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Associated Press
2 hours ago
- Business
- Associated Press
Vista Institute Launches, Revolutionizing Education for Plaintiff Law Firms
BATON ROUGE, LA / ACCESS Newswire / July 23, 2025 / Vista Consulting has officially unveiled Vista Institute, a groundbreaking online education platform designed exclusively for plaintiff law firms. This innovative platform addresses a critical need for on-demand, customized learning that helps law firms optimize operations, enhance team performance, and drive Consulting Team- Vista Institute Vista Institute Logo The launch comes after decades of observing significant gaps in the marketplace for tailored legal education. Many small to mid-sized plaintiff law firms struggle to access industry-specific resources that support continuing education and operational improvement. Vista recognized this challenge and set out to create a solution that combines flexibility, expertise, and transformative insights. 'Our work with firms revealed a common theme,' said Mary Ellen Murrah, Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer of Vista Consulting. 'Plaintiff law firms need education resources that are practical, relevant, and adaptable to their unique challenges. Vista Institute is our answer to this demand: a platform built to empower firms to thrive in an increasingly competitive industry.' Custom Learning, Anytime and Anywhere Unlike traditional training programs, Vista Institute delivers a fully customizable learning experience. The platform offers a wide range of courses designed to tackle critical areas for plaintiff law firms such as client intake, case management, reporting, leadership, and marketing. Firms can access content on-demand, allowing team members to learn at their own pace and test their knowledge without disrupting daily operations. Key features include: Increasing Efficiency and Driving Results At its core, Vista Institute is a business growth tool. Each course is designed to deliver strategies that lead to measurable outcomes. For example, firms looking to improve their intake process can follow step-by-step guidance to optimize lead conversion, while leadership courses focus on building stronger, more cohesive teams. Early adopters of the platform have reported noticeable improvements. Tina Jones, Office Manager and Marketing Director for Long & Long Attorneys, said, 'Vista Institute has been my ultimate survival guide. Having their expert knowledge at my fingertips has completely transformed how I lead my law firm. From accounting and HR to data analysis and talent acquisition, every critical piece of running a successful practice is just a click away. The post-presentation Q&As are pure gold, providing actionable insights I can implement immediately. Thanks to Vista Institute, I've not only streamlined my operations, but also elevated my ability to lead with confidence and clarity. It's like having the ultimate roadmap to managing a thriving plaintiff law firm.' Transforming the Education Landscape for Law Firms The introduction of Vista Institute marks a shift in how plaintiff law firms approach continuing education. By offering a platform that emphasizes customization, accessibility, and measurable results, Vista aims to set a new standard in the legal industry. 'Law firms need more than generic advice and outdated training tools,' added Vista's CEO Tim McKey. 'They need resources that reflect the unique dynamics of plaintiff law practice. Vista Institute delivers exactly that.' About Vista Consulting Vista Consulting specializes in helping plaintiff law firms optimize their operations and achieve greater success. With decades of industry experience, Vista has become a trusted partner for firms seeking data-driven solutions and practical operations guidance. For more information about Vista Institute and how to get started, visit Contact Information Don Pursell Principal 702-944-2464 SOURCE: Vista Consulting Team press release
Yahoo
21 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
LexisNexis Launches Protégé in Canada: A Secure, Personalized AI Assistant That Automates Legal Work and Amplifies Lawyer Productivity
Built in collaboration with leading Canadian firms, Protégé leverages secure agentic AI to streamline drafting, summarization, and legal research — grounded in firm-specific and LexisNexis content. Toronto, ON, July 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LexisNexis® Legal & Professional, a leading global provider of AI-powered legal analytics and decision tools, today announces a range of enhancements to Lexis+ AI™ and the Canadian launch of LexisNexis Protégé™. This follows the successful launches of Protégé in the USA, Australia, and the UK. The personalized AI assistant intelligently supports legal practitioners in drafting, researching and advising their clients faster and more accurately, helping them focus on higher-value work. Built with the highest levels of security, compliance and privacy, Protégé is now available in the Lexis+ AI legal workflow solution and will soon be available in the Microsoft Word drafting solution, Lexis® Create+. Developed responsibly with human oversight, the agentic AI capabilities in Protégé allow it to complete multi-step tasks, review its own output and suggest improvements, leaving lawyers free to focus on strategic work. Leveraging proprietary agentic and generative AI technology from LexisNexis, Protégé can: Draft full, tailored transactional documents. It can check its own work before turning to human legal professionals for a final review. Documents can be further edited directly in Lexis+ AI or in Microsoft Word. Produce fully drafted litigation materials with precision and consistency. It can create context-aware litigation drafts, such as motions, legal memos, arguments, and client correspondence. Suggest legal workflow actions based on the type of documents uploaded (e.g. draft a memo, summarize). Provide prompt assistance, proactively suggesting refinements to queries to help the user accomplish their goals efficiently. Store tens of thousands of legal documents to secure Vaults. On each Vault, users can perform numerous AI tasks to summarize, draft, research and more. Generate a graphical timeline of events from uploaded documents. 'At LexisNexis, we're committed to helping legal professionals across Canada achieve better outcomes through greater efficiency and smarter tools,' said Sam Puchala, President and General Manager of LexisNexis Canada 'Our goal is to equip every lawyer with a personalized AI assistant that enhances their daily work, and we're proud to bring that vision to life in Canada with our fully integrated, legal-grade AI platform.' Protégé can be tailored to each user by integrating with Document Management Systems (DMS). This allows users to query, extract clauses and draft from their firm or organization's knowledge base, making it easier to access and apply relevant precedents. Supported DMS integrations include iManage, SharePoint and others. Through a customer-driven innovation program, LexisNexis have developed Protégé by working closely with several Canadian customers across the industry. The LexisNexis global technology platform seamlessly integrates each wave of AI innovation, including extractive AI, which finds relevant results within data and provides deep insights; generative AI, which creates new content from data based on user-entered prompts or instruction; To learn more about LexisNexis Protégé capabilities, visit To learn more about Lexis+ AI, visit About LexisNexis Legal & Professional LexisNexis® Legal & Professional provides legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics 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 11,800 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. CONTACT: Name: Lori Harito Email: lori@ Job Title: Publicist Phone: 1-416-523-9602Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Forbes
2 days ago
- Business
- Forbes
Navigating The New World Of AI Representation
Hassaan Raza, Cofounder & CEO, Tavus. Recently, a 'person' addressing a New York appellate court captured a lot of attention—not based on what they said, but because they were not actually a live person at all. The online testimony was delivered by an AI-generated human representative. This wasn't just some bizarre legal maneuver; it was a glimpse into the future. Plaintiff Jerome Dewald didn't have a lawyer, so he turned to AI and created someone who could be more articulate than he believed himself to be (for disclosure, he used an early version of my company's technology, which we learned through the media). Dewald's use case highlights some interesting points: People's comfort level with AI is clearly increasing; AI has become more advanced, with new conversational qualities; and AI has the potential to be an equalizer, giving everyday people 24/7 access to the help they need but couldn't receive otherwise. The incident represents a pivotal moment. Generative AI is transitioning from something entertaining to a tool that could fundamentally change how humans interact with complex systems. Not Another Demo Although AI-generated 'people' aren't new—we've seen deepfakes, digital influencers and synthetic media for years—the quality has improved exponentially. I'm not just talking about how they look and speak; I'm talking about how they think, reason, feel and respond to information. Simply put, AI humans are growing a central nervous system, enabling them to be used in even the most formal settings, like a New York courtroom, where authenticity is paramount. Dewald's reasoning for using an early version of this technology was surprisingly practical. He wasn't trying to deceive. Rather, he wanted to offer a more polished version of his arguments without his "usual mumbling, stumbling and tripping over words" and to avoid speaking for an extended period, which has been difficult for him after battling throat cancer. He wanted to deliver the best possible version of himself. AI-generated humans are moving from theoretical to practical. Users are finding innovative applications without waiting for formal frameworks or permissions, and I believe that type of experimentation will increase as AI agents become more advanced. Dewald's digital proxy was used in a pre-recorded presentation, but new interfaces can simulate and initiate true interactions. They're no longer mere "talking heads" reading scripts or 'dumb' avatars. Instead, they interpret information at a deep level and respond in real-time with stunning emotional intelligence, opening the door to a wide range of use cases. For example, AI interviewers can scale preliminary candidate screenings while providing a more engaging experience. Mortgage brokers are deploying AI representatives to explain complex loan options to clients, and they are available 24/7 without the pressure of sales quotas. Medical practices can also implement AI intake personnel to gather patient information, potentially reducing wait times and administrative burden on healthcare providers. Additional business applications may increase engagement and customer satisfaction by creating a new level of connection, not to mention the emotional, behavioral and contextual insights that AI humans can collect to help unlock better decisions, personalization and product tuning. But new applications aren't just about efficiency and insights; they're about accessibility. When implemented thoughtfully, AI humans can also democratize access to services previously limited by cost, geography or availability—and this is just the beginning. I believe we'll soon see AI video equipped with a humanlike face, voice and brain increasingly leveraged in specialized, highly regulated domains, including: • Therapeutic Support: While not replacing licensed therapists, AI therapists could provide consistent emotional support and check-ins for those with limited access to mental health resources. • Legal Guidance: AI representatives could help explain legal documents, guide people through standard processes and potentially assist with court proceedings (when properly disclosed in advance). • Sales And Training: AI humans can help with everything from higher-level engagement and understanding to greater conversion and NPS scores through personalized journeys and experiences. By removing the constraints of human availability and cost barriers, responsibly deployed AI humans could be transformative for millions of people and businesses around the world. It May Be Inevitable, But It's Not Perfect As next-level AI video agents become more realistic, and thus more widely used, transparency will be imperative. Watermarking and design choices when creating a digital proxy can make it clear that the person you are interacting with is AI-generated. For example, when you ask one of our representatives who they are, they are hard-wired to disclose if they are AI. Privacy protections must also be implemented. Users should not be allowed to clone others without consent. However, stock replicas can allow people to build their ideal character (i.e., a butler persona could be created to serve as an assistant). Safeguards can be applied to ensure the integrity of the representation. My company, for example, uses voice ID and multistep verification to ensure only a user can create a replica of themselves. Additionally, the most effective AI implementations should have technical guardrails enabled and maintain human review of critical decisions. This is necessary, especially when intangibles like emotions, experiences and values are involved. AI humans should be used to handle and scale routine interactions while escalating, flagging or summarizing specific, more complex situations for live experts to take over. Expect new regulations as well. Thoughtful regulation is not a bad thing. It can ensure that guardrails are equally applied while adding legitimacy to generative AI applications. Innovators need to be a part of the conversations that shape not only the regulatory landscape, but also the culture around AI—because we're often the first to see both the potential and the risks. Moving Forward Every day, people are pushing AI's boundaries faster than institutions can adapt. Rather than fight innovation, let's channel it with flexible frameworks that protect core values while allowing beneficial applications to flourish. Businesses need to invest in both technological capabilities and safeguards, while policymakers must develop guidelines that protect against misuse, encourage innovation and expand access. For the rest of us, let's accept that AI personas may eventually be a part of our lives and use them to our advantage. Forbes Technology Council is an invitation-only community for world-class CIOs, CTOs and technology executives. Do I qualify?
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
LexisNexis launches Protégé, a personalised AI assistant with agentic capabilities, to help UK lawyers to complete legal tasks more easily and efficiently
Secure, agent-powered AI technology, developed with leading UK firms, accelerates drafting, summarisation and legal research tasks, grounded in both customer and LexisNexis content. LONDON, July 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LexisNexis® Legal & Professional, a leading global provider of AI-powered legal analytics and decision tools, today announces a range of enhancements to Lexis+ AI and the UK launch of LexisNexis Protégé™. This personalised AI assistant intelligently supports legal practitioners in drafting, researching and advising their clients faster and more accurately, helping them focus on higher-value work. Built with the highest levels of security, compliance and privacy, Protégé is available across a wide range of LexisNexis products, including the Lexis+ AI® legal workflow solution and in the Microsoft Word drafting solution, Lexis® Create+. Developed responsibly with human oversight, the agentic AI capabilities in Protégé allow it to complete multi-step tasks, review its own output and suggest improvements, leaving lawyers free to focus on strategic work. Leveraging proprietary agentic and generative AI technology from LexisNexis, Protégé can: Draft full, tailored transactional documents. It can check its own work before turning to human legal professionals for a final review. Documents can be further edited directly in Lexis+ AI or in Microsoft Word. Suggest legal workflow actions based on the type of documents uploaded (e.g. draft a research note, summarise) and dynamically generate follow-up prompts personalised to the lawyer's workflow. Provide prompt assistance, proactively suggesting refinements to queries to help the user accomplish their goals efficiently. Securely store tens of thousands of legal documents to a Vault. On each Vault, users can perform numerous AI tasks to summarise, draft, research and more. Generate a graphical timeline of events from uploaded documents. 'LexisNexis is focused on improving outcomes and unlocking new levels of efficiency and value in legal work to support our customers' success,' said Gerry Duffy, Managing Director of LexisNexis UK. 'Our vision is for every legal professional to have a personalised AI assistant that makes their life better, and we're delighted to deploy that to the UK through our world-class, fully integrated AI technology platform.' Protégé can be tailored to each user by integrating with Document Management Systems (DMS). This allows users to query, extract clauses and draft from their firm or organisation's knowledge base, making it easier to access and apply relevant precedents. Supported DMS integrations include iManage, SharePoint and others. Through a customer-driven innovation programme, LexisNexis have developed Protégé by working closely with a number of customers across the industry. These firms included Eversheds Sutherland International and Irwin Mitchell. Eleanor Windsor, Partner and Director of Knowledge at Irwin Mitchell commented: "Working closely with LexisNexis during the development of Protégé has given us the opportunity to help shape a tool that genuinely addresses the practical demands of legal work. The technology will save our teams time and allow them to focus more on strategic client matters.' The LexisNexis global technology platform seamlessly integrates each wave of AI innovation, including extractive AI, which finds relevant results within data and provides deep insights; generative AI, which creates new content from data based on user-entered prompts or instruction; and now agentic AI, which can intelligently and independently perform tasks on a user's behalf. To learn more about LexisNexis Protégé capabilities, visit To learn more about Lexis+ AI, visit About LexisNexis Legal & Professional LexisNexis® Legal & Professional provides legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics 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 11,800 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. CONTACT: Name: Matthew Leopold Email: Job Title: Communications Poone: 07788435569Sign in to access your portfolio
Times
4 days ago
- Business
- Times
Luminance boss: Lawyers can survive AI, but I'm not sure how many
A s chief executive of Luminance, creator of a popular legal AI system, Eleanor Lightbody gets this question a lot: how long before we have no more lawyers? 'I think we are still far out from that one,' she said, laughing. 'But how many lawyers is a different question.' Her answer will provide little comfort to legal eagles, especially junior ones, in a world where artificial intelligence such as that provided by Luminance can do in seconds what might have taken them hours: reviewing contracts, revising them based on client requirements, negotiating final agreements. Amid warnings of an AI-induced 'white-collar recession' — data from the Office for National Statistics last week revealed a 0.1 per cent rise in UK unemployment to 4.7 per cent in the three months to May, while wage growth slowed — the Cambridge-based Luminance is having a moment.
