AL NIBs: Thomson Reuters, Legatics, Opus 2 + More

This site has been experimenting with various approaches to news digests. Here’s a more traditional one, News In Brief, or in journo-speak ‘NIBs’, which is usually several stories condensed into single paragraphs. So, here are your AL NIBs.

DISCO Makes GC Hire

eDiscovery company DISCO has hired Susan Garcia as its General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, she previously worked at WebMD, Reuters, and NBC. And it’s also launched its genAI Cecilia product across Europe.

Second AI Benchmarking Study

Following the launch of a genAI benchmarking study headed by John Craske of CMS and LITIG, another one is launching with LLM evaluation company Vals, along with support from the Legaltech Hub, Reed Smith and Thomson Reuters, LexisNexis, vLex and others – several of which are also taking part in the first one. So, let’s hope the two projects can work together, otherwise it will be a bit of an inefficient process.

Opus 2 Taps GenAI For New Features

Litigation-focused Opus 2 has launched new AI features, including GenAI-assisted document summarisation and analysis. It has also integrated Microsoft Office into its Opus 2 Cases solution, enabling users to draft and analyse Microsoft documents while remaining within the platform.

Legatics Launches Collate

Legatics has announced a new ‘Collate’ feature, with which you can upload signed pages and collate them into your final document, all in just a few clicks. This new feature will simplify your wet-ink signature process, they said. Also, it is now integrated with NetDocuments for a smoother workflow.

Consilio + Conga Work More Closely

Consilio has expanded its strategic partnership with Conga, the ‘Revenue Lifecycle Management’ company. Leveraging their combined CLM expertise, revenue management solution requirements can be brought on a single open platform, powered by a unified data model and purpose-built AI, they said.

JAMS Expands GenAI Projects

ADR group JAMs has launched its ‘Next’ project, which provides AI-powered tools and resources that now includes transcription services, an AI-assisted neutral search to aid in sorting through panelists, plus the JAMS Artificial Intelligence Disputes Clause and Rules facility, which launched earlier in the year.

TR Provides Better Integration of CoCounsel into Westlaw + Practical Law

Thomson Reuters is introducing a deeper integration of its genAI assistant CoCounsel into Westlaw and Practical Law. The full CoCounsel AI assistant will be available in the user interface of Westlaw and Practical Law, enabling users to be able to use CoCounsel Core skills seamlessly; secondly, users will soon be able to create an on-page analysis of Westlaw and Practical Law content with CoCounsel.

And finally, a big thank you to Jimmy, Beth and team for putting on another excellently-organised Legal Geek this week. They even arranged for London to have really nice weather in the middle of October. It was great to catch up with so many people.

Next big events are CLOC EMEA on Monday, and then of course Legal Innovators UK in London, Nov 6 and 7.

Have a nice weekend everyone!