LexisNexis CEO Promises AI Lawyers Won't Spell Trouble (Yet)
In 2025, Sean Fitzpatrick, the big boss of LexisNexis â yes, THAT legal research dinosaur turned AI hype machine â dreams up ProtĂ©gĂ©, a robo-lawyer so precise it replaces junior associates making typos. Once just the Westlaw of the courtroom, LexisNexis now brags about hiring more lawyers to babysit AI because, spoilers, AI still hallucinates court cases like a law school dropout on a caffeine binge. After AI caused two judges to retract rulings over imaginary plaintiffs and bogus citations, Sean says losing a license over bad robot lawyering is "just a matter of time." Meanwhile, courts debate letting algorithms decide the Founding Fathers' feelings, presumably while sipping digital tea. LexisNexis isnât just evolving â itâs AI-lluminati-ing the legal world into chaos with a smile and a laptop.
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LexisNexis swaps dusty law books for hallucinating AI that can get lawyers disbarred. Because whatâs courtroom drama without a robot wildly inventing lawsuits and judges who canât even keep it real?
Apparently reading 500 years of law wasnât enough; now we trust AI to dream up fictitious cases and confuse judges. Who knew legal precedent was just a glitch away from sci-fi?
LexisNexis' ProtĂ©gĂ©: the AI assistant lawyers love to hate, because itâs like a kid who claims it read every law book but actually just invented its own stories.
Source: Theverge | Published: 10/27/2025 | Author: Nilay Patel
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