LexisNexis: Legal has earned influence. Now it needs greater impact.

In-house legal has more influence than ever. So why do almost half of legal teams still describe themselves as “overstretched”, “cautious”, “siloed” or “hard to access”? That’s the contradiction at the heart of Incredible innovations: rethinking business with legal at the table, our latest research into the changing role of in-house legal. The research shows that […]

LexisNexis: The legal architecture behind scalable partnerships

Partnerships are often treated as a shortcut to innovation. They offer access to technology, data, customers, infrastructure or market reach without the time and cost of building everything internally. That is why they are attractive in the C-suite. The commercial logic is usually easy to understand. One organisation has the distribution, another has the platform, […]

LexisNexis: Finance legal work under pressure: From review to stress-test

Finance legal work rarely arrives in the right order. A finance document set lands late. A lender call moves forward. The partner needs a position before the briefing. A waiver, amendment, covenant or security point has to be checked against the documents. The commercial position shifts after drafting has begun. The answer then needs one […]

LexisNexis: AI has changed legal work. It hasn’t changed who is responsible for it.

Artificial intelligence is reshaping legal work at a remarkable pace. Tasks that once relied entirely on manual research, drafting and review are increasingly supported by AI, prompting organisations to rethink established workflows, introduce new ways of working and reconsider the skills their people need. Much of the conversation around legal AI naturally focuses on what […]

LexisNexis insight: How AI-assisted litigants in person are reshaping legal workloads

AI is changing the nature of cases involving self representation. The rise of general-purpose AI can mean barristers may need to spend more time checking what they receive for accuracy and relevance This can make legal information easier to produce, but it can also increase the volume of material that barristers must assess. Arguments may […]

Video: Why switching between tasks in Lexis+ AI and general AI matters

Legal work rarely follows a single track. A matter may involve legal research, factual analysis, drafting, document summarisation, and shaping advice for non-legal audiences. Lexis+ AI is built for that reality. By allowing users to switch between legal AI and general AI tasks within the same environment, it helps legal professionals use the right capability […]

The profession’s favourite fantasy is starting to look expensive- LexisNexis

Law firms spend years helping lawyers build credibility, client loyalty and books of business, then act surprised when those assets walk out the door. For a profession that likes to think it’s commercially hard-headed, it’s been far too comfortable with that setup for far too long. Our report, Death of the rainmaker, suggests that comfort is […]

Incredible innovations: rethinking business with legal at the table – LexisNexis

Avoiding risk protects the business. Seeing the opportunity hidden inside that risk is what moves it forward. As AI, automation and new business models reshape the C-suite agenda, in-house legal teams are being asked to do more than manage risk. They are being asked to help the business move faster, make better decisions and build […]

LexisNexis: Is your legal work “too complex” for AI?

When you take the time to consider it, the number of steps legal teams have to work through before a matter properly gets moving is mind-boggling. There is the research, the scoping, the client conversations, the drafting, the fact-checking and the proof-reading, often before the substantive legal work has even reached its most difficult point. […]

How to make AI a genuine productivity gain for lawyers-LexisNexis

There is no shortage of AI usage in large law firms. Lawyers are already using it for research, knowledge management, document review, document analysis and drafting. In many firms, adoption has moved faster than the internal structures needed to support it. It is tempting to assume that if lawyers are using AI, the firm is becoming more […]