Canadian Product Spotlight
Beyond the Checklist: How Canadian Legal Teams Can Redefine Due Diligence with Technology
Why Modern Legal Risk Demands Continuous, Connected Due Diligence In today’s interconnected economy, legal risk doesn’t just live in courtrooms. It hides in supply chains you can’t fully see, in the background of your client’s next acquisition, and in the reputations of partners operating across the globe. For law firms and in-house counsel, due diligence is no longer a one-time box to tick — it’s a continuous discipline...
Mastering the Facts: Drive Litigation and Arbitration Success with CaseMap+™︎
Arbitration or litigation, the advantage goes to the side that masters the facts. Discover how disorganization derails even strong cases — and how CaseMap+ empowers legal teams to turn complex information into compelling, evidence-backed narratives. When legal disputes arise, the question of arbitration vs. litigation often hinges on factors like confidentiality, cost, and procedural flexibility. But regardless...
Canadian University Law – Book Review
Sayeh Hassan and Anna S.P. Wong’s Canadian University Law is a groundbreaking guide for those involved in the resolution of legal issues raised in our nation’s post-secondary institutions, but it is much more than that. It is also a lucid and engaging introduction to some of the most complex fields of Canadian jurisprudence, including administrative law. Those readers who are familiar with Hassan’s indispensable...
Lexis+ AI™︎ in Canada: Delivering Reliability Lawyers Can Trust
Summary: Lexis+ AI Canada delivers reliable, citation-backed legal research and drafting tools, built exclusively on Canadian authorities. With bilingual support, data security protections, and integration with resources like Halsbury’s® Laws of Canada and Juris Classeur , it ensures accuracy and compliance across all jurisdictions. Canadian lawyers benefit from efficiency gains without risking trust, using AI designed...
From Inbox to Action: AI-Powered Drafting with Lexis®︎ Create+ for Outlook®︎
Lexis ® Create+ for Outlook ® transforms the inbox into a drafting workspace for Canadian lawyers. With trusted LexisNexis content, firm precedent, and AI-powered insights, it streamlines email-to-document workflows, reduces errors, and keeps drafting secure, consistent, and efficient — right inside Microsoft 365. Your Inbox: Where Legal Work Really Begins For Canadian lawyers, the inbox isn’t just for correspondence...
Here's What's New in Practical Guidance Canada – June & July 2025
Practical Guidance offers new tools to help Canadian legal professionals work faster and with confidence. This update covers recent additions across key practice areas — including law kits, playbooks, and checklists — all designed to support drafting, compliance, and client service. Supporting Legal Professionals with Practical, Targeted Content The legal landscape is constantly evolving, and Practical Guidance continues...
Confidently Cited: The Lexis+ AI™︎ Approach to Reliable Legal Sources
Lexis+ AI TM is redefining legal research in Canada with citation-linked, Gen AI-powered responses grounded in trusted LexisNexis content. Using proprietary RAG technology, expert oversight, and rigorous safeguards, it delivers accurate, verifiable results that support legal professionals’ judgment. Introduction to Lexis+ AI and Its Impact on Canadian Legal Research When LexisNexis ® launched Lexis+ AI in July 2024...
LexisNexis Protégé™︎ Legal AI Assistant Launches Across Canada
LexisNexis has launched Protégé across Canada, a personalized legal AI assistant built into the Lexis+ AI platform. Designed to reflect each lawyer’s unique workflow, Protégé automates legal drafting, research, and document review using both firm-specific knowledge and LexisNexis content. It integrates with common DMS tools, provides citation-backed outputs, and emphasizes privacy, security, and responsible AI use. ...
Canadian Securities Regulation, 6th Edition – Book Review
The various editions of Canadian Securities Regulation have been a fixture in law school classrooms and law firm reference libraries since 1977. Over that time securities law has increased in importance as the scale of Canadian business, and its need for external capital, has grown. For nearly 50 years the book has remained the standard text on its subject matter, even as the securities regime has expanded into new (and...
Here's What's New in Practical Guidance Canada – May 2025
At LexisNexis, we continue to evolve Practical Guidance to meet the dynamic needs of legal professionals across Canada. For the month of May, we're excited to share a range of new resources and upcoming enhancements across several practice areas. From AI legislation in employment to in-depth M&A toolkits and practical municipal law precedents, May’s updates are designed to improve legal workflow efficiency and ensure...
New release: Lexis+ AI Prompt Library
A new resource for legal professionals has been introduced with the publication of the Lexis+ AI Prompt Library . Developed in response to the feedback received from users seeking a deeper understanding of Lexis+ AI’s capabilities, the Prompt Library has been designed to encourage exploration and streamline day-to-day legal tasks. The Prompt Library has been organized into distinct workflows that mirror the four main...
Four Key Enhancements to Lexis+ AI for Canada Deliver Bilingual Support and Faster Workflow
Canadian legal regulators are aligning to give a collective green light to lawyers across the nation that the coast is clear to adopt generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) tools in their practices. The Law Society of the Northwest Territories issued guidelines for the use of AI in the practice of law in March 2025, following similar moves by a number of Canadian legal regulators that have provided AI-specific...
4 Ways That Lexis®︎ Create+ Delivers Personalized Legal Drafting for Canadian Legal Professionals
Legal professionals who witnessed the remarkable ability of generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) to conduct conversations like humans soon realized its potential implications for the legal field. Many of them immediately envisioned its application in streamlining the burdensome task of drafting legal documents. According to our research, 79% of lawyers consider legal drafting to be among the most time-intensive...