The companies will also develop legal workflow products together
Legal data provider LexisNexis is partnering with GenAI company Harvey to share legal data and develop legal workflow products together, reported Artificial Lawyer.
LexisNexis’ GenAI technology, primary law content, and Shepard’s® Citations will be integrated into the Harvey platform within the year. The integration grants Harvey customers access to the LexisNexis Protégé service, which offers artificial intelligence-generated output based on LexisNexis US case law and statutes.
Customers can query complex legal concerns in natural language through the service, and the responses will be supported by citations from primary law sources. LexisNexis’ models produce answers within a proprietary infrastructure grounding them in legal content, metadata, and case law relationships using Shepard's® Knowledge Graph and Point of Law Graph technology.
The workflows to be developed by the two companies with immediate effect include the Motion to Dismiss Workflow and the Summary Judgment Workflow, according to a joint media release by LexisNexis and Harvey.
“We’re delighted to co-develop workflows with Harvey and bring the power of LexisNexis AI technology and authoritative legal content directly to Harvey customers,” said Sean Fitzpatrick, LexisNexis North America, UK, and Ireland CEO, in the media release. “Our strategic alliance with Harvey reflects our commitment to deliver the highest-quality answers and make legal work easier and more efficient.”
Artificial Lawyer noted that the alliance follows the participation of LexisNexis’ venture arm in a Harvey funding round. Fitzpatrick told Artificial Lawyer that the move was spurred by customer feedback and came to fruition after a pilot was conducted with a large law firm.
He confirmed that board roles would not be affected and that the companies’ tech teams would not be integrated under the alliance.
“Our customers trust LexisNexis for authoritative legal content, and we’re excited that they will benefit from LexisNexis capabilities within the Harvey experience,” Harvey CEO Winston Weinberg said.
