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4 AI Breakthroughs That Can Give Your Firm the Advantage

August 6, 2018, 1:15 pm CDT

Chances are, you’re using artificial intelligence (AI) every day in your personal life to get what you need done faster, whether that’s asking Alexa to book a table at your favorite restaurant or discovering a new favorite movie based on the recommendation of an online retailer.

Now it’s time to take advantage of its time-saving power in your professional life, too, before your competitors do.

The newest AI innovation is Thomson Reuters Westlaw Edge^TM. It unites Thomson Reuters’ 100 years of editorial expertise and state-of-the-art AI to give you precisely what you need to speed through your legal research workflow with impeccable accuracy. Take advantage of tools to:

1. Get answers faster. WestSearch Plus accelerates search functionality. Using sophisticated AI powered by attorney–edited annotations, the most relevant portion of the text is automatically displayed. There’s no need to spend precious time wading through a long list of results to pinpoint what you need to know. Want to dig deeper? WestSearch Plus connects you to underlying authority. Consider the time this will save you and your associates.


2. Compare statutes in a click. Changes in the law over time impacts cases, but identifying and understanding these changes can require spending hours scrutinizing sessions law. Now you can compare two versions of a law in a single click with Westlaw Edge Statutes Compare. Deleted text is redlined and new text highlighted so you know precisely what’s been changed. Even if you only used Statutes Compare and no other functionality in Westlaw Edge, you could save a staggering amount of time.
   
   
   
   
3. Instantly attain data-driven insight on judges, courts, attorneys, law firms, and case types. You’d never present a case without evidence. Developing a strategy and informing clients about their case without the support probably isn’t a good idea either. That’s why, when devising case strategy and managing client expectations, you should have information like:
   
   
   • How a judge has ruled on similar cases previously
   
   
   • The average time to trial
   
   
   • How often the opposing counsel settles
   
   
   • The best jurisdiction to pursue the matter
   
   
   • Which motions are most often granted
   
   
   Typically, it takes a small law firm several hours and even days to gather and compile this data manually. As a result, lawyers typically turn to their instinct, experience and peer feedback for guidance. Now, through the power of AI, Westlaw Edge Litigation Analytics provides, within seconds, data-driven insights presented in easy-to-read, colorful graphs and charts.
   
   
   
   
4. Know with confidence you are citing good law. A recent Thomson Reuters study revealed that complex legal research tasks take, on average, six hours and sometimes much longer. Of course, when deadlines loom, even the most experienced lawyers worry they may have missed something important.
   
   The AI of Westlaw Edge KeyCite Overruling Risk can accelerate research and increase your confidence by ensuring you have a complete understanding of the law and you’re always citing good law. Conventional citators only identify when a point of law has been explicitly overturned. KeyCite Overruling Risk notes when they implicitly overruled. Knowing the cases besides those explicitly mentioned as abrogated or overruled can make the difference between winning and losing. And Westlaw Edge is the only legal research platform that provides this knowledge.

With the AI power of Westlaw Edge at your fingertips, you'll have the answers to always delver your best—and the best client outcomes.

Find out all the ways it can help you overcome your most pressing challenges and launch your firm ahead of opposing counsel by scheduling a demo today.

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