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A federal judge in Delaware has dismissed the claim by now-shuttered legal research startup ROSS Intelligence that Thomson Reuters violated federal antitrust law by unlawfully tying its search tool to its public law database in order to maintain its dominance in the overall market for legal search platforms.
The ruling brings an end to ROSS’s counterclaims against Thomson Reuters (TR)…
Continue Reading Federal Court Dismisses ROSS Intelligence’s Remaining Antitrust Claim Against Thomson Reuters

Wolters Kluwer today (26 September) announced the launch of generative AI (GenAI) functionality for VitalLaw, the company’s legal research platform. VitalLaw AI will be leveraged across Wolters Kluwer’s 25 practice […]
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Wolters Kluwer today brought generative AI to its VitalLaw legal research platform, launching new capabilities for users to locate and chat with legal information and get answers to legal questions, as well as to generate summaries and first drafts of compliance checklists or other key documents.
This development combines these generative AI capabilities with the VitalLaw library of legal resources…
Continue Reading Wolters Kluwer Brings Gen AI To Its VitalLaw Legal Research Platform, to Answer Questions and More

Here is my recent Daily Record column. My past Daily Record articles can be accessed here.
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Beyond Simple Tools: vLex’s Vincent AI and the Future of Trusted Legal AI Platforms
There has been a noticeable shift in the way that legal technology companies are approaching generative artificial intelligence (AI) product development. Last year, several general legal assistant chatbots were…
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vLex  (Fastcase) is releasing a major upgrade to Vincent AI. This new release increases the number of workflows from 4 to 12. This includes expansion of both litigation and transactional tools and the addition of AI tools for additional jurisdictions including France Portugal and Brazil. vLex is the first generative AI platform to receive the American Association of Law…
Continue Reading vLex Vincent AI Upgrade: 12 Skills, 12 Countries + the EU, Transactional Skills and VIDA AI for Dockets

Global legal intelligence company vLex today (12 September) released a major upgrade to its AI research assistant Vincent AI, which is now capable of transactional as well as litigation-based tasks. […]
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The “Autumn ’24” release from vLex adds transactional and drafting workflows to vLex’s traditional litigation and research capabilities, plus new Docket Alarm AI capabilities and AI tools for France, Portugal and Brazil. But beyond new skills, “Vincent AI is now a platform,” vLex Global Head of Product Robin Chesterman said.
Continue Reading Major vLex Upgrade Expands Vincent AI Platform to Include Transactional Workflows, New Countries

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 Ever since Casetext released CoCounsel on March 1, 2023, the race has been on among legal tech companies to develop the most capable generative AI assistant for legal professionals. Today, vLex is releasing a major upgrade to its Vincent AI that puts it firmly in the running for that honor.
I might be even more effusive had I actually been…
Continue Reading As It Unveils Major Upgrade of Its Vincent AI, vLex May Now Be the Most Capable AI Assistant in the Legal Market

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This week we talk with Ed Walters from VLex to explore the Autumn 2024 release of VLex’s Vincent AI platform. Ed discusses a series of transformative updates that are turning Vincent AI from a legal research tool into a comprehensive platform that integrates drafting, transactional, and research tasks. These updates include new workflow tools, redlining capabilities, and an innovative feature…
Continue Reading vLex’s Autumn ’24 Update: Show and Tell with Ed Walters

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As I wrote here earlier this month, tomorrow was the scheduled start date for the trial in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence, in which TR is alleging that the now-shuttered legal research startup ROSS violated its copyrights by stealing content from Westlaw to build its own product.
But today the judge overseeing the trial, 3rd U.S. Circuit Court…
Continue Reading Breaking: Continuance Ordered On Eve of Trial In Thomas Reuters Lawsuit Against ROSS Intelligence

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For decades, one product, Thomson Reuters Westlaw, has dominated the legal research market. A core foundation of that dominance has been Westlaw’s claims of copyright in several elements of its legal research service, particularly its headnotes and Key Number System.
The validity of those copyrights will be a central issue later this month when the  long-running lawsuit between that legal…
Continue Reading David v. Goliath Trial Begins this Month in Case that Challenges Thomson Reuter’s Longstanding Copyrights in Legal Research Materials

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Citators — tools that validate whether a case or statute is still good law — have always been an essential component of a full-featured legal research platform. But in this age of AI-generated hallucinations, they may be more important than ever before.
Just two products have long dominated the legal research market as the gold standard of citators: Shepard’s from…
Continue Reading New Citators from vLex and Paxton Underscore That They Are The Holy Grail for Legal Research Companies