Jul 21, 2024 | AI
Thomson Reuters Introduces New Generative AI Skill in Westlaw Precision with CoCounsel
Claims Explorer, a new generative AI skill available in Westlaw Precision with CoCounsel, enables legal professionals to enter facts and identify applicable claims or counterclaims. In testing with attorneys, those who used the new skill found relevant causes of action three times faster than when using traditional research methods.
Today Thomson Reuters introduced Claims Explorer, a new generative AI skill available in Westlaw Precision with CoCounsel, that enables legal professionals to enter facts and identify applicable claims or counterclaims. Using generative AI to simplify claims research, users enter facts and quickly receive a list of applicable claims.
For legal professionals filing a lawsuit, defending a lawsuit, or advising clients on potential liability, often their first step is to identify applicable claims or counterclaims. Yet not all claims are equal. Some causes of action have a lower threshold to achieve, some provide for attorneys’ fees or higher damages, and some fit better with the facts of a particular case.
In testing with attorneys, those who used the new skill found relevant causes of action three times faster than when using traditional research methods. In addition, in reviewing Am Law 50 litigation where claims were added after the initial pleadings, the new skill found 94% of the claims that were missed in the initial pleadings and later added by the firms.
“Finding claims with traditional research methods can be difficult and time consuming,” said Mike Dahn, head of Westlaw Product Management, Thomson Reuters. “Even experienced lawyers can miss applicable claims. Customers have told us about the difficulty of claims research for years, and it’s not just that it can take hours – it’s error prone, which is easy to see in how often reputable firms attempt to add new claims or counterclaims later in litigation, after the initial pleadings. But courts won’t always allow you to add a claim later, and missing the best claims can have significant consequences. It can mean the difference between winning or losing a motion, recovering more in damages or attorney’s fees, or potentially losing a case.”
Dahn added this new skill was purpose-built using the latest generative AI plus new claims content created by Thomson Reuters attorney editors. “When we tried to solve claims research issues with AI alone, it didn’t work very well, so we had our attorney editors create new content about causes of action that enabled AI to work much better. We’ll continue to do work like this for other workflows where AI alone struggles.”
The new skill is the latest milestone in the Thomson Reuters expanded vision for CoCounsel – the professional-grade GenAI assistant – to enable professionals to seamlessly complete complicated work involving multiple products through a single generative AI assistant.
For more on the new skill, check out Westlaw Precision with CoCounsel.
