Last year’s release of Westlaw Edge from Thomson Reuters saw the widely-used legal research platform receive a number of tech-enabled upgrades, from new algorithms for search to tracking statutory changes and invalid law. But one component of Westlaw Edge was delayed for further refinement, and is now ready to be released: automated brief analyzer Quick Check.

Quick Check allows users to upload briefs, memos or motions into the Westlaw Edge system, where an artificial intelligence system will scan the document to detect the legal issues covered. Following a search that takes an average of one minute, Quick Check will then provide a report offering potential cases, briefs and other sources that may have been missed concerning the topic; point out cases cited in the uploaded document that have negative KeyCite warnings; and create a table of authorities. The recommendations the system provides include sources that are already found elsewhere within the document.