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The Legal AI Journey: From Task-Specific Tools to Integrated Intelligence: 8/26/2026 8:53:52 AM; Legal professionals have more powerful technology available to them than ever before. They also have more complexity to manage. A lawyer working on a matter needs legal research, client documents, prior work product, institutional knowledge, business information, client-specific news, and current external context, often spread across several systems.
Lexis+ with Protégé Accelerates Frictionless Agentic Productivity from First Idea to Review-Ready Legal Work Product: 8/24/2026 9:33:28 AM; LexisNexis ® Legal & Professional today unveiled new agentic capabilities in Lexis+® with Protégé™, enabling legal professionals to move from first idea to review-ready work product in one intuitive AI experience.
Applications are Now Open for the 2026-2027 Cohort of the NUL Congressional Advocacy Program!: 8/21/2026 2:13:05 PM; The National Urban League Washington Bureau is pleased to announce that applications are now open for the 2026-2027 Cohort of the NUL Congressional Advocacy Program ! The Congressional Advocacy Program is a competitive program that gives movement leaders the opportunity to expand their knowledge of congressional and grassroots engagement and network with policymakers, …
Thomson Reuters Launches Next Generation of CoCounsel Legal, the AI Ecosystem Built for Legal Professionals: 8/21/2026 12:37:26 PM; Thomson Reuters (Nasdaq/TSX: TRI), a global content and technology company, today announced the general availability of the next generation of CoCounsel Legal, a fully agentic AI experience designed to help legal professionals move from research and issue analysis to trusted work product within a single workflow.
Almost one in four people in England and Wales live in a legal aid desert: 8/21/2026 12:29:28 PM; • Analysis of local authority data finds that 14.49 million people in England and Wales, or 23.4% of the population, live in an area classed as a legal aid desert • Pattern of geographic inequality that mirrors wider regional disparities, with smaller, rural and coastal communities suffering the worst gaps.
LexisNexis Acquires Globe Law and Business, Expanding Its Specialist Legal Content: 8/17/2026 10:38:49 AM; LexisNexis® Legal & Professional, a global leader in information, analytics and AI-powered legal workflow solutions, announced it has acquired Globe Law and Business, a small, well-regarded UK-based publisher of specialist legal information.
UN tax talks: Global South push for fairer rules as rich nations drag their feet on properly taxing wealthiest polluters: 8/17/2026 5:07:09 AM; As the fifth round of negotiations concludes at the United Nations in New York, an ambitious Global Tax Treaty – also known as the UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation – remains within reach.
LexisNexis Opens Customer Innovation Lab, Rebuilding How Legal AI Gets Shipped: 8/5/2026 10:09:31 AM; LexisNexis ® Legal & Professional announced the opening of its Customer Innovation Lab in New York City, a new model for how legal AI gets built and shipped.
Richard Tafel’s “YOU Can Control Your Governments” Challenges Citizens to Reclaim Their Voice in Democracy: 8/4/2026 11:38:35 PM; Citizens vote during elections, choose their representatives, and hope those officials will honor their concerns. Yet once the ballots are counted, many people feel that their influence disappears.
CAR Roundtable Highlights Growing Operational and Investment Pressures from Automotive Tariffs: 8/4/2026 11:59:57 AM; The Center for Automotive Research (CAR) released an executive summary outlining key insights from its Impact of Automotive Tariffs: Understanding the Effects on Parts, Tooling and Vehicles roundtable in conjunction with CAR MBS 2026.
Breaking silos: why cross-sector collaboration matters now more than ever: 7/31/2026 6:21:16 AM; This will not be the first time you’re hearing this: sustainability needs to move from ideation to action. Quickly, and at scale. And for that, we need cross-sector collaboration.