document . 10 Initially designed with the M & A associate in mind , Draft Analyzer assists lawyers with putting together the initial draft , reviewing , or negotiating M & A agreements . 11 Westlaw , too , offers assistance with transactional drafting through its Drafting Assistant for Transactional Documents . 12 The tool allows lawyers to produce initial document drafts in minutes by either using the platform ’ s Practical Law automated documents or the lawyer ’ s own automated templates . 13
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1 . See Meet CoCounsel – the World ’ s First AI Legal Assistant , CASETEXT ( Mar . 1 , 2023 ), https :// casetext . com / blog / casetext-announces-cocounsel-ai-legal-assistant /. On August 17 , 2023 , Thomson Reuters announced it completed its acquisition of Casetext for $ 650 million . Thomson Reuters Completes Acquisition of Casetext , Inc ., REUTERS ( Aug . 17 , 2023 ), https :// www . thomsonreuters . com / en / press-releases / 2023 / august / thomson-reuters-completes-acquisition-of-casetext-inc . html . 2 . See Meet CoCounsel , supra note 1 . 3 . See How Can I Use CoCounsel to Get a Legal Research Memo ?, https :// help . casetext . com / en / articles / 7028676-how-can-i-use-cocounsel-to-get-a-legal-research-memo ( last visited Jan . 11 , 2024 ). 4 . Id . 5 . Id . 6 . See LexisNexis Announces Launch of Lexi + AI Commercial Preview , Most Comprehensive Global Legal Generative AI Platform , LEXISNEXIS ( May 4 , 2023 ), https :// www . lexisnexis . com / community / pressroom / b / news / posts / lexisnexis-announces-launch-of-lexis-ai-commercial-preview-most-comprehensive-global-legal-generative-ai-platform . 7 . Id . 8 . See Lexis + AI | AI Legal Assistant by LexisNexis , available at https :// www . lexisnexis . com / en-us / products / lexis-plus-ai . page ( last visited Jan . 11 , 2024 ). 9 . Id . 10 . See Draft M & A Purchase Agreements Precisely and Confidently , BLOOMBERG L . https :// pro . bloomberglaw . com / draft-analyzer / ( last visited Jan . 11 , 2024 ). 11 . See Prepare Drafts with Precision and Confidence Using AI-Powered Draft Analyzer , BLOOMBERG L . ( Feb . 19 , 2021 ), https :// pro . bloomberglaw . com / brief / inside-draft-analyzer /. 12 . WestLaw provides a similar tool for litigation documents . See Drafting Assistant for Litigation Documents , THOMSON REUTERS , https :// legal . thomsonreuters . com / en / products / drafting-assistant / litigation ( last visited Jan . 11 , 2024 ). The tool extracts text from the uploaded document to help lawyers locate relevant authority in support of legal propositions . Id . It can also check the cases cited in the document , format citations using the applicable citation manual , and generate a table of authorities , among other functions . Id .
13 . See Drafting Assistant for Transactional Documents , THOMSON REUTERS , https :// legal . thomsonreuters . com / en / products / drafting-assistant / transactional ( last visited Jan . 11 , 2024 ).
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