Thomson Reuters, Smokeball partner to create legal technology ecosystem

Smokeball and Thomson Reuters (TRI) announced a partnership to provide a comprehensive legal technology ecosystem connecting the business and practice of law. The partnership will combine Smokeball’s industry-leading practice management tools and AI matter assistant with Thomson Reuters CoCounsel Legal, the AI solution for authoritative legal research, document analysis, and drafting, into one integrated customer experience. Legal professionals will be able to leverage this partnership to deliver exceptional outcomes for their clients while saving time and reducing administrative tasks. Smokeball and Thomson Reuters are working together to create a seamless pathway for joint customers in the U.S. to access CoCounsel Legal-including Westlaw Advantage and Practical Law Dynamic Tool Set-and Smokeball through the platforms they already rely on. Initially, Thomson Reuters will launch a real-time data connector that syncs legal documents across platforms, allowing Smokeball users to push documents into CoCounsel Legal in bulk rather than uploading them one by one. Documents will flow directly from Smokeball into CoCounsel Legal, saving significant time and reducing the risk of errors or version mismatches. Further phases of integration are underway, with the trajectory pointing toward an experience where joint customers can access Thomson Reuters legal content, AI and know-how tools, combined with up-to-date matter facts and information in one seamless interface.