The Thomson Reuters Legal SYNERGY user conference is under way today through June 3, with legal professionals from the U.S., Canada, the UK and Europe gathering virtually for product sessions and continuing legal education as well as opportunities to network with peers and hear from fascinating guests. Among today’s highlights are host and Emmy Award-winning …
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Insights from the Thomson Reuters Legal Geek Takeover: AI Ethics
Thomson Reuters recently hosted a Legal Geek takeover, a half day of virtual sessions on legal innovation, technology and trends. A highlight of the event was the AI Ethics session hosted by a Thomson Reuters team – Andrew Fletcher, director of TR Labs; Milda Norkute, senior designer; and Nadja Herger, data scientist – along with …
Insights from the Thomson Reuters Legal Geek Takeover: Contract Review and Machine Learning
Thomson Reuters recently hosted a Legal Geek takeover, a half day of virtual sessions on legal innovation, technology and trends. A highlight of the event was the Contract Review: Themes in Machine Learning session hosted by a Thomson Reuters team of Carolyn Bussey, senior user researcher; Steve Fullerton, software product manager; Masoud Makrehchi, director of …
Workflow Automation: Technology to Help Re-Engineer Legal Processes
Workflow and process automation make a measurable difference in terms of both efficiency and client service for legal professionals by turning time-consuming, repetitive tasks into automated, intelligent processes. Thomson Reuters HighQ automates and streamlines matter and legal service intake, client onboarding, self-service document assembly, contract reviews, post-transaction reviews and additional processes. Users can easily make …
Thomson Reuters HighQ Announces Version 5.4
Thomson Reuters HighQ today rolled out version 5.4 of its cloud-based productivity solution. The new version seamlessly integrates Contact Express into a single solution, allowing more powerful document automation. Contract Express templates can be used to generate and store documents natively within HighQ, enabling the user to integrate and establish workflows, collaborate, co-author, and utilize …
New Westlaw Edge Feature: Quick Check Quotation Analysis Saves Time, Ensures Accuracy and Adds Confidence
Thomson Reuters has added a new AI-enabled feature to Westlaw Edge providing an additional layer of review and analysis for all users. Quick Check Quotation Analysis examines quotes in legal documents to ensure accuracy, save researchers significant time evaluating and understanding the context of quotes, and deliver an added layer of confidence for legal professionals. …
Using Artificial Intelligence to Fight Financial Crimes
Amid an explosion of global financial data, combatting financial crimes and managing highly regulated transactions has become increasingly complicated. Earlier this month, a panel at LegalWeek 2020 focused on these complexities, exploring anti-money laundering (AML) trends as well as the state of legal artificial intelligence (AI) solutions in AML compliance and screening. Joseph Raczynski, a …
Introducing Legislative Insights on Westlaw Edge
Today Thomson Reuters introduced Legislative Insights, a tool on Westlaw Edge that provides actionable data relating to proposed federal legislation. Westlaw Edge users can take advantage of the comprehensive legislative content from Thomson Reuters and technology from Skopos Labs to present a complete picture and provide counsel relating to proposed legislative changes that may affect a client, company, agency …
2019 Highlights: Westlaw Edge Quick Check
As 2019 winds down, Legal Current is revisiting milestones and key accomplishments from the Legal business of Thomson Reuters this year. Today, we look at the impact of the Westlaw Edge Quick Check launch. In July, Westlaw Edge Quick Check became the latest addition to the Westlaw Edge legal research suite. The sophisticated artificial intelligence-based …
Encouraging small law firms to embrace new technologies and AI
Legaltech news recently explored findings of the American Bar Association’s Legal Technology Survey Report, which showed hesitancy – particularly among smaller firms – to adopt artificial intelligence (AI) tools. Accuracy and reliability were survey respondents’ top two concerns around AI. Their reluctance to embrace new technologies may be understandable. New tools can be intimidating, especially …