Relativity Puts ‘aiR for Case Strategy’ On General Release

Relativity has put its aiR for Case Strategy on general release, which is a multi-faceted litigation intelligence capability that helps to develop case narratives, auto-extract facts, visualize chronologies, accelerates deposition prep, and creates transcript summaries – among other AI skills.

While most of the market will know Relativity for its eDiscovery work, the new aiR collection of skills is much broader and takes the company more into the realm of litigation intelligence and cases analytics. I.e. it’s not just the tool that is strategic – pushing growth in this area is also strategic on a business level for the US-based company.

The capabilities will operate within RelativityOne, so that aiR for Case Strategy ‘serves as a centralized hub that enables case teams to work from a shared repository of key case intelligence’.

Teams can move directly from document review into ‘crafting their strategic case story and preparing for investigations, witness examinations, depositions, and trial all within one secure, collaborative environment’, they added.

The move comes as a growing number of companies are leveraging a range of AI skills in this segment of the litigation field, taking advantage of the language understanding capabilities of LLMs to create new value for litigators via better insights, as well as drive efficiencies.

The company explained that more than 50 customers have tested aiR for Case Strategy and ‘extracted approximately 600,000 facts through Relativity’s limited general availability program’.

They stressed that ‘tasks that once took hours, such as sifting through emails, chats, and contracts to extract facts, build chronologies and draft summaries, now take minutes’.

Phil Saunders, CEO of Relativity, commented: ‘Generative AI is redefining what’s possible in case preparation, empowering legal teams to move from information to insight with greater speed and precision than ever before.

‘We’re committed to expanding our case intelligence capabilities because giving our partners and customers a clearer, more complete understanding of their matters sooner enables them to focus on serving their clients, creating greater impact and building narratives that ultimately advance justice.’

Is this a big deal? Relativity has long had capabilities beyond eDiscovery, such as related to compliance, but this move underlines the increasing competition in the litigation intelligence and case management segment. In its favour is the fact that Relativity is very well-known, and that hundreds of law firms globally already use its software in relation to eDiscovery needs. That said, there are some very notable brands also in this segment, as well as a growing number of startups. So, there’s everything to play for.

More about aiR here.

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