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One of the biggest challenges with AI in legal work has been citations. Accuracy, verifiability, and the now-infamous problem of models inventing cases that do not exist.

Thomson Reuters and Anthropic just announced a direct integration between Claude and CoCounsel Legal, with access to Westlaw, Practical Law, and KeyCite built in.

The pitch is straightforward. Lawyers can work in plain language and get back cited, traceable, verifiable work product instead of confident-sounding hallucinations.

That is a real shift. The sanctions cases of the past two years made one thing clear: the profession was never going to adopt AI that could not be trusted to source itself. This is the industry trying to answer that, at scale.
Worth paying attention to, whatever side of the AI question you sit on.

https://www.thomsonreuters.com/en/press-releases/2026/may/thomson-reuters-and-anthropic-expand-partnership-to-connect-claude-with-cocounsel-legal

To every mother out there, the ones who shape us, the ones raising the next generation, and the ones quietly holding it all together, today is for you.

The LitOptix team is grateful for the mothers in our own family, for the mothers we work alongside every day, and for every woman who inspires, guides, and lights the way forward.

Happy Mother’s Day.

LitOptix President James Herrity will be on the panel for the Greater Wellington Chamber of Commerce’s “What Keeps You Up At Night?” luncheon on May 27th, discussing AI integration and practical tools for efficiency, among other topics.

If you’re in the Wellington area, join us.

Greater Wellington Chamber: https://www.wellingtonchamber.com

Facebook event: https://facebook.com/events/s/what-keeps-you-up-at-night-spe/944966544999621/

“WHAT KEEPS YOU UP AT NIGHT” Special Event Luncheon – Greater Wellington Chamber

Today’s office: VentureX in Boca Raton. Sneakers up, laptop open, sun pouring in. I’ll take a bright space with an outdoor terrace over a beige conference room any day. The morning kicked off with a Zoom alongside a forensic accountant, working through how to translate their testimony into something an arbitrator can actually follow.

Yet another case we’ve supported made it all the way to the Supreme Court, and last month the Court ruled 9-0.

We handled the trial presentation alongside the Winston & Strawn team for Cox Communications in the original Cox v. Sony copyright trial. Twelve days of highly technical evidence, ISP network operations, copyright enforcement policies, infringement detection systems, being explained to a jury that needed it all to make sense. The jury returned a billion dollar verdict. The Fourth Circuit partially reversed. And in March, SCOTUS reversed it unanimously, holding that merely providing internet service to the public isn’t enough to trigger copyright liability, even if some customers misuse it.

Still a pretty surreal feeling to watch a trial you were in the trenches on become the precedent that reshapes an entire area of law. And we’re already seeing the ripple effects beyond ISPs, particularly in how courts and practitioners are thinking about secondary liability for AI-generated content and the platforms that enable it. The intent standard the Court articulated is going to shape that conversation for years.

Congratulations to the Winston & Strawn team and Cox on a landmark outcome.

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5799938-supreme-court-rules-cox-communications/

Happy Earth Day from all of us at LitOptix.

Today is a reminder that the work we do leaves a footprint, and we’re proud that modern trial presentation helps shrink it. Digital exhibits, synchronized video depositions, and cloud-based case materials have replaced the boxes of binders, printed blowups, and foam boards that used to fill every courtroom. What once required reams of paper and freight shipments now lives on a screen, ready at a moment’s notice.

It’s a small shift in the grand scheme, but across thousands of cases and courtrooms, it adds up. We’re grateful to be part of an industry that continues to find smarter, cleaner ways to tell a story and present evidence.

Honoring our planet. Sustaining our future.

Another working Sunday. Opening statements are right around the corner here in Washington, D.C.

Yesterday we managed to sneak away for a bit — a long walk through the National Mall, a stroll through one of the sculpture gardens, and then back to the office for the rest of the day. A full day in every sense.

That’s one of the quiet perks of trial work. You land in a city, and if you’re lucky, you get a small window to actually take it in before the courthouse takes over your life for the next month.

Back to prep.

Another Friday, another equipment test. This time at the District Court in the District of Columbia, and what a beautiful courthouse it is. Technology on the counsel tables, in the jury box… everything looked great, except we couldn’t get the audio to work.

The good news? That’s exactly why we test on Fridays before trial. The courthouse is updating the audio system over the weekend, and it’ll be ready to go by Monday. Problem solved before it ever becomes a problem in front of a jury.

Now, on to a fun-filled weekend of trial prep!

Hard to think of a better city than Washington, D.C. to be in when the work is this serious.

Kicking off a four-week engagement on a multi-billion dollar qui tam trial, and there’s no one I’d rather have alongside me than the master of litigation graphics herself, Michele Gervolino ( .gervo ). Always a great time working on site together.

Also making its inaugural DC appearance — my new Alienware machine. Anyone else working with one of these? 👽