" is an interesting read that gives you some talking points to defend taking your time with producing legal documents rather than being rushed by the speed at which AI agents can produce drafts.

​Harvey and PacerPro Announce Partnership To Connect Docket Data with AI Litigation Workflows​

With this, a firm can, using Harvey, receive full context around motions and pleadings the moment they arrive. The AI would have "access to their firm’s complete litigation record, including the filings and case context from matters the firm has previously handled and those currently on the docket." This would allow the AI to summarize the posture of the case and suggest next steps immediately.

​Thomson Reuters Launches Thomson, Its Own Proprietary LLM Trained on Westlaw and Practical Law Content​

Most Law-AI companies use some kind of partnership with one of the big LLM labs. Thomson is built entirely independently and trained on Thomson Reuters data, which is extensive. The result may be a highly-specialized AI at lower cost than the big lab models.

​LexisNexis Unveils ‘Legal Intelligence Engine,’ Rebuilding Protégé Around Dynamic Agentic Orchestration​

Their new agent goes from having very scripted workflows to now being able to figure out the details of tool and model usage in the background, making it a much more natural experience. You tell it what you want it to do and it does it. I'm not really sure this is all that different from what Claude or Co-Pilot can do for you already, though.

​How To Audit Your Law Firm Website For AI Readability​

An introduction to the new SEO: optimization for LLM's to find your site. It discusses using structured data, and the takeaway is "talk to a web search expert." I'm not one, myself, but I can introduce you to one.

This Week's Article: Can You Answer These Five Technology Questions?​

This is my new self-assessment for considering possible risks and lost opportunities. Asking yourself these questions about tech in your business might show you areas you need to improve.