VLex’s May Newsletter – New Case Analysis Feature / Podcast / New NZ Guide + More

Following Vincent AI’s global expansion, we have worked hard to expand the legal research assistant’s capabilities. The latest update uses large language models (LLM) to extract the key legal issues and generate headnotes for over 50 million court cases. Read the press release or download the guide to learn more about the significance of this exciting new feature.

Lluis Faus, Co-Founder and CEO of vLex, and Angel Faus, Co-Founder and CTO, recently sat down with Ed Walters, Co-Founder and CEO of Fastcase, and Phil Rosenthal, Co-Founder and President. The business leaders joined the LawNext podcast to offer greater insight into the integration of vLex and Fastcase, with a focus on how they plan to make the newly formed vLex Group a truly unique global legal technology company. You can listen to the podcast online here.

Did you know that you can utilise our award-winning, AI-powered technology to discover how cases from Australia and the UK have been applied in New Zealand? Download the guide today to learn more about our unique offering to the New Zealand legal sector, including the extensive collection of unreported judgments that we host, complete with headnotes and summaries.

Following the OffshoreAlert Miami conference, we are still offering a 10% discount on our Investigations Package to event delegates. This package covers both common and civil law information, including the largest and most comprehensive collection of UK, Irish and Caribbean judgments, as well as offshore content. Contact us to learn more about this exciting offer.

We have created a new TikTok account to keep you updated on all of the new product launches, publishing partnerships, and exciting announcements that we have up our sleeves. You can use this link, or search for us on TikTok using @vlexlegaltech, to follow our brand-new page.

We are delighted to announce that we have partnered with the Canadian Association of Law Libraries in a multi-year sponsorship deal. Among the many exciting things we have planned, we are pleased to confirm that we are bringing back the renowned conference closing party at this year’s event. Join us at the Hamilton Convention Centre from May 28th – 31st for the conference, and keep an eye out for details about the closing party. We look forward to seeing you there.

Throughout May, the Legal Information and Resource Network (LiRN) will be running a series of webinars focusing on our powerful and award-winning legal research assistant, Vincent AI. The next session will be taking place on Thursday, May 18th, at 11:00 AM Eastern Time. You can register for free using this registration link, or get in touch with our team to learn more.

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.

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