September Newsletter

In a first for the legal sector, our award-winning virtual assistant, Vincent AI, can now use LLM technology to answer specific research questions and build arguments, in support or opposition, across multiple jurisdictions. Designed for both quick queries and complex legal questions, Vincent AI will immediately identify the most relevant authorities that relate to your question, and summarise answers from the selected legal information. Sign up to the new vLex Insights Programme today to request early access to Vincent AI’s new features, and join a community of legal professionals helping to develop the next generation of legal technology.

Following a brand-new partnership with DSC Publications, we are delighted to announce that we have launched a collection of highly sought-after Nigerian legal materials. These authoritative primary and secondary sources offer practitioners a solid legal framework to support their understanding and practice of Nigerian law. Read the press release to learn more.

At vLex Fastcase, we have combined the best technology with editorial expertise to create a superior citator that you can trust, now available to members of the Florida Bar. Our team has leveraged more than 100 years of collective editorial expertise, combined with proven technology to create this new feature, Cert. Log in to Fastcase today through the Florida Bar Association website to experience Cert.

Raw Deal: Food Fraud Litigation on the Rise
Concerned consumers may inspect food labels while grocery shopping, wary of ingredients like artificial preservatives, stabilizers, and flavor enhancers, or claims like “heart safe”… (See article)

Inside Litigation Faced by Fast Fashion Brands
Fast fashion, a phenomenon that has gained immense popularity with the shortening of trend cycles, is largely dominated by industry mammoths like SHEIN, H&M, and ZARA… (See article)

SPACs on Life Support as HDL Therapeutics goes Public
Biotech firm HDL Therapeutics announced that it will go public via a SPAC acquisition that values the company at $480 million. According to the press release, “HDL Therapeutics… (See article)

Download the 2023 vLex product guide, and discover all of the new and exciting content collections that are now available on the intelligent legal research platform. This includes new collections from Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka, India, Fiji, Nigeria, the UK, and many more countries around the world. Download the new guide today.

Following the success of last year’s vLex International Law and Technology Writing Competition, we are excited to announce that the competition will be returning for its 7th consecutive year on October 1, 2023! Head over to our blog to explore previous submissions, and keep an eye on our social media pages for additional details about this year’s themes and prizes.

Catch our chief strategy officer, Ed Walters, on September 14th for an online panel discussion. Ed will be joined by Microsoft’s Jason Barnwell, Novartis’ Joel Roy, and Netflix’s Jenn McCarrol to analyze the next generation of AI tools, and explore safeguarding and best practices.

On September 22, you can join our VP Solutions Champion, Damien Riehl, for a live session that will take real-word examples, apply the Generative AI tools (LLM tools) that SALI has developed, and programmatically add SALI tags. This demonstration will show how you can jump on the Generative AI rocketship and leverage the SALI codes.

Over the next few months, you can catch us at various conferences around the world. Find us at the IALL conference from October 8, and ClioCon in Nashville from October 9. Next up are the LLNE, LiRN, and KM Legal Europe conferences. We are also attending the biggest event for librarians in Brazil, the XXII Seminário Nacional de Bibliotecas Universitárias – XXII SNBU – conference. Come and say hello in person, meet our experienced team members, and benefit from live demos on brand-new products this conference season.

Covering over 100 countries, vLex offers regularly updated news from around the world, alongside updates and commentaries from major law firms. This content is provided by LexBlog, JD Supra and Mondaq, or curated by our expert editorial team.

Brexit Continues to Test the UK Constitution
In our last blog post, we mentioned that there had been three Court challenges to Prime Minister Johnson’s decision to prorogue Parliament until 14 October. All three of those challenges were dismissed in the first instance, the last… (See article)

Largest U.S. E-Cigarette Clinical Trial Confirms Role in Smoking Cessation
A new study published this month in The Lancet’s eClinical Medicine – the largest electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) clinical trial in the U.S. to date – confirms the role of e-cigarettes in smoking cessation. Specifically, the new research… (See article)

The U.S. Supreme Court establishes that the bank must pay the tax on mortgages
The Judgment states that the taxpayer in the Tax on Stamp Duty is the lender, given that it is the only one interested in the elevation to public deed and subsequent registration of the loans with mortgage guarantee, which only by… (See news)

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