LexisNexis® AI Solutions

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Frequently Asked Questions about LexisNexis AI Solutions

  • Conversational research: ask a question on a given subject, search for an applicable text or case law, interpret a legal term, etc.E.g.: "Which companies are covered by the duty of care?  
  • Document drafting: write emails, letters, legal memos, arguments and contract clauses.  For example: "Mr Z., the owner of a building, needs to have it insulated from the outside. He wishes to exercise his right of overhang. To do this, he must write a letter to notify the owner of the neighbouring property of his intention. Draft this letter".  
  • Summarise a case law decision: write a summary in the form of a case law sheet (overview, foundations, facts, reasons and solutions).  

For example: ‘Summarise the Conseil d'État, 5th Chamber, 15 December 2021, no. 443584’.  

  • Download a document: summarise and/or ask questions about any type of document. E.g.: The security of your data is important to us. Documents (up to 10 files simultaneously, each up to 20 MB) are encrypted and deleted at the end of each session!  

AI-Powered Legal Research 
  • Ask natural language questions and get precise, citation-supported answers in seconds
  • Instantly analyze thousands of cases, statutes, and regulations with AI-generated insights
  • Verify responses with linked primary law and Shepard’s® validation 

Drafting & Document Generation 

  • Generate first drafts of legal memos, correspondence, and arguments based on prompts
  • Customize tone, style, and format to match specific legal audiences or firm templates
  • Automatically include citations, with links to underlying authority for easy validation 

Summarization & Document Analysis 
  • Upload legal documents, court opinions, or contracts for instant AI-powered summaries
  • Extract key facts, holdings, procedural history, and legal reasoning in plain language
  • Identify and link to cited authorities, statutes, and related materials 

  • Conversational News Search: Kickstart research by generating cited, multi-source answers to your research questions using the industry's largest collection of titles* approved by publishers for use with Gen AI. 
    *Based on reports December, 2024  
  • News Article Insight: Quickly extract insight from news media covering a business of interest. GenAI creates a summary of news articles for businesses users are researching, giving them easy-to-digest insight in seconds. 
  • Automated document analysis (arriving with commercial release): Enabling a user to derive insights from long documents in seconds. Company documents can be uploaded to the Nexis+ AI Document Analyser, and a GenAI-powered chatbot lets the user ask questions about the document’s contents. GenAI responses cite the source of the answer from within the document. 
  • First draft reporting (arriving with commercial release): Saved snippets of insight in the Nexis+ AI Collect & Draft tab (formerly known as “Hub”) can be transformed into a generated first draft report that includes citations and source. 

The primary use cases for Nexis+ AI focus on company research and first draft reporting. This includes: 
 
Knowledge Management  
 

  • Collect and manage snips or whole articles and store within the user's tool 
  • Collect from Nexis, the open web or other paid tools 

Draft Report Writing  
 

  • Auto-generation of a first draft report based on a Collect & Draft collection 
  • Validate summaries with full citation, bibliography and link out to full text 

Market Intelligence 
 

  • Understanding global news about a company, industry or group of companies 
  • Upload long form financial documents and reports for fast insight with Document Analyser 

Business Development / Customer Insight 
 

  • Company profiles provide 360 view of customer and prospect businesses 
  • See financial filings, news coverage and other company and financial data 

Competitive Intelligence 
 

  • Gather info on competitors' strategies, financial performance and market presence 
  • Awareness of product launches, market entries, M&A, significant hires, scandal 

Mergers & Acquisitions 
 

  • Stay abreast of M&A activity/deal flow 
  • Identify potential target companies for acquisition 

Strategy & Planning 
 

  • Power strategic decision making through access to company and market information 
  • Produce a report from your research 

Document-based Research 
 

  • Cut down the time reading long documents 

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