May 07, 2026

What Is AI Drafting in Law and Why It’s More Than Text Generation

Drafting is the legal task that looks most like something a generic AI tool can already do. Type a prompt, get a paragraph. The temptation is to assume that you can now copy and paste that text into a document, do a little wordsmithing, and call it good. But a question that all legal professionals should ask is this: What does drafting mean in a legal context and is it just a matter of text generation? This is the...

May 04, 2026

AI for Legal Research Accuracy Starts with Authority and Is Powered by AI

Trust built on authority, powered by legal AI The legal profession continues to grapple with the duality of AI technology adoption: 94% of law firm leaders believe AI will increase revenue and improve client service while at the same time 81% of them report internal concern about AI’s risks, according to a March 2026 report in LawSites . “For the first time, more lawyers are using generative AI than not...

April 30, 2026

5 Ways Legal Analytics Improve Litigation Strategy for In-House Counsel

When companies face liability claims, general counsel and corporate legal teams are often asked to ascertain risk, forecast potential outcomes, and justify strategies for resolution before the facts are fully developed. That pressure gets sharper when business leaders want numbers, not instincts. Within the broader use of data and analytics by corporate legal departments, litigation analytics focuses specifically on insights...

April 30, 2026

Bridging the AI Readiness Gap: What Law Schools and Law Firms Need to Know—Now

Artificial intelligence is already reshaping legal practice. The question is no longer if it will impact the profession; it’s whether the next generation of lawyers is ready for it. Our latest research takes a closer look at how law firms, law schools, and students are navigating this shift. What we found points to a growing disconnect—one that has real implications for hiring, training, and long-term...

April 27, 2026

AI Built for the Practice of Law

How AI is transforming the practice of law for attorneys Ask any lawyer what the practice of law involves on a day-to-day basis and you will get an answer that goes far beyond writing briefs or reviewing contracts. You are likely to hear about a variety of judgment calls that involve deciding how to approach a matter, choosing which legal strategies to deploy, determining the best way to tackle a specific task, or how...

April 24, 2026

What the Standard of Legal Practice Looks Like in the Age of AI

A majority of lawyers are now using AI tools in their work, but trust in the technology has not kept up with the speed of adoption. Firms are investing, experimenting and, in many cases, struggling to reconcile AI’s promise with the very real risks of unreliable outputs from the patchwork of general-purpose AI tools that don’t speak the language of law. Against this backdrop, LexisNexis is making a bet that...

April 16, 2026

Federal Class Action Statistics 2026 - Key Litigation Trends

After several years of relative stability, federal class action filings jumped in 2025 to more than 12,200 cases, a roughly 25 percent increase year over year and the highest total in at least a decade. The newly released Lex Machina 2026 Class Action Litigation Report examines the factors behind the increase in class action lawsuits and the implications for law offices moving forward. Request your copy now on  the...

April 06, 2026

The AI Revolution in Legal Drafting: Faster, Smarter, and Here to Stay

AI is no longer an emerging concept in legal drafting—it’s becoming an operational necessity. Law firms are rapidly adopting AI-powered tools to streamline workflows, improve quality, and meet rising client expectations. In fact, the shift is already delivering measurable results: “65% of lawyers save up to five hours per week” using AI in legal writing, according to the ABA . What’s...

March 30, 2026

Drafting Reinvented: Lessons from History and the Next Leap Forward

Every generation of lawyers has experienced a shift in how legal work gets done. From handwritten documents to form books, from typewriters to word processors, from templates to digital workflows: each evolution compressed time, reduced friction, and reshaped expectations. Now, drafting is entering its next era. In a recent LexisNexis® webinar, Drafting Reinvented: Lessons from History and the Next Leap Forward...

March 19, 2026

Room to Breathe: How Harris County District Courts Have Responded to an Easing Backlog

Following the introduction of new judicial districts, Houston, Texas’ civil case backlog dropped significantly in 2025. Across several key pretrial motions in civil cases, Harris County District Court judges ruled far more quickly in 2025 than in 2023 and 2024, with substantial reductions in time from filing to order. Table 1: Median days from case filing to order on motion According to the Harris County District...

February 27, 2026

Private, Secure and Authoritative: Three Pillars of Trustworthy AI in Legal Workflows

The legal profession stands at a crossroads in which AI tools have been adopted rapidly for the unprecedented efficiency gains they promise, yet lawyers continue to wrestle with how to harness AI’s power in a way that respects the integrity, confidentiality and accuracy that define legal practice. As legal workflows evolve from manual processes to AI-powered systems, three non-negotiable pillars have emerged as...

February 27, 2026

Context Windows In Legal AI And Why Content Still Determines Quality

By Greg Dickason, Chief Technology Officer, LexisNexis Legal teams ask a practical question. If large language models are so capable, why does legal AI still depend on curated content, and why does surfacing that content matter so much? Context windows in legal AI are a key part of the answer. A model can only consider a finite amount of text in a single run. If the system passes too much material, the model can...

January 30, 2026

Humans in the Loop: The People Powering Trusted Legal AI

By Serena Wellen, VP Product Management, LexisNexis As the use of artificial intelligence permeates legal practice, a critical question confronts every legal professional who uses these tools: Can I trust this? When an AI platform is relied upon to draft a motion, summarize case law or identify relevant contract language, the stakes are too high for uncertainty. It is therefore not surprising that some of the important...

January 23, 2026

What is Legal Analytics?

Data and AI are reshaping how decisions are made across industries, and the legal sector is no exception. Today’s legal analytics combine advanced data analysis with AI-enabled insights to support legal work. You may hear it referred to as litigation analytics, law firm analytics, or legal data analysis. Put simply, legal analytics is the science of drawing insights by mining large volumes of data. In practice,...

November 28, 2025

Study Confirms Shepard’s^® Delivers More Citation Research Analysis Than KeyCite^®

Lawyers have always valued the importance of grounding their legal arguments in “good law” that is current, on-point and accurately cited. The risks of failing to ensure the integrity of their legal research has been prominently on display in the last couple of years as more legal professionals have embraced the power of AI tools, sometimes without properly validating their AI-generated case citations. The...

November 13, 2025

How Protégé General AI Unlocks New Levels of Legal Drafting

Discover how LexisNexis Protégé™ transforms legal drafting into a strategic collaboration between lawyers and AI—enhancing quality, speed, and defensibility. Protégé General AI extends the advantages of AI-powered drafting workflows to communication, exploration, and strategy for legal professionals. In this article: Trusted legal AI Flexible general AI Legal...

November 06, 2025

5 Ways LexisNexis Protégé Helps You Draft Your Best Work

Discover how LexisNexis Protégé™ is transforming legal drafting with AI. Protégé streamlines repetitive tasks, grounds first drafts in trusted legal sources, and helps lawyers focus on strategy and client outcomes with transparency, consistency, and citation integrity. In this article: Why legal drafting needs innovation Connected legal drafting with LexisNexis Protégé...

November 04, 2025

The LexisNexis Trust Center: Building Confidence Through Transparency

* The views expressed in externally authored materials linked or published on this site do not necessarily reflect the views of LexisNexis Legal & Professional. Introducing the LexisNexis ® Trust Center, the source of truth for security, privacy, and compliance information for LexisNexis Legal & Professional products. The Trust Center puts everything in one place so you can deploy industry-leading technology...

October 30, 2025

First Draft to Final: How to Use AI to Accelerate Legal Drafting Workflows

Discover how LexisNexis Protégé™ transforms legal drafting into a strategic collaboration between lawyers and AI—enhancing quality, speed, and defensibility. In this article: From Steps to Strategy with AI for Legal Drafting Step 1: Prepare with Clarity Step 2: Draft with Authority Step 3: Finalize with Confidence Deliver Outstanding Work Legal drafting is now...

October 28, 2025

Win New Business with CourtLink^® and Lex Machina^®

In This Article: Introduction: Be the Trusted Partner Clients Need The Power of Rapid Insight CourtLink®: Be the First to Know Lex Machina®: Turn Data into Strategy The Synergy: Speed and Strategy Combined FAQs Conclusion: Stay Ahead with LexisNexis® Be first. Be informed. Be the trusted partner clients need. Picture a general counsel whose company has just been served with a lawsuit...

September 30, 2025

U.S. Law Schools Have Public-Interest Access to Civil Rights Litigation Analytics in Lex Machina

Lex Machina ®, the LexisNexis® Legal Analytics® platform, has provided U.S. law schools with complimentary public-interest access to our leading collection of analytics and insights for civil rights litigation in federal courts. We warmly invite all current law students, faculty, and professional staff in the United States with an active Lexis+ profile to register here for free public-interest access to...

September 11, 2025

How AI Is Transforming In-House Legal Teams into Strategic “Departments of Yes”

Corporate legal departments may have once operated as risk-averse gatekeepers, but today’s in-house counsel are expected to serve as strategic business enablers. They want to shake off the stigmas of the past and establish a reputation for what Profile Magazine described as “ the Department of Yes .” This shift is now being facilitated by the strategic implementation of AI-powered in-house legal solutions...

August 26, 2025

Forrester Study Documents How In-House Legal Teams Achieved 284% ROI By Adoption of Lexis+ AI Platform

A recent commissioned study by one of the world’s leading independent business research and advisory firms has provided significant findings of the measurable impact that a legal AI platform can have on the internal productivity and operational efficiency of in-house legal departments. Forrester Consulting’s June 2025 study , The Total Economic Impact ™️ of Lexis+ AI ® for Corporate Legal Departments...

August 21, 2025

Three Ways That AI is Reshaping In-House Legal Hiring

In-house legal departments are experiencing notable shifts in hiring trends at all levels starting with the general counsel role. A recent study from Russell Reynolds Associates found that GC turnover last year was at its highest since 2018 and, in a departure from previous years, the majority of new appointments were internal to the organization. Of 70 Fortune 500 GC new hires in 2024, 54% were internal candidates...

August 20, 2025

A Panoramic View of Litigation Analytics and Claim Valuation with Lex Machina^® and Lexis^® Verdict & Settlement Analyzer

If you’ve ever sat across the table at a settlement negotiation wishing you knew how similar cases had resolved, you’re not alone. That’s exactly the challenge Lex Machina and Lexis Verdict & Settlement Analyzer were built to solve. Litigators, insurers, and corporate legal teams are under increasing pressure to harness data for liability risk assessment, claim valuation, settlement negotiations...