Thought Leadership

Humans in the Loop: The People Powering Trusted Legal AI

Claire Russell — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 19:40:00 GMT

Learn how LexisNexis uses human in the loop AI to ensure accuracy, ethics, and trust in AI-powered legal tools for attorneys and legal teams.(read more)

What is Legal Analytics?

paulsakalas — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 14:09:00 GMT

Legal analytics technology has become a must-have in the legal profession. Lawyers at law firms of any size are using powerful analytics tools to enhance their legal practice. Learn about legal data analytics and some capabilities that it offers.(read more)

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

Claire Russell — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 15:00:00 GMT

A new LexisNexis® study shows Shepard’s® delivers over five times more citation analysis than Westlaw® KeyCite®. See why legal professionals rely on Shepard’s® for deeper insights, verified good law, and confidence in every citation.(read more)

How Protégé General AI Unlocks New Levels of Legal Drafting

Claire Russell — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 15:00:00 GMT

Protégé General AI extends the advantages of AI-powered drafting workflows to communication, exploration, and strategy for legal professionals. (read more)

5 Ways LexisNexis Protégé Helps You Draft Your Best Work

Claire Russell — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 15:00:00 GMT

See how LexisNexis Protégé™ streamlines legal drafting with AI—saving time, improving accuracy, and enhancing trust through citation integrity.(read more)

The LexisNexis Trust Center: Building Confidence Through Transparency

beng — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 14:00:00 GMT

* 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 with confidence.

In this Article:

Why Trust in Technology Partners is More Important Than Ever
LexisNexis Security and Privacy Commitments
Confidence to Deliver for Your Organization
Related Reading

In legal practice, trust is built on a foundation of data security, confidentiality, and compliance. Legal organizations are accountable to clients, regulators, and partners to demonstrate that these safeguards are not just in place, but auditable and transparent.

For more than 50 years, LexisNexis® Legal & Professional has earned customer trust by protecting sensitive data, meeting rigorous privacy standards, and upholding responsible innovation. The LexisNexis Trust Center is the next step in that commitment—offering a centralized hub where current and potential partners can access the information they need to evaluate the company’s security and privacy posture, compliance frameworks, and governance practices.

Why Trust in Technology Partners is More Important Than Ever

Across industries, generative and agentic AI adoption is accelerating—and so are concerns about security and compliance. In a recent survey of 100 organizations with more than $50 million in revenue, McKinsey found that 63% view GenAI as a priority, but 91% admit they feel unprepared to do so responsibly. According to research by Deloitte, nearly 60% of AI leaders say their organization’s biggest challenges in adopting agentic AI involve integrating with legacy systems and addressing risk and compliance concerns.

These findings underscore why comprehensive security reviews, due diligence, and transparency are essential in today’s legal technology landscape. As legal professionals increasingly rely on technology and AI-powered solutions, understanding how their data is processed, protected, and governed has never been more critical. LexisNexis prioritizes security and privacy at every development stage through Privacy by Design, employing state-of-the-art encryption, compliance audits, access controls, vulnerability management, and a robust incident response framework. The LexisNexis Trust Center provides organizations with the visibility they need into these safeguards, streamlining the audit process for current and potential customers, as well as their partners.

LexisNexis Security and Privacy Commitments

Trust is earned. At LexisNexis, we earn it by putting security, transparency, and human expertise at the center of our technology.

Security Standards

Advanced Encryption Standard (AES-256) and TLS 1.2+ for world-class data protection

Rigorous access controls, firewalls, monitoring, and incident response procedures

SOC Type I & II compliance for key products, verified through independent third-party audits

Commercial-grade secure cloud infrastructure from enterprise partners

Privacy by Design

Proactively embedding privacy and data protection into every stage of our systems, products, and business processes

Protecting personal data by default, through data minimization, pseudonymization, retention and robust end-to-end security measures ensuring its safety throughout its lifecycle

Maintaining transparency by informing you about how your data is handled through our practices and policies and always prioritizing your privacy and interests

Responsible AI

Customer data is never used to train AI models

Built with RELX Responsible AI Principles: transparency, fairness, human oversight, and respect for privacy

Human experts ensure AI models meet the highest standards of legal accuracy and ethical performance

Continuous review and monitoring to align every product with real-world accountability

These commitments form the foundation of the LexisNexis security posture, protecting customer data in every interaction.

Confidence to Deliver for Your Organization

Across the global legal market, the pace of innovation continues to accelerate. It is imperative that legal organizations handling sensitive, private information evaluate their technology partners carefully and prioritize working with providers who hold themselves to the highest security and privacy standards.

The LexisNexis Trust Center demonstrates commitment to customers’ security and privacy, as well as dedication to serving them with integrity.

LexisNexis continues to lead with innovative, responsible AI, compliance rigor, and a security-first mindset rooted in decades of experience. With the LexisNexis Trust Center, you can focus on your clients and stakeholders—knowing that security, privacy, and trust are built into every step.

Explore the Trust Center now.

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

Claire Russell — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 13:40:00 GMT

Discover how LexisNexis Protégé™ helps lawyers draft faster with AI—linking authority, improving defensibility, and elevating legal work quality.(read more)

Win New Business with CourtLink® and Lex Machina®

Claire Russell — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 14:23:00 GMT

Be first. Be informed. Be the trusted partner clients need.

Picture a general counsel whose company has just been served with a lawsuit. The countdown begins. The need for the right legal team and an immediate defense strategy is urgent. Every moment counts, and liability exposure grows by the second.

The firm that delivers the first insight and the strongest strategy instantly earns confidence. Together, CourtLink® and Lex Machina® empower you to be that proactive, data driven partner, ready to respond, advise, and win new business.

The Power of Rapid Insight

LexisNexis® provides litigators with unmatched intelligence on new lawsuits across state and federal courts. CourtLink delivers speed and coverage. Lex Machina delivers analytical depth. Together, they help law firms and legal departments respond faster, assess risk more accurately, and demonstrate expertise in every client interaction.

CourtLink®: Be the First to Know

CourtLink give you the fastest and most comprehensive view of new litigation in the United States. With coverage of more than 1,900 state and federal courts, powerful search tools, and customizable alerts, CourtLink ensures you never miss a new filing involving your clients, competitors, or target industries.

Use CourtLink to:

Track litigation activity for clients, prospects, and competitors
Set real-time alerts to monitor filings by counsel, parties, judges, or topic.
Receive updates fast, often within one hour of federal court filings.

With CourtLink, firms can quickly identify new lawsuits, alert affected clients and position themselves as the first and most informed resource for representation.

Exclusive advantages:

Broadest court coverage in the market for complete visibility.
Real-time alerts that enable immediate outreach and action.
Business development intelligence to identify and engage potential clients as soon as litigation begins.
Seamless integration with Lexis® Snapshot, which summarizes new complaints so you can quickly determine their relevance.

Lex Machina®: Turn Data into Strategy

Once you know about a new lawsuit, Lex Machina provides the insights to act strategically. By transforming millions of litigation dockets and documents into structured data, Lex Machina delivers analytics on outcomes, judicial behaviors, and counsel performance across every major practice area.

With data from 10M+ cases and 45M+ documents, Lex Machina reveals how similar cases have played out and what that means for your client.

Use Lex Machina to:

Analyze case outcomes and timelines to anticipate likely results.
Compare opposing counsel or judge behavior based on historical data.
Quantify your firm’s track record for RFP’s and client pitches.
Identify patterns across venues, industries, and case types.

Let Machina equips legal teams to support every pitch and proposal with hard data, turning qualitative claims into measurable proof of success.

The Synergy: Speed and Strategy Combined

CourtLink alerts you first. Lex Machina tells you what to do next.

Together, they form a complete litigation intelligence solution. This combination gives firms both the fastest alerts and the smartest insights, ensuring no opportunity is missed, and no client need goes unanswered.

Conclusion: Stay Ahead with LexisNexis®

Request a complimentary demonstration of Lex Machina and customized analytics report at LexisNexis.com/LexMachina. Request a complimentary demonstration and trial of CourtLink here.

FAQs

1. What is the difference between CourtLink® and Lex Machina®?

CourtLink provides real-time alerts and coverage of new filings, while Lex Machina offers analytical insights based on millions of cases to guide litigation strategy.

2. How can CourtLink® and Lex Machina® help with business development?

Together, they enable firms to identify new matters quickly, reach out to potential clients first, and support pitches with data-backed success metrics.

3. Can CourtLink® monitor specific clients or industries?

Yes. You can set alerts for specific clients, opposing counsel, judges, or industry sectors to ensure you never miss relevant litigation.

4. What kinds of analytics does Lex Machina® provide?

It offers insights into outcomes, damages, timelines, and behaviors of judges, counsel, and parties — helping firms predict results and refine strategies.

5. How do these tools integrate with other LexisNexis® solutions?

CourtLink integrates with Lexis® Snapshot for case summaries, while both connect with the broader LexisNexis® ecosystem for research and business intelligence.

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

Claire Russell — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 13:17:00 GMT

U.S. law schools now have free public-interest access to Lex Machina’s civil rights litigation analytics—empowering clinics, research, and student career prep.(read more)

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

beng — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 13:00:00 GMT

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

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

beng — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 13:00:00 GMT

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, a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of LexisNexis, May 2025, set out to evaluate the potential economic impact of the Lexis+ AI workflow solution on in-house legal teams. The study found that legal teams deploying Lexis+ AI achieved a 284% return on investment (ROI) over three years, with the solution paying for itself in less than six months, and generated $1.2 million in benefits and cost savings across the first three years of adoption.

Study Methodology and Scope

Forrester constructed its study by aggregating the experiences of corporate legal department decision-makers into a single composite organization: a global enterprise based in North America with $10 billion in annual revenue and a corporate legal staff consisting of 70 attorneys and 10 paralegals. This composite model provided a realistic benchmark for mid-to-large corporate legal departments evaluating legal AI platforms for adoption.

Forrester’s researchers then examined how the Lexis+ AI® workflow solution impacts in-house legal department operations, productivity and cost management by engaging directly with existing Lexis+ AI corporate customers. They collected data and real-world implementation experiences in order to quantify measurable business outcomes.

Financial Benefits

The study identified two major categories of quantified benefits that corporate legal departments can expect from Lexis+ AI implementation:

Outside Counsel Cost Reductions

The most significant financial impact comes from reduced reliance on external legal services. The study found up to 13% reduction in outside counsel work, generating more than $600,000 in cost savings over the three-year period. This reduction stems from in-house teams' enhanced ability to handle more complex legal work independently, supported by AI-powered research and drafting capabilities.

Additionally, legal departments experienced 25% fewer lawyer hours needed to address legal inquiries that impact the business, saving nearly $575,000. This efficiency gain allows attorneys to handle a higher volume of matters without proportional increases in time investment, effectively expanding departmental capacity.

Internal Productivity and Operational Efficiency

Beyond external cost savings, the study documented significant internal productivity improvements. Paralegals experienced 50% time savings on administrative tasks annually, unlocking more than $50,000 in value and freeing time for higher-value work. This efficiency gain enables legal support staff to focus on more strategic activities rather than routine administrative functions.

Perhaps most importantly for departmental scalability, the study found a 5% increase in the volume of matters handled internally in Year 1, without adding more hours. This capacity expansion without corresponding resource increases represents a fundamental improvement in departmental productivity. The resulting impact to legal department budget savings is nearly 2%, equating to almost $642,500 annual savings in Year 3, demonstrating how AI adoption can create compounding value over time.

Strategic and Qualitative Benefits

While the quantified financial benefits provide a strong business case, the study also identified several strategic advantages that, while harder to measure, contribute significantly to long-term departmental success.

Enhanced Work Quality and Speed: The study found that Lexis+ AI helps legal departments rapidly deliver the higher-quality legal work. This improvement stems from AI-powered research capabilities that provide expansive and thorough legal analysis more quickly than traditional research methods.
Improved Employee Experience: In-house legal professionals benefit from an advanced AI workflow solution grounded in high-quality legal content for trusted AI results. This technology enhancement can improve job satisfaction and retention by reducing time spent on routine tasks and enabling focus on more intellectually engaging work.
Enterprise AI Leadership: Lexis+ AI accelerates organization-wide AI adoption goals with data privacy, security encryption and compliance at the forefront. Legal departments implementing AI solutions position themselves as innovation leaders within their organizations while maintaining the security and compliance standards essential to legal work.

The study’s findings suggest that successful AI implementation requires strategic thinking about choosing the right legal AI platform that will integrate smoothly into the department’s workflow. The key to realizing these benefits lies in enabling in-house teams to efficiently and accurately handle more legal work themselvesꟷwith confidence in enterprise-grade security. This allows in-house counsel to strategically optimize their outside counsel spend for critical work and focus internal resources on higher-value work.

AI-Powered Legal Tools for In-House Teams

The Forrester study shows that legal AI represents far more than operational efficiency; it is a strategic investment in competitive positioning, talent retention and client service excellence.

LexisNexis® offers AI-powered legal tools for corporate legal teams, including legal research, drafting and summarization tools that deliver on the potential of generative AI technology. The Lexis+ AI service delivers answers to your in-house legal team that are grounded in the world’s largest repository of accurate and exclusive legal content from LexisNexis, with industry-leading data security and attention to privacy.

All of these resources are accessible to in-house legal teams from Lexis+® General Counsel Suite. Lexis+ GC Suite provides in-house counsel with a vast collection of legal resources, breaking business and legal news, and Practical Guidance content.

Click here for more information about Lexis+ GC Suite or to register for a free 7-day trial.

Explore the full Forrester TEI study to learn how Lexis+ AI is transforming corporate legal departments: lexisnexis.com/corporate-ai-roi

Three Ways That AI is Reshaping In-House Legal Hiring

beng — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 13:00:00 GMT

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, up from 39% in 2023, reported Law360®, noting, “It marked the first time that internal hires have outnumbered external ones since the study began.”

This leadership churn coincides with a broader recalibration in legal hiring. According to the results from a national study conducted earlier this year by Major, Lindsey & Africa, 39% of in-house legal departments have already adjusted their hiring criteria in response to new AI technology and 49% are now prioritizing general AI literacy in new hires.

“As AI begins to reshape legal work, many legal departments are rewriting their hiring playbooks to bring in tech-savvy lawyers,” reported Legaltech News, noting that 86% of AI-enabled legal teams report time savings, 78% reaped productivity gains and one-third achieved measurable cost reductions.

Taken together, these shifts signal that legal departments are not merely embracing AI—they are redefining what it means to build a high-performing team. Changes are underway with in-house legal department hiring, fueled by the emergence of new dynamics that are shifting how internal resources are allocated.

The New In-House Talent Equation

The acceleration of legal AI adoption has created a paradoxical hiring environment. While some anticipated widespread job elimination, the reality has proven more nuanced. Rather than reducing headcount, most in-house teams are reallocating talent strategically by favoring skills that complement AI’s capabilities and reflect new operational demands.

Here are three ways that AI adoption is impacting in-house legal hiring:

The rise of the legal technologist

Perhaps the most visible shift is the emergence of hybrid roles that blend legal expertise with technological proficiency. In-house legal departments increasingly seek attorneys who can not only practice law but also understand how to optimize AI tools for maximum effectiveness.

These “legal technologists” typically demonstrate competencies in areas such as prompt engineering for large language models, AI output validation and quality control, legal data management and governance, and AI implementation strategy. In fact, a 2024 report from PwC found that lawyers in U.S. roles where “AI Skills” are a key factor are able to obtain a pay premium of 49%.

Specialization over generalization

As AI tools increasingly handle routine work that once occupied junior attorneys’ time, the career path for in-house legal professionals is evolving. Some GCs are starting to think about the shape of their department in search of the right mix of experience. Entry-level positions are likely to require immediate specialization in specific areas rather than general legal knowledge.

“Companies want generalist GCs, but increasingly specialization is the path to job security,” reported Corporate Counsel, noting a Gartner study that “found in-house generalist roles are on the decline, with those posts at growing risk of being replaced by non-lawyer staff, automation or specialized applications.” Particularly sought-after specializations include privacy law, regulatory compliance, intellectual property strategy and complex negotiations.

Emotional intelligence as a differentiator

Perhaps counterintuitively, the rise of AI has amplified the importance of distinctly human skills. As machines handle more analytical tasks, the premium on emotional intelligence, relationship management and strategic thinking has increased. In-house legal departments are now more frequently assessing candidates for cross-functional collaboration abilities, changing management experience and social intelligence. A survey by CareerBuilder found that 71% of hiring managers said they value emotional intelligence in an employee more than IQ.

“Paradoxically, as technology has emerged as a key component in legal delivery, emotional intelligence has become more important than ever,” writes Mark Cohen in Forbes. “Lawyers that combine IQ, professionals skills and EQ will never be replaced, no matter how smart AI becomes.”

AI-Powered Legal Tools for In-House Teams

For in-house counsel, adapting to this transformed hiring landscape requires both strategic vision and practical adjustments. This includes fundamentally rethinking what talent is needed and how to attract it, and it also includes making sure that the department is making optimal use of legal AI tools in its workflows.

LexisNexis® offers AI-powered legal tools for corporate legal teams, including legal research, drafting, summarization and document analysis tools that deliver on the potential of generative AI technology. The platform delivers answers to your in-house legal team that are grounded in the world’s largest repository of reliable and exclusive legal content from LexisNexis, with industry-leading data security and attention to privacy.

These resources are accessible to in-house legal teams via Lexis+® General Counsel Suite. Lexis+ GC Suite is an all-in-one information resource that provides in-house counsel with a vast collection of legal resources, breaking business and legal news, and Practical Guidance content, while LexisNexis Protege™ in Lexis+ AI® further benefits general counsel by streamlining legal research, automating routine tasks and enabling data-driven strategic decision-making.

Click here for more information about Lexis+ GC Suite or to register for a free 7-day trial.

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

beng — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 13:00:00 GMT

Gain strategic insights into case timelines, trial outcomes, and settlement values with LexisNexis® litigation analytics and claim valuation tools.(read more)

The Future of Legal AI: Answers to Your Top Questions about the LexisNexis and Harvey Alliance

beng — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 16:00:00 GMT

Learn from Tony Muljadi, VP of Large Law at LexisNexis, regarding the recent alliance between LexisNexis and Harvey and the outlook for AI in the legal industry.(read more)

How LexisNexis® is Building Trust in AI for Legal Research with Shepard’s® Citation Validation Enhancements

beng — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 13:00:00 GMT

New LexisNexis Shepard's® enhancements empower legal professionals with AI-powered citation validation, reducing risk, and ensuring trusted legal search results.(read more)

Thought Leadership

Humans in the Loop: The People Powering Trusted Legal AI

What is Legal Analytics?

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

How Protégé General AI Unlocks New Levels of Legal Drafting

5 Ways LexisNexis Protégé Helps You Draft Your Best Work

The LexisNexis Trust Center: Building Confidence Through Transparency

Why Trust in Technology Partners is More Important Than Ever

LexisNexis Security and Privacy Commitments

Confidence to Deliver for Your Organization

Related Reading

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

Win New Business with CourtLink® and Lex Machina®

In This Article:

Be first. Be informed. 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

Conclusion: Stay Ahead with LexisNexis®

FAQs

1. What is the difference between CourtLink® and Lex Machina®?

2. How can CourtLink® and Lex Machina® help with business development?

3. Can CourtLink® monitor specific clients or industries?

4. What kinds of analytics does Lex Machina® provide?

5. How do these tools integrate with other LexisNexis® solutions?

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

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

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

Study Methodology and Scope

Financial Benefits

Strategic and Qualitative Benefits

AI-Powered Legal Tools for In-House Teams

Three Ways That AI is Reshaping In-House Legal Hiring

The New In-House Talent Equation

AI-Powered Legal Tools for In-House Teams

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

The Future of Legal AI: Answers to Your Top Questions about the LexisNexis and Harvey Alliance

How LexisNexis® is Building Trust in AI for Legal Research with Shepard’s® Citation Validation Enhancements