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RELX Group enters into agreement to acquire French Legaltech company Doctrine

JillN — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:15:00 GMT

RELX Group is planning to acquire Doctrine, strengthening authoritative legal AI workflows in France and across Europe.

Paris, France / New York, NY – RELX Group, which owns LexisNexis® Legal & Professional, a global leader in information, analytics, and AI-powered legal workflow solutions, today announced it has offered to acquire Doctrine, France-based Legal AI platform recognized for its advanced AI tools in legal search, analysis, drafting and practitioner workflows, including Flow Litigate and Flow Counsel.

This proposed acquisition would accelerate the delivery of enhanced, trusted, intuitive and authoritative legal AI workflow solutions in France and across key European jurisdictions, including Germany, Spain and Italy and should assist customers to improve productivity and achieve better outcomes.

Sean Fitzpatrick, Chief Executive Officer, Global Legal, LexisNexis Legal & Professional, said:

"We are excited about the prospect of welcoming Doctrine, so that we can serve customers in France, across Europe, and beyond in even greater ways. Doctrine’s customer-centric innovation approach, powerful platform, and expert talent, complement LexisNexis’s global capabilities in authoritative legal AI workflow solutions, and we look forward to delivering even more value to customers."

Guillaume Carrère, Chief Executive Officer of Doctrine, said:

"From the start, we have been obsessed with one thing: building cutting-edge AI solutions for legal professionals across Europe. Joining RELX is the natural next chapter for that mission. LexisNexis brings unparalleled depth of content, global reach and a shared conviction that AI, applied responsibly, will transform how legal work gets done. For our customers, this means faster access to a richer set of capabilities; for our team, it means joining a company that recognises and will invest behind the technical and product excellence we have built."

Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Paris, Doctrine combines a comprehensive corpus of case law, legislation and regulatory content for civil law jurisdictions with a suite of AI-powered research, drafting and analytics tools. The platform is used daily by 27,000 legal professionals across France, Italy, Germany and Spain, including law firms ranging from solo practitioners to top-tier Anglo-American firms, multinational corporations and public entities including French ministries, local authorities, and universities.

The proposed acquisition is subject to the completion of applicable information and consultation procedures with the relevant employee representative bodies and customary regulatory consents. The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. The two companies will continue to operate separately in the interim.

About Doctrine
Doctrine is a leading legal AI and intelligence platform for civil law jurisdictions in Europe. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Paris, Doctrine combines a comprehensive corpus of case law, legislation and regulatory content with AI-powered research, drafting and analytics tools. The platform is used daily by legal professionals at law firms, corporates and public institutions across France, Italy, Germany and Spain. For more information, visit www.doctrine.fr.

About LexisNexis® Legal & Professional
As part of RELX, LexisNexis® Legal & Professional provides AI-powered legal, regulatory, business information, analytics, and workflows that help customers increase their productivity, improve decision-making, achieve better outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis® and Nexis® services. LexisNexis Legal & Professional serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,900 employees worldwide. It has a long tradition in the French market, grounded in the ownership of JurisClasseur since 1993.

About RELX
RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. RELX serves customers in more than 180 countries and territories and has offices in about 40 countries. It employs more than 37,000 people, around 40% of whom are in North America. The shares of RELX PLC, the parent company, are traded on the London, Amsterdam and New York Stock Exchanges using the following ticker symbols: London: REL; Amsterdam: REN; New York: RELX. The total market capitalization is approximately £47.7bn, €55.1bn, $64.4bn.

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Martina Fouquet Joins LexisNexis to Advance White-Glove AI Service for Large Law Firms

Anuj Baveja — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 19:12:00 GMT

LexisNexis^® Legal & Professional, a global leader in information, analytics, and AI-powered workflow solutions, today announced that Martina Fouquet has joined the company, bringing deep experience advising large law firms on complex corporate and regulatory matters, as LexisNexis continues to lead the shift toward AI solutions that deliver measurable business value.

Her appointment follows the launch of Lexis+^® with Protégé™, LexisNexis’ AI platform designed to integrate intelligence across the full legal workflow, from research and drafting through to review and validation, within a single, trusted environment.

Fouquet brings a strong blend of legal and business experience from her work as a private funds and general corporate associate at Reed Smith LLP which included counseling funds and conducting high-value M&A due diligence. Her experience working directly with sophisticated clients, combined with her background in both corporate and litigation matters, positions her to advise firms as they evaluate and adopt AI solutions through a more strategic, consultative engagement.

Tony Muljadi VP, General Manager, LexisNexis Large Law Markets, underscored, “Law firms are under increasing pressure to deliver more value with greater speed and precision. Lexis+ with Protégé is designed to meet that demand, and Martina brings the experience to help firms realize consistent, tangible results.”

“Many firms have begun exploring AI, but the real opportunity lies in connecting those capabilities across the legal workflow in a way that is reliable, secure, and grounded in authoritative content,” added Fouquet. “LexisNexis is uniquely positioned to support that, and I’m excited to help firms advance from experimentation to broader adoption.”

In her role, Fouquet will work directly with firm leadership to align AI-driven solutions, including Lexis+ with Protégé, to growth, efficiency, and client service priorities, helping firms identify opportunities and realize value in practice.

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LexisNexis® CounselLink® Releases 2026 Trends Report as Rising Rates and Big Law Share of Wallet Continue to Climb

Anuj Baveja — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:30:00 GMT

Law Firms with 750+ attorneys captured 52% of 2025 matters, dominating high-stakes M&A and Data Privacy at more than $1,000/hour median partner rates

Raleigh, NC, April 22, 2026 — LexisNexis^® Legal & Professional, a global leader in information, analytics and AI-powered legal workflow solutions, today announced release of the LexisNexis CounselLink^® 2026 Trends Report: State of Outside Counsel Fees. The report indicates that law firm billing rates continued to rise in 2025, while the largest law firms further expanded their share of wallet. The findings highlight ongoing challenges for corporate legal departments seeking to manage outside counsel costs.

Average partner rates increased 5.1% in 2025, tying for the second-highest level recorded since CounselLink launched its annual Trends Report in 2013. The largest law firms maintained a significant pricing advantage, with median partner rates 40% higher than those of the next tier, down from 61% in the prior year, reflecting faster rate growth among mid-sized firms.

Law firms with 750+ lawyers continued to lead share of wallet, capturing more than half of total legal spend and a majority of new matters in 2025. This trend signals continued consolidation, particularly in high-value practice areas that command the highest billing rates.

“Legal departments continue to prioritize cost control, but underlying market forces are making that more difficult to achieve,” said Donna McCoy, Senior Director, Services at LexisNexis CounselLink. “Rate increases remain elevated, and more work is flowing to the largest firms. Together, these dynamics are reshaping how legal services are sourced and priced.”

The CounselLink Trends Report draws on the CounselLink Insight Benchmarking Database of more than $75 billion in legal spend across more than 580,000 timekeepers and nearly 2 million matters. The report analyzes eight key metrics, including law firm partner fees by firm size, hourly rates by practice area, firm size and location, and international rate comparisons. Importantly, the report is based on actual invoices paid in 2025 to outside counsel by corporate legal departments over a 12-month period.

Other key findings in the report include:

High-value practice areas continue to drive rate growth, with Mergers & Acquisitions partner rates increasing 8.8% and Data Privacy rising 8.4%
Data Privacy emerges as a premium practice, with median partner rates exceeding $1,000 per hour and more than two-thirds of work handled by the largest firms
Mid-sized firms significantly increased rates, resulting in firms of 501–750 lawyers having a median partner rate 19% higher than the prior year’s median, narrowing the pricing gap with the largest firms
Alternative fee arrangements remain limited, representing 8.3% of matters and 6.3% of total spend despite ongoing industry discussion
Staffing mix is increasingly impacting costs, with matter-level rates rising faster than partner rates in many practice areas, suggesting reduced focus on managing costs through timekeeper mix and resource allocation

“Legal departments have long used staffing strategies to manage costs, but this year’s data suggests those approaches may be becoming less effective,” added McCoy. “Organizations will need a more data-driven approach to benchmarking and managing outside counsel relationships.”

The LexisNexis CounselLink 2026 Trends Report: The State of Outside Counsel Fees, now in its 13th year, is available here.

About LexisNexis^® Legal & Professional
LexisNexis^® Legal & Professional provides AI-powered legal, regulatory, business information, analytics, and workflows that help customers increase their productivity, improve decision-making, achieve better outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis^® and Nexis^® services. LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,900 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers.

About CounselLink^®
LexisNexis^® CounselLink^® is a leading enterprise legal management and contract lifecycle management solution designed to help corporate legal departments gain visibility into their work, matters, contracts, vendors, and financials. CounselLink+™ includes AI-powered tools across the cloud-based platform to help control costs, maximize productivity, and make better decisions, supported by powerful analytics and data that demonstrate legal department value across the enterprise. For nearly 30 years, LexisNexis has delivered innovative solutions informed by industry expertise, thought leadership, and customer feedback.

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LexisNexis and Luminance Announce Strategic Alliance to Extend Authoritative Legal AI Content and Technology into Enterprise Contract Workflows

Anuj Baveja — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT

Mutual in-house customers can access LexisNexis AI capabilities grounded in leading legal content within Luminance and seamlessly transition to Lexis+^® with Protégé™ for advanced legal workflows

NEW YORK and LONDON, April 21, 2026 – LexisNexis^®Legal & Professional and Luminance today announced a strategic alliance enabling mutual in-house legal customers to leverage LexisNexis legal AI technology powered by LexisNexis^® Protégé™, delivering insights grounded in authoritative legal content and Shepard’s^® citations directly within the Luminance platform, with seamless access to Lexis+ with Protégé for more complex, end-to-end legal workflows. The alliance brings trusted citation-backed legal insights from LexisNexis directly into Luminance, helping in-house legal teams make more informed and verifiable contract decisions.

Within the Lumi Legal-Grade™ AI natural-language assistant, customers can choose to ask Protégé legal questions and receive insights grounded in LexisNexis industry-leading legal content and linked citations. For example, Protégé will enable users to:

Validate contract language against applicable law in real time using citation-backed answers grounded in case law, statutes, and Shepard’s citations, reducing risk during negotiation.
Strengthen negotiation strategies with authoritative legal insight, accelerating contract cycles and improving decision confidence.
Take guided next steps into Lexis+ with Protégé for deeper legal workflows, using suggested actions to expand analysis, review underlying authorities, generate legal drafts and documents, and complete complex legal work.

"We are building the most complete enterprise AI for contract negotiation, and it all starts from the same principle: AI is only as good as the data behind it," said Eleanor Lightbody, CEO of Luminance. "Our platform is already trained on over 220 million verified legal documents. Now, on top of this commercial intelligence, we’re enabling mutual customers to access LexisNexis Protégé, which is grounded in the world's most comprehensive library of case law, statutes, and precedent. No other AI workflow comes close to this breadth and depth."

“Our priority is to deliver high-quality legal AI workflow solutions and support exceptional and efficient legal work where our customers work,” said Sean Fitzpatrick, CEO Global Legal, LexisNexis. “We’re delighted to collaborate with Luminance to help mutual in-house legal customers benefit from trusted, citation-backed insights within Luminance with seamless access to Lexis+ with Protégé for deeper legal analysis and document drafting.”

Together, LexisNexis and Luminance enable in-house legal teams to make informed contract decisions by combining real-world contract intelligence with authoritative legal AI. Luminance's AI is trained on more than 220 million legal documents – a private record of how businesses actually negotiate and structure agreements. Lexis+ with Protégé delivers purpose-built legal AI workflows grounded in a repository of 200 billion legal documents – with four million new documents added daily – comprising essential, unique, constantly updated, Shepardized, and linked legal content.

Luminance and LexisNexis will host a joint panel on May 21, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. ET, “From Productivity to Precedent: How Authoritative AI Infrastructure Will Change Enterprise Decision Making,” exploring the growing role of trusted, citation-backed AI in contract workflows, and what this means for the future of legal intelligence. To learn more and register: https://www.luminance.com/lexisnexis-strategic-alliance/.

To learn more about Lexis+ with Protégé: www.lexisnexis.com/ai and Protégé: www.lexisnexis.com/protege.

About Luminance

Developed by AI experts from the University of Cambridge, Luminance's Legal-Grade™ AI redefines enterprise decision-making, turning contracts from an administrative burden into strategic intelligence. Luminance's multi-agent platform automates entire workflows, from creation and negotiation to risk review and compliance. It understands clauses, evaluates legal and commercial impact, takes action, and learns from every negotiation, becoming increasingly attuned to your business. Trusted by over 1,000 of the world's largest enterprises across 70+ countries, Luminance helps companies stay ahead of risk, seize opportunity, and outpace competition.

About LexisNexis^® Legal & Professional

LexisNexis^® Legal & Professional provides AI-powered legal, regulatory, business information, analytics, and workflows that help customers increase their productivity, improve decision-making, achieve better outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis^® and Nexis^® services. LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,900 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers.

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Anuj Baveja
Director, Communications
LexisNexis Legal & Professional
anuj.baveja@xisnexis.com

AI-Powered Legal Drafting Is Now a Competitive Necessity for Law Firms

Anuj Baveja — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:11:00 GMT

NEW YORK, April 16, 2026 - AI-powered legal drafting is quickly becoming essential for law firms to stay competitive, and the firms seeing the greatest impact are the ones adopting end-to-end legal AI solutions built specifically for legal work.

New data from the American Bar Association shows 65% of lawyers are already saving up to five hours per week using AI in legal writing.

Lexis+® with Protégé™ is helping drive this shift, enabling lawyers to draft faster, with greater accuracy and confidence. The advantage goes beyond efficiency with:

Outputs grounded in authoritative, citable, and verifiable legal content

The ability to seamlessly incorporate enriched web data and internal firm documents

An integrated platform that connects drafting and legal analysis in one place

Built-in legal citation checks to reduce risk and improve consistency

Easy-to-use, intuitive drafting workflows designed for how lawyers actually work

What differentiates this approach is its foundation. Protégé is grounded in world-leading LexisNexis authoritative content and a legal knowledge graph that spans more than 200 billion documents, with more than 4 million new documents added daily, and citation, trust, and validity signals continuously updated, delivering depth, currency, and connectivity that popular AI tools cannot replicate.

The result is faster, more reliable, and fully defensible legal drafting that minimizes risks like hallucinated citations or unsupported analysis.

As adoption accelerates in 2026, firms are moving beyond general AI tools to end-to-end drafting workflows purpose-built for the legal profession that deliver measurable gains in quality, efficiency, and client value.

AI-powered drafting is no longer a nice-to-have – it’s how modern law firms compete using trusted data and AI built specifically for legal professionals.

To learn more about Protégé: www.lexisnexis.com/protege and Lexis+ with Protégé: www.lexisnexis.com/ai.

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Media contact:
Anuj Baveja
anuj.baveja@lexisnexis.com

Lex Machina 2026 Class Action Litigation Report: Filings Surge to Highest Level in a Decade, Driven by Consumer Protection Claims

Anuj Baveja — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:00:00 GMT

New analysis highlights sharp rise in consumer protection class actions, shifting venue dynamics, and increasing concentration among repeat litigants and firms

San Jose, CA — April 16, 2026 — LexisNexis® Legal & Professional today announced the release of the Lex Machina® 2026 Class Action Litigation Report, delivering a comprehensive, data-driven analysis of class action litigation trends in federal courts. Drawing on powerful data and exclusive insights from Lex Machina, the LexisNexis® Legal Analytics® platform, the report examines key developments from 2023 through 2025, with additional historical context dating back to 2016.

Key findings from the report include:

Class action filings reach decade high: After years of relative stability, federal class action filings surged in 2025 to more than 12,200 cases, marking the highest volume in the past decade. This increase reflects renewed litigation activity following pandemic-era disruptions and signals sustained momentum in the years.

Consumer protection cases drive growth: Consumer protection class actions have emerged as the leading driver of federal litigation, accounting for nearly half of all filings over the past decade. In 2025 alone, these cases exceeded 7,600 filings, representing a nearly 50 percent year-over-year increase and fueling the broader rise in class actions.

Substantial damage awards and litigation timelines underscore financial stakes: From 2023 through 2025, courts approved more than $32 billion in class action settlement damages, highlighting the significant financial exposure associated with these cases. Class certification and settlements typically occurred more than two years after filing, while trials on median took closer to four years.

“Lex Machina gives transactional attorneys (like me) a data-driven window into how deals play out if they were to end up in litigation,” said Eric Andalman, partner at Hogan Lovells. The platform “helps assess each party’s risk, understand how specific clauses have been litigated, and negotiate with clarity as to the real world consequences behind the contractual provisions.”

“Lex Machina provides crucial timing analytics, including data on key case milestones, that have transformed our approach to forecasting, calendaring, and legal budgeting,” said Mary Parker, associate attorney at Fields Han Cunniff. “Relying on these timing metrics perfectly supplements our traditional research and gives our firm a competitive edge.”

“Our Class Action Litigation Report helps legal teams assess the rising class action risk,” said Eric Wright, senior vice president for Lex Machina at LexisNexis. “As filings increase, customers need clear insight into where cases are being filed, how they are progressing, who the key players are, and where financial exposure is rising. Lex Machina helps firms and in-house counsel assess risk earlier, forecast timing more accurately, budget with greater confidence, and pursue smarter litigation and settlement strategies.”

To request a copy of the report, visit LexisNexis.com/LexMachina .

The Lex Machina Legal Analytics platform equips litigation professionals to develop stronger case strategies and generate business. From precise timing metrics that inform legal budgeting to trend data on top law firms and leading judges, Lex Machina supplements traditional legal research and experience with customized, data-backed insights. These insights help lawyers identify and pursue new matters, navigate motion and trial strategies, and negotiate smarter settlements, ultimately giving firms a competitive edge in litigation.

About LexisNexis® Legal & Professional

LexisNexis® Legal & Professional provides AI-powered legal, regulatory, business information, analytics and workflows that help customers increase their productivity, improve decision-making, achieve better outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis® and Nexis® services. LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,900 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers.

About Lex Machina

Lex Machina® fundamentally changes how companies and law firms compete in the business and practice of law. The company provides strategic insights on judges, lawyers, law firms, parties, and other critical information across 22 federal practice areas and a rapidly growing number of state courts. Lex Machina allows law firms and companies to anticipate the behaviors and outcomes that different legal strategies will produce, supporting more effective case strategy and business development efforts.

Lex Machina was named Winner of the “Overall LegalTech Data Solution Provider of the Year” LegalTech Breakthrough Award 2025, “Best Data Analytics & Insight Solution” 2025 CODiE Award, and Winner of the “Media Excellence Award” for Analytics/Big Data 2024. Based in Silicon Valley, Lex Machina is part of LexisNexis®, a leading global provider of legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics. For more information, please visit https://www.lexisnexis.com/en-us/products/lex-machina.page.

Eric Andalman and Mary Parker are customers of Lex Machina.

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Venture PR
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LexisNexis Launches Practical Guidance AI & Technology to Address Growing Legal Risk and Regulatory Complexity

Anuj Baveja — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT

NEW YORK, April 9, 2026 — LexisNexis^® Legal & Professional, a global leader in information, analytics, and AI-powered legal workflow solutions, today announced the launch of Practical Guidance AI & Technology, a new task-based practice area designed to help attorneys address the rapidly evolving legal, regulatory, and commercial challenges associated with artificial intelligence and emerging technologies.

As organizations accelerate AI adoption, legal teams are facing increasing pressure to interpret shifting regulatory frameworks, assess novel liability risks, and structure complex technology-driven transactions. The new practice area provides attorneys with practical, workflow-aligned guidance to support key legal tasks, including drafting agreements, advising business stakeholders, ensuring regulatory compliance, and managing disputes involving AI systems.

Unlike traditional topical resources, Practical Guidance AI & Technology is organized around how legal work is performed in practice—enabling attorneys to move efficiently from issue identification to execution. The experience consolidates AI- and technology-related content into a single destination, supporting the full lifecycle of AI deployment, from governance and compliance to transactions, litigation, and internal policy development.

Carrie Wright, Vice President, Practical Guidance, LexisNexis Legal & Professional, said: “AI is moving fast and legal risk is moving with it. Practical Guidance AI & Technology is built around the real tasks attorneys are tackling every day, delivering clear, actionable guidance and tools that align to how the work actually gets done. It empowers lawyers to cut through complexity, advise with confidence, and stay ahead of what’s next.”

Developed and continuously updated by experienced practitioners and subject-matter experts, the practice area provides actionable resources across a range of high-impact legal workflows, including:

Drafting and negotiating agreements for SaaS, cloud services, AI development, licensing, outsourcing, and data use
Assessing compliance with emerging AI-specific regulations and applying existing legal frameworks to new technologies
Analyzing intellectual property, data rights, and ownership issues in AI-driven environments
Supporting M&A and investment transactions involving AI-enabled businesses
Managing AI-related litigation, including claims, discovery, evidentiary issues, and evolving case law
Addressing the use of AI in legal practice, including ethics, court rules, and internal governance policies

The practice area is designed to evolve alongside the technology landscape, incorporating new legal developments and emerging use cases as they arise.

Content from Practical Guidance AI & Technology is also integrated with Lexis+^® with Protégé™, the company’s AI-powered assistant, enabling attorneys to quickly surface relevant guidance within their workflow and accelerate legal research and drafting tasks.

For more information, visit: www.lexisnexis.com/practicalguidance.

About LexisNexis^® Legal & Professional

LexisNexis^® Legal & Professional provides AI-powered legal, regulatory, business information, analytics, and workflows that help customers increase their productivity, improve decision-making, achieve better outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis^®and Nexis^®services. LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,900 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers.

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Media Contact:
Anuj Baveja
LexisNexis Legal & Professional
anuj.baveja@lexisnexis.com

Intelligize+ AI Unveils Next Evolution of Protégé for Deeper, Unified SEC Filings Research

Anuj Baveja — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:30:00 GMT

Conversational workflow, structured analysis and transparent, verifiable results—powered by Intelligize’s proprietary, tagging and deep filtering of SEC filings content

NEW YORK, March 30, 2026 – LexisNexis^® Legal & Professional, a global leader in information, analytics, and AI-powered legal workflow solutions, today announced the next evolution of Protégé™ in Intelligize+ AI™, delivering a more advanced research and analytics experience for disclosure, reporting and compliance professionals who rely on SEC filings.

AI is only as valuable as the content it’s built on. Intelligize has spent years assembling a comprehensive, curated collection of SEC filings content, enhanced by proprietary tagging and deep filtering that sets it apart from general-purpose AI platforms. Protégé puts that foundation to work, combining Intelligize’s authoritative data with a unified, multi-turn conversational experience that mirrors how rigorous disclosure research actually unfolds.

Rather than navigating disconnected tools or restarting searches from scratch, Protégé enables users to refine questions progressively, preserve context as analysis deepens and generate organized, defensible results. Responses are tied directly to underlying SEC filings with visible search logic, providing disclosure and compliance teams the transparency and confidence required to support audit preparation.

“The promise of AI in disclosure research is only realized when it’s grounded in data that professionals can trust,” said Christian Berczely, CEO & CTO of Intelligize. “Intelligize has always been defined by the depth of its content, and Protégé is built directly on that foundation. It combines our proprietary tagging and filtering of SEC filings content with a conversational AI experience that helps professionals move from complex questions to actionable insights with greater clarity and control.”

The evolved Protégé experience is carefully designed to deliver measurable value to disclosure and compliance teams:

Workflow continuity grounded in authoritative content. Multi-turn conversational research allows questions to build progressively—without restarting analysis—while every response stays anchored to SEC filings content curated by Intelligize.
Deeper, structured analysis across multiple filings. Users can analyze trends and benchmark peer disclosures across up to 20 SEC filings simultaneously, generating organized tables and executive-style summaries aligned to reporting workflows.
Transparent and verifiable results. Each response is tied directly to underlying SEC filings, with visible search logic—combining Boolean and conceptual search techniques—so teams can audit conclusions and maintain confidence in every finding.
Flexible outputs and easy export. Users can transform findings into tables, checklists, reports and briefs, and easily download them in PDF and MS Word formats or copy them directly without losing momentum.

When complex disclosure questions require additional assurance, the Intelligize Customer Research Team is available to provide hands-on support—bringing deep subject-matter expertise to high-stakes reporting decisions and helping review AI-assisted findings against the same authoritative content that powers Protégé.

Launched in 2024, Intelligize+ AI was one of the first solutions in the SEC compliance space to add an AI layer that extended the power and value of a comprehensive securities filings database. This included its Ask AI, AI Summarize, and AI Compare features. In 2025, it merged those features into Protégé and enhanced the platform by adding AI Search in SEC Filings. Those evolutionary steps led to today’s unified offering in SEC filings.

To learn more about Protégé in Intelligize+ AI, visit: www.intelligize.com/ai/.

About LexisNexis^® Legal & Professional
LexisNexis^® Legal & Professional provides AI-powered legal, regulatory, business information, analytics, and workflows that help customers increase their productivity, improve decision-making, achieve better outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis^®and Nexis^®services. LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,900 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers.

Intelligize^® is a trusted provider of AI-powered SEC compliance intelligence for compliance, transactional and financial reporting professionals. Our web-based platform combines a comprehensive collection of SEC filings, regulatory materials, news and transactional data with generative AI capabilities and advanced analytics to deliver faster, defensible research and analysis. Public companies, private companies, law firms, accounting and consulting firms, and other organizations rely on Intelligize to stay compliant with evolving SEC requirements, benchmark disclosures with confidence and execute complex transactions with greater precision. Headquartered in New York City, Intelligize serves public and private companies, as well as many of the top global law and accounting firms. For more information, visit www.intelligize.com.

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Jason Milch
Baretz + Brunelle
jmilch@baretzbrunelle.com

LexisNexis and Dentons Mark Successful Deployment of Lexis® Everyfile Across the Firm’s UK Legal Delivery Centre

Anuj Baveja — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 14:08:00 GMT

Following a phased rollout, Dentons has embedded Lexis Everyfile at the core of its UK Legal Delivery Centre, improving visibility, consistency and workflow efficiency across high-volume work.

London, U.K., 25 March 2026 – LexisNexis Enterprise Solutions, part of LexisNexis^® Legal & Professional, a global leader in information, analytics, and AI-powered legal workflow solutions, today announces the successful and sustained adoption of Lexis^® Everyfile by global law firm Dentons in its UK Legal Delivery Centre (LDC). Following a measured, phased rollout across key teams within the LDC, Lexis Everyfile is now supporting multiple work types and business processes, demonstrating its value as a modern, scalable matter and knowledge management solution.

Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, partnered with LexisNexis Enterprise Solutions to introduce Lexis Everyfile as a targeted enhancement to the LDC’s operational tooling.

After several months of active use, the LDC reports strong improvements in consistency, transparency, and operational agility across its teams.

The LDC provides scalable, process driven support across a broad range of legal and administrative work, enabling Dentons’ UK practice groups to focus on higher value matters while ensuring consistency and efficiency across recurring tasks.

“Everyfile has quickly become an integral part of how we coordinate and deliver work across the Legal Delivery Centre. Its flexibility allows us to shape workflows that genuinely reflect how our teams operate, while maintaining the structure and consistency we need across recurring tasks,” said Greg Rigby, Head of LDC at Dentons. “It’s helped us improve visibility, reduce friction and give our people more headroom to focus on the work that really requires their expertise.”

Designed to simplify matter delivery, Lexis Everyfile connects lawyer expertise, key documents, process steps, and data insights in a highly configurable environment. By enabling Dentons to standardize core processes while still accommodating specialist workflows, Lexis Everyfile ensures that teams can confidently manage significant workloads without compromising quality.

The platform’s structured data capture and consistent workflow design also support Dentons’ broader goals around AI readiness. With Lexis Everyfile providing a more complete, more accurate dataset across key workstreams, the firm is now better positioned to leverage emerging AI tools responsibly and effectively.

“Everyfile is designed to make the operational backbone of a law firm more intelligent and more connected. Dentons’ implementation shows how a single digital file can unlock the value of knowledge and process in ways that empower teams and strengthen decision making across the business,” said Nigel Williams, Product Director, LexisNexis Enterprise Solutions.

Since going live, Dentons has also leveraged Lexis Everyfile to support evolving workstreams across the business, with the LDC using the platform to manage multiple matter types. The firm’s emphasis on demonstrating real world value before publicizing its adoption underscores its commitment to evidence based innovation.

Early impact indicators have been positive, with teams reporting:

Improved visibility of matter status and workflow progress
Reduction in process variability across repeatable work
Faster onboarding of new team members due to standardized, intuitive workflows
Enhanced ability to track, reuse, and refine knowledge assets

The partnership highlights the combined value of Dentons’ forward thinking operational strategy and LexisNexis’ expertise in delivering legal technology that supports both compliance and commercial performance. As Dentons continues to strengthen its data foundations, Lexis Everyfile is expected to play a key role in enabling further optimization and informed adoption of next generation AI capabilities.

About LexisNexis^® Legal & Professional

LexisNexis^® Legal & Professional provides AI-powered legal, regulatory, business information, analytics, and workflows that help customers increase their productivity, improve decision-making, achieve better outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis^®and Nexis^®services. LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,900 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers.

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What Legalweek 2026 Revealed About the Future of AI in Legal

Anuj Baveja — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 18:31:00 GMT

How legal organizations are moving from productivity gains to authoritative, scalable advantage

By Jeff Reihl, Technology Chairman, LexisNexis Legal & Professional

NEW YORK, March 23, 2026 — At Legalweek 2026, I hosted an AI Workshop that brought together managing partners, general counsel, innovation leaders, and technologists for a candid discussion about where artificial intelligence is truly heading in legal.

Across the workshop’s three panels – examining the state of AI across the legal market, rethinking ROI for AI in the legal world, and leading and thriving in the AI-transformed legal workplace – one message was unmistakable: the conversation has matured.

Twelve months ago, the dominant questions centered on AI experimentation and adoption. Questions like: “Should we pilot generative AI?” “How do we drive lawyer usage?” “How do we increase comfort with emerging tools?” took center stage. The focus was on testing, learning, and accelerating productivity.

This year, the conversation was far more sophisticated. Legal leaders are no longer asking whether to adopt AI. They are asking how to generate measurable ROI, how to embed AI into core workflows, and how to translate productivity gains into sustainable competitive advantage.

Five themes stood out:

Efficiency Was the Entry Point, Not the Destination

Early AI adoption in legal was tactical. Success was measured in hours saved. But efficiency alone does not create advantage.

AI compresses certain forms of work, yet it also expands what is possible. Law firms are discovering that while clients expect AI-driven cost reductions, AI simultaneously enables broader analysis, faster strategic insight, and entirely new types of work that would have been impractical or impossible before. As one panelist noted, some of the biggest long-term opportunities may come from capabilities firms simply couldn’t offer clients previously.

The conversation is shifting from “How many hours did we save?” to “How is AI improving the quality, scope, and impact of the work we deliver?”

Authoritative AI Is Now the Baseline

In legal, credibility depends on trust. Large language models can generate fluent answers but without authoritative sources, structured taxonomy, citators, and validation layers, AI produces plausible text, not reliable legal work.

As adoption matures, legal organizations are prioritizing systems grounded in validated content and transparent sourcing. The differentiator is no longer access to generative capability alone. It is access to AI built on authoritative foundations.

Trust is not a feature. It is now the standard.

From Tools to Repeatable, Scalable Workflows

In 2025, many firms experimented with AI at the task level. In 2026, leaders are focused on repeatability.

Scalable advantage does not come from isolated use cases. It comes from embedding AI into standardized drafting frameworks, compliance reviews, and enterprise workflows.

Organizations are also revisiting foundational infrastructure decisions, including build-versus-buy strategies and how AI integrates across heterogeneous technology stacks. As AI evolves from experiments to agentic systems, governance and organizational design become even more critical.

Scale requires discipline, and repeatability turns experimentation into enterprise capability.

Judgment and Accountability Remain Scarce

AI makes analysis abundant, yet human judgment remains scarce.

Throughout our discussions, one theme resonated clearly: AI does not remove accountability – it concentrates it. Senior legal professionals remain responsible for risk calibration, ethical considerations, and final decisions.

As AI accelerates output, the human bottleneck becomes more visible. The opportunity is not to replace expertise, but to elevate it, freeing lawyers to focus on interpretation, strategy, and client counsel.

Competitive Advantage Will Be Defined by Execution and Operating Model Design

As AI becomes table stakes, competitive advantage will come not from access to tools, but from how organizations redesign the way legal work is structured, delivered, and staffed.

The leaders in this next phase will be those who:

Ground AI in trusted, authoritative content
Integrate it into repeatable, enterprise-scale workflows
Establish governance frameworks that address risk and accountability
Align talent models with AI-enabled practice
Measure ROI beyond hours saved, focusing now on higher-quality work, new services, and value creation

This shift is already reshaping the relationship between corporate legal departments and outside counsel. Corporate legal teams are under increasing pressure to reduce costs, and AI is enabling them to handle more work internally. In some cases, departments are performing portions of the analysis in-house and engaging their outside firms to validate conclusions or address the highest-risk aspects of a matter.

This raises important questions around responsibility, risk ownership, and how value is shared. The most successful firms are responding by working more closely with their clients to redesign workflows and create true win–win models that combine in-house efficiency with external expertise.

At the same time, the talent model for the profession is beginning to shift. As AI handles more foundational tasks, firms and legal departments must intentionally redesign training and evaluation to preserve professional judgment and long-term capability.

AI is not just a technology strategy. It is a talent strategy.

The Next Chapter

The legal industry appears to be moving through three stages:

Experimentation and adoption
Authority and integration
Scalable competitive advantage

For general counsel and managing partners, the mandate is clear. AI is no longer a pilot project. It is becoming foundational to how legal services are delivered, measured, and differentiated.

The future of AI in legal will not be defined by productivity alone. It will be defined by authority, scalability, and the ability to turn technological capability into sustained strategic advantage.

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LexisNexis Future of Work Report 2026 Finds Generative AI Adoption Surges, With Governance Emerging as Key to Scale

Anuj Baveja — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Global study of 1,400 professionals reveals rapid workflow transformation driven by generative AI, with governance critical lever to scale impact and promote trusted outcomes

NEW YORK, March 19, 2026 — LexisNexis® today released its Future of Work Report 2026: Generative AI — Tool, Colleague, or Liability? revealing that generative AI (genAI) is rapidly transforming professional workflows, moving from experimentation to embedded daily use. The global study of 1,400 professionals across more than 20 industries finds that as genAI adoption accelerates, policy and oversight are not keeping pace, creating a growing need for enterprise-grade controls to support sustainable, responsible growth.

“Generative AI is now embedded in daily workflows across the enterprise,” said Todd Larsen, President Global Nexis Solutions, LexisNexis Legal & Professional. “As this continues to scale, trust in AI outputs requires more than model performance. It demands reliable, authoritative data, clear governance, and human accountability. Organizations that pair innovation with trusted data and disciplined oversight will be best positioned to deliver consistent, defensible outcomes at scale.”

Rapid adoption creates new governance demands

As genAI moved from experimentation to routine use, formal oversight remains inconsistent:

53% of professionals report using genAI without formal approval
28% say their organization has no formal genAI policy
55% personally pay for genAI tools, with 60% of those using them for work
19% received no AI training

These trends suggest AI is advancing inside organizations faster than enterprise controls are being established.

Confidence rises as organizations work to align oversight

The report highlights a growing gap between user confidence levels and organizational oversight maturity:

64% of professionals report being very or extremely confident in using genAI responsibly
74% of those who received mandatory AI training still report unauthorized genAI use
51% of organizations say they have launched internal AI agents
Only 44% of employees clearly understand what those AI agents are or how they function

As genAI systems become more autonomous, leadership focus will continue to shift from capabilities to accountability and whether appropriate guardrails are in place.

Human oversight remains essential

Despite growing autonomy in AI systems, professionals continue to emphasize the importance of human validation:

65% of professionals say human validation is very or extremely important
56% believe humans should remain involved at every stage
Only 9% support minimal human oversight

The data reinforces that AI effectiveness depends on structured validation, risk-tiered oversight, and clear policy frameworks.

A practical roadmap for leaders

To help organizations translate early momentum into sustainable value, the report outlines 10 immediate actions leaders can take to strengthen oversight and reduce risk, including:

Establishing cross-functional AI governance councils
Conducting enterprise-wide audits of AI usage
Publishing clear and enforceable AI policies
Deploying secure, enterprise-grade AI tools
Implementing risk-tiered validation protocols

The research also identifies five integrated elements required for responsible enterprise AI adoption: comprehensive training, clear policies, vetted tools, validation processes, and ongoing support.

As genAI continues to reshape how work gets done, organizations that align innovation with trusted data, structured workflows, and clear governance will be best positioned to scale expertise, drive productivity, and realize sustainable returns.

The LexisNexis Future of Work Report 2026 is available now.

To download the full report, access industry-specific findings, or benchmark your organization’s AI maturity, visit:
https://www.lexisnexis.com/en-us/products/nexis-plus-ai/future-of-work.page

About LexisNexis® Legal and Professional

LexisNexis® Legal & Professional provides AI-powered legal, regulatory, business information, analytics, and workflows that help customers increase their productivity, improve decision-making, achieve better outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis® and Nexis® services. LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,900 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers.

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InterAction Announces Next-Generation CRM Platform for Legal Professionals

Anuj Baveja — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT

InterAction+ AI Introduces AI Capabilities Including LexisNexis Protégé

NEW YORK, March 19, 2026 — LexisNexis® Legal & Professional, a global leader in information, analytics, and AI-powered workflow solutions, today announced the commercial preview launch of InterAction+™ AI, the next-generation evolution of the original legal CRM. Built natively in the cloud, InterAction+ AI transforms how legal professionals manage and strengthen client relationships, uncover and track opportunities, and drive more strategic client development.

InterAction+ AI delivers advanced analytics, automated data capture, robust business planning capabilities, and seamless integrations to the legal and professional services sectors. The upgraded platform transforms fragmented data into actionable client intelligence. Firms can now more easily track and analyze relationships to drive business development and improve client retention. The new features are tailored to the distinct needs of practitioners who require timely and precise information while managing demanding workloads.

Embedded AI Assistant: LexisNexis Protégé
LexisNexis Protégé™ is the legal AI assistant that accelerates work across LexisNexis solutions and is now seamlessly embedded within InterAction+ AI. By combining InterAction’s valuable client insights with LexisNexis’ advanced AI capabilities, Protégé proactively surfaces critical signals, uncovers hidden connections, and recommends next steps tailored to each firm’s goals.

"InterAction+ AI empowers our customers to proactively strengthen their relationships and grow their business," said Sean Fitzpatrick, CEO Global Legal, LexisNexis. “LexisNexis uniquely offers the combination of agentic intelligence, integrated client data, authoritative LexisNexis content, and InterAction+ AI’s deep understanding of law firm’s business and relationships to deliver actionable recommendations directly within their preferred workflows.”

Introducing AI-Driven Relationship Score
At the center of InterAction+ AI is a new AI-driven Relationship Score: a differentiated capability designed specifically for law firms. Powered by Protégé, Relationship Score continuously evaluates the strength and trajectory of client relationships and provides actionable guidance to improve them.

Clear explanations behind each relationship rating
Proactive alerts when client engagement changes
Trend monitoring over time to identify emerging risks or opportunities
Firm-specific weighting aligned to strategic priorities
Intelligent recommendations for next best actions
Automated email summaries with score updates and personalized improvement suggestions

Enhanced relationship intelligence also helps firms optimize cross-selling opportunities and mitigate the risks in a timely manner. This capability supports proactive business development planning and efficient marketing strategies to drive measurable business growth. This new capability represents the first of many AI advancements the company plans to incorporate into InterAction+ AI. Visit the InterAction website for more information.

About InterAction+ AI
InterAction+ AI is a client relationship platform designed for law and professional services firms. For three decades, InterAction has helped firms of all sizes drive business relationships, accelerate firm growth, and increase economic value by embedding client intelligence at the heart of every engagement.

About LexisNexis AI Development
LexisNexis prioritizes customer-driven AI innovation that solves complex problems and enhances value. The company employs over 2,000 technologists, data scientists, and legal experts to develop safe, purpose-built legal AI solutions with human oversight in line with RELX Responsible AI Principles. Backed by advanced encryption and privacy technology, its global technology platform seamlessly integrates the latest AI advancements, including agentic AI, within a scalable, multi-cloud infrastructure. A proprietary Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) platform grounds large language model (LLM) answers in a comprehensive repository of trusted legal content to ensure authoritative responses, with validated citations powered by Shepard's®. Customers can further personalize results with Document Management System (DMS) integration. The company’s multi-model approach selects the best AI model for each use case, supported by partners AWS, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, Mistral, and OpenAI.

About LexisNexis® Legal & Professional
LexisNexis® Legal & Professional provides AI-powered legal, regulatory, business information, analytics, and workflows that help customers increase their productivity, improve decision-making, achieve better outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis® and Nexis® services. LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,900 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers.   

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Willkie Farr & Gallagher Chooses LexisNexis Protégé for Legal AI Workflows Firmwide

Anuj Baveja — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT

Willkie Farr & Gallagher Chooses LexisNexis Protégé for Legal AI Workflows Firmwide 

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has expanded its strategic collaboration with LexisNexis^® Legal & Professional with firmwide adoption of LexisNexis Protégé™ for authoritative legal AI across its legal workflows.  

A recognized leader in innovation, Willkie is integrating a broad suite of LexisNexis AI-powered tools alongside its proprietary Wendell Intelligence platform, embedding private, secure, and authoritative legal AI workflows directly into its existing technology ecosystem. 

John Elbasan, Chief Information Officer at Willkie, commented: “Rolling out Protégé firmwide is a deliberate step in our AI strategy, pairing advanced generative capability with legal research grounded in authoritative sources. It’s designed to support the rigorous analysis our work demands and keep our focus on what matters most: delivering clear, measurable value for our clients.”

Todd Friedlich, Director of Knowledge Management & Innovation at Willkie, said: “Our collaboration with LexisNexis is an important step in Willkie’s AI strategy. Embedding Protégé into our Wendell Intelligence platform brings trusted legal content directly into our lawyers’ everyday workflows and strengthens our foundation for the next generation of client-focused legal services.”

AI-powered tools Willkie is rolling out to all its legal professionals include:  

Protégé and Lexis® Create+, enabling lawyers to draft, revise, and analyze documents more efficiently using trusted legal content and firm-approved workflows.

Intelligize+ AI™, bringing generative AI and new search technologies grounded in verifiable sources designed to surface higher quality results.

The full LexisNexis API suite, including the Lex Machina® API, enabling automation of docketing and docket analytics processes, and deeper integration with firm-built systems such as Wendell.

Connectivity to iManage®, allowing lawyers to securely leverage proven, internal work product alongside authoritative LexisNexis content to support faster, more consistent drafting.

“Forward-looking firms like Willkie are using AI to improve efficiency and elevate client service. By embedding Protégé directly into core legal workflows – from drafting and transactional matters to regulatory analysis – Willkie is enabling its lawyers to deliver faster insights and deeply customized client solutions, grounded in authoritative content and protected by the highest standards of security and privacy,” said Sean Fitzpatrick, CEO Global Legal, LexisNexis Legal & Professional.

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The Power of Agentic AI for Legal Work: From Prompts to Finished, Authoritative Legal Work

Anuj Baveja — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 19:00:00 GMT

By Greg Dickason, Chief Technology Officer, LexisNexis Legal & Professional, and Jeff Bleich, General Counsel, Anthropic

Legal AI is entering a new phase. The first wave proved that generative AI can draft, summarize, and brainstorm at speed. The next wave is authoritative, agentic legal AI that is powerfully integrated, deeply embedded in legal workflows, repeatable at scale, and capable of producing finished, citable work product that meets the highest legal standards.

We are seeing this shift happen in real time. LexisNexis has integrated Anthropic’s Legal Plugin (Legal Plugin) into the Lexis+® with Protégé™ (Protégé) platform. This integration enhances hundreds of existing AI and agentic AI legal workflow capabilities available via Protégé and reflects the company’s process to continuously evaluate and incorporate new technologies or capabilities that help customers achieve better outcomes in trusted LexisNexis solutions.

LexisNexis had been evaluating the Legal Plugin capabilities since before its market release. This powerful agentic experience has been tested in a limited commercial preview with customers over the past several weeks.

Now, Protégé users can automate finished, verifiable legal work product in multiple ready-to-use formats with their work grounded accurately in the company’s vast 200-billion document repository – with four million new documents added daily – essential, unique, constantly updated, Shepardized, and linked legal content. It all operates within the Protégé world-class, private, secure, and trusted technology environment.

This is not about adding another chat interface. It is about helping legal professionals move from a single prompt to authoritative, trusted outcomes with confidence.

What Legal Professionals Actually Need
Legal professionals don’t need more AI-generated paragraphs. They need:

A data protection agreement they can review, refine, and sign.
A contract review they can trust.
A research briefing grounded in authoritative sources.
A client-ready deck and tracking spreadsheet that align with their written advice.
Citations that are validated before they ever leave the screen.

Together, with a shared commitment to bringing customers the highest-quality AI, LexisNexis and Anthropic are enabling legal professionals to go from prompt to validated, formatted, client-ready deliverables inside one secure legal workspace.

Why Agentic AI Represents a Turning Point for Legal Work
Agentic AI unlocks new levels of productivity for legal users. Instead of stopping at answers, AI capabilities become even more effective – and in this case, can produce completed deliverables by executing structured steps, orchestrating workflows, and outputting professional work product.

In law, however, capability alone is not enough. Legal teams need trust: authoritative grounding, citation validation, and legal-grade privacy and security. That’s exactly what this integration is designed to deliver.

With the Legal Plugin embedded within Protégé, legal professionals can move from a single prompt to authoritative, validated, formatted, client-ready deliverables, all inside one secure legal workspace.

This is the difference between AI that assists and AI that operationalizes.

A Long-Time Partnership Focused on Legal AI Innovation
LexisNexis and Anthropic have been collaborating for years, including fine-tuning early legal generative AI solutions on AWS Bedrock in 2023. We know high-quality legal outcomes are possible when the most authoritative legal content and AI technology meets the best advanced model capabilities with domain-grade infrastructure, including privacy, security, governance.

Today, we’re continuing that mutual innovation, now delivering powerful agentic AI capabilities that let customers do even more, wherever they work, with fully integrated workflows inside Protégé.

A Different Approach to Legal AI
As legal AI matures, two approaches are emerging:

One focuses on connecting point solutions across platforms which can introduce fragmentation and governance complexity.

The other is integration: embedding advanced model capabilities inside a legal-grade infrastructure where authority, validation, and governance are built in from the start.

LexisNexis has long taken a technology-agnostic, multi-model, multi-tool, and multi-agent approach: continuously evaluating new capabilities and embedding them where they measurably improve customer outcomes. By integrating the Legal Plugin directly into Protégé, the center of gravity remains where legal professionals need it: inside a trusted workspace designed specifically for legal work. It’s a purpose-built legal AI platform that integrates leading models and differentiates through authoritative grounding and workflow execution.

The Vision Ahead
The future of legal AI is not about better chat. It is about coordinated, agentic workflows that:

Orchestrate tasks intelligently
Generate multi-format deliverables
Validate authority automatically
Operate inside governed enterprise environments
And give legal professionals time back for higher-value thinking

That future is not theoretical. That future is already taking shape in collaboration with LexisNexis customers. Customers have highlighted the value of automatic citation validation and the ability to quickly finalize polished outputs.

When advanced AI meets trusted legal authority, something powerful happens. AI stops being another step in legal work. It starts to become essential infrastructure, enabling legal professionals to deliver authoritative work faster, with greater confidence, and at enterprise scale.

To learn more about Lexis+ with Protégé: www.lexisnexis.com/ai.

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LexisNexis Recognizes Visionary Companies From 18 Countries as “Top 100 Global Innovators” for 2026

Anuj Baveja — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 20:28:00 GMT

Top 100 Companies Identified by LexisNexis Intellectual Property Solutions Based on Quantifiable Improvement in Patent Portfolios

New York, NY – March 4, 2026 – LexisNexis^® Legal & Professional today announced the “Top 100 Global Innovators” for 2026, the companies around the world that are driving innovation in the global economy, based on quantifiable improvement in the patent portfolios held by those companies over the last two years. Representing 18 countries, the top 100 companies were identified through an analysis by LexisNexis^® Intellectual Property Solutions using its proven Patent Asset Index methodology across its database of more than 17 million global patent families.

"Innovation can sometimes feel like an abstract concept that is hard to measure and even harder to improve. Happily, patent analytics can provide a relevant and impactful gauge for evaluating innovation from companies across all industries, technologies, and sizes,” said Marco Richter, Managing Director and Chief Commercial Officer for LexisNexis Intellectual Property Solutions. “LexisNexis^® Patent Asset Index provides an objective apples-to-apples framework for analyzing innovation leadership based on changes in the strength of each company’s patent assets. This goes beyond simply counting patents. The Top 100 Global Innovators have showcased true leadership by advancing the world’s knowledge and developing technologies and services that help shape a better future.”

Key Insights:

Semiconductors Take the Lead: Having dominated the 2025 ranking by company count, pharmaceuticals cede the top position this year to the semiconductor industry, which leads with 14 honorees. Pharmaceuticals now rank second with 13 companies, followed by Chemicals and Materials with 12 entrants.

Innovators Span the Globe: For the fifth consecutive year, US-based companies dominated the Top 100 Global Innovators with 46 honorees. US-based companies on the list excel in Pharmaceuticals and Medical Technology, while Asia dominates representation in Chemicals and Materials. Notably, within the Asian region there is balanced representation from China, Korea, and Japan, each represented by seven companies. EMEA scores highest in the Automotive sector with strong representation from Germany.

Top 100 Global Innovators by Industry Sector

Industries	Americas	Asia	EMEA	Grand Total
Semiconductors	6	5	3	14
Pharmaceuticals	10	-	3	13
Chemicals and Materials	1	6	5	12
Consumer Goods	4	4	3	11
Information Technologies	6	2	3	11
Engineering	4	1	5	10
Medical Technologies	7	-	-	7
Technology R&D	5	1	-	6
Automotive	-	1	5	6
Electronics	2	4	-	6
Biotechnologies	2	-	-	2
Appliances	-	1	-	1
Conglomerates	-	1	-	1
Grand Total	47	26	27	100

New Entrants Range from Startups to Industry Giants: The report introduces 21 new entrants to the list, reflecting the increasingly global and cross-sector nature of breakthrough innovation. From small companies to global conglomerates, those new companies include innovators such as Adeia and Flagship Pioneering (US), Airbus and Safran (EMEA), and Fujitsu and LONGi Green Energy (Asia), illustrating the breadth of momentum, as they span advanced engineering, next-generation electronics, clean energy technologies, and life sciences.

Intellectual Property Drives Corporate Strategy: The report emphasizes the importance of high-quality, impactful patent portfolios in driving competitive advantage and revenue. For example, IBM reflects a value-driven approach, while Adeia focuses on acquiring strategic portfolios for targeted growth, and Huawei and InterDigital demonstrate how strong portfolios underpin sustainable licensing revenue.

Smaller Companies Demonstrate Value of Patent Assets: Smaller, specialist players such as Acuitas Therapeutics, Strong Force IP, Ofinno, and Magic Leap illustrate how focused capabilities and high-value IP can create outsized strategic relevance. This dynamic is reinforced by the combination of two companies on this year’s Top 100 list, as Eli Lilly acquired venture-backed Orna Therapeutics in February.

US and China Dominate Academic Arena: The academic innovation leaders are mostly made up of US and Chinese institutions, highlighting their central role in high-impact research. The United States features leading research institutions such as the Broad Institute, MIT, Harvard, and the University of California, while China shows strong depth across multiple universities and research labs. Europe is solely represented by Germany’s Fraunhofer, underscoring continued strength in applied research and technology transfer.

Five-Year Innovation Momentum Shows Both Change and Continuity: Over five years, Top 100 recognitions have been awarded to 190 companies across 21 countries, led by the United States, followed by China and Germany.

Pharmaceuticals stood out with 87 recognitions, ahead of Semiconductors and Information Technologies. Biotechnologies showed the highest recurrence and stability, while Engineering reflected greater volatility with the lowest average repeat rate of companies.

New: Inventor Network Analysis: This year’s report introduces a new framework for analyzing inventor networks, showing how collaboration patterns drive innovation performance. By mapping co-invention relationships, it identifies teams, key connectors, and knowledge flows. For IP professionals, this framework provides actionable insights to support competitive intelligence, identification of critical inventors, organizational benchmarking, and enhanced M&A due diligence.

The Top 100 Global Innovators list was released as part of the Innovation Momentum 2026: The Global Top 100 report.

Top 100 Global Innovators in Alphabetical Order with Global Headquarters and Industry Sector

Patent Owner	HQ	Industry
10x Genomics	US	Biotechnologies
Acuitas Therapeutics	CA	Pharmaceuticals
Adeia*	US	Technology R&D
AGCO*	US	Engineering
Airbus Group*	NL	Engineering
Align Technology	US	Medical Technologies
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals	US	Pharmaceuticals
Alphabet	US	Information Technologies
Amazon	US	Information Technologies
Amgen	US	Pharmaceuticals
Apple	US	Electronics
Applied Materials	US	Semiconductors
ARAMCO	SA	Chemicals and Materials
ASM	NL	Semiconductors
ASML	NL	Semiconductors
AutoStore	NO	Information Technologies
BASF	DE	Chemicals and Materials
Becton, Dickinson	US	Medical Technologies
BioNTech	DE	Pharmaceuticals
Boeing	US	Engineering
Bosch	DE	Automotive
Bristol-Myers Squibb	US	Pharmaceuticals
British American Tobacco	GB	Consumer Goods
CATL	CN	Chemicals and Materials
Chengdu Qinchuan IoT	CN	Technology R&D
Coupang	US	Information Technologies
Daikin	JP	Appliances
Deere & Co	US	Engineering
Dyson*	SG	Consumer Goods
E Ink*	TW	Electronics
Edwards Lifesciences	US	Medical Technologies
Eli Lilly	US	Pharmaceuticals
Ericsson	SE	Information Technologies
Flagship Pioneering*	US	Technology R&D
Fujitsu*	JP	Conglomerates
Gilead Sciences	US	Pharmaceuticals
Honor Device*	CN	Electronics
Huawei	CN	Information Technologies
Hyundai Motor	KR	Automotive
IBM	US	Information Technologies
Illumina	US	Biotechnologies
Intel	US	Semiconductors
InterDigital	US	Technology R&D
Intl. Flavors & Fragrances	US	Chemicals and Materials
Intuitive Surgical	US	Medical Technologies
Japan Tobacco	JP	Consumer Goods
JFE Holdings	JP	Engineering
JinkoSolar*	CN	Semiconductors
Johnson & Johnson	US	Pharmaceuticals
KLA	US	Semiconductors
Krones*	DE	Engineering
KT&G	KR	Consumer Goods
Lam Research	US	Semiconductors
LG Chem	KR	Chemicals and Materials
LG Electronics	KR	Electronics
LONGi Green Energy*	CN	Semiconductors
Magic Leap	US	Electronics
Masimo	US	Medical Technologies
MediaTek	TW	Semiconductors
Meta	US	Information Technologies
Moderna Therapeutics	US	Pharmaceuticals
Nestlé	CH	Consumer Goods
Nike	US	Consumer Goods
Nippon Steel*	JP	Chemicals and Materials
Nvidia	US	Semiconductors
Ocado	GB	Information Technologies
Ofinno	US	Technology R&D
OMV Group	AT	Chemicals and Materials
Orna Therapeutics*	US	Pharmaceuticals
P&G	US	Consumer Goods
Philip Morris	US	Consumer Goods
Qualcomm	US	Semiconductors
Regeneron	US	Pharmaceuticals
Roche	CH	Pharmaceuticals
Rolls-Royce	GB	Engineering
ROMTech*	US	Medical Technologies
RTX	US	Engineering
Safran*	FR	Engineering
Saint-Gobain	FR	Chemicals and Materials
Samsung	KR	Electronics
Samsung SDI	KR	Chemicals and Materials
Sanofi	FR	Pharmaceuticals
Schaeffler*	DE	Automotive
SharkNinja*	US	Consumer Goods
Shin-Etsu*	JP	Chemicals and Materials
SK Innovation	KR	Chemicals and Materials
Snap	US	Information Technologies
Strong Force Innovation*	US	Technology R&D
Stryker	US	Medical Technologies
Techtronic	HK	Consumer Goods
Tetra Laval*	CH	Consumer Goods
thyssenkrupp	DE	Engineering
Tokyo Electron	JP	Semiconductors
Topsoe	DK	Chemicals and Materials
TSMC	TW	Semiconductors
Valeo*	FR	Automotive
VW Group	DE	Automotive
ZEISS	DE	Semiconductors
ZF	DE	Automotive
ZTE	CN	Information Technologies

* Denotes first-time inclusion in the Global Top 100 Innovators list.

The full report is available for download at http://www.lexisnexisip.com/most-innovative-companies-2026

About the Methodology

LexisNexis^® conducted an analysis across its database of more than 17 million global patent families to identify companies that are leaders in global innovation. The methodology was based on the LexisNexis Patent Asset Index, which was used to measure the strength and quality of a company’s patent assets. The analysis tracked exceptional shifts in patent portfolio quality over the last two years to identify companies as the “Top 100 Global Innovators” in this year’s “Innovation Momentum 2026” report.

About LexisNexis^® Legal & Professional

LexisNexis^® Legal & Professional provides AI-powered legal, regulatory, business information, analytics, and workflows that help customers increase their productivity, improve decision-making, achieve better outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis^®and Nexis^®services. LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,900 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers.

About LexisNexis^®Intellectual Property Solutions

LexisNexis^® Intellectual Property Solutions brings clarity to innovation for businesses worldwide. We enable innovators to accomplish more by helping them make informed decisions, be more productive, comply with regulations, and ultimately achieve a competitive advantage for their business. Our broad suite of workflow and analytics solutions (LexisNexis^® PatentSight+™, LexisNexis^®Classification, LexisNexis^® TechDiscovery, LexisNexis^® IPlytics™, LexisNexis PatentOptimizer^®, LexisNexis PatentAdvisor^®, and LexisNexis TotalPatent One^®, LexisNexis^® IP DataDirect), enables companies to be more efficient and effective at bringing meaningful innovations to our world. We are proud to directly support and serve these innovators in their endeavors to better humankind. 

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