Harvey and LexisNexis are launching an agentic motion-to-dismiss workflow built with legal research data, while Google and Cooley are developing a Gemini Enterprise agent for reviewing court filings. The announcements appeared in Artificial Lawyer’s weekly legal technology roundup dated October 9, 2026.

Harvey’s workflow uses specialized agents to plan, research and draft a motion to dismiss in a review-and-approve loop, with lawyers making key judgments. It uses LexisNexis US case law, statutes and Shepard’s citations. After identifying the forum and governing law, Harvey can surface up to eight possible dismissal grounds, assess them against the claims’ elements and issues such as jurisdiction, timeliness and choice of law, then rank the arguments for a lawyer to approve or adjust. Multiple agents research approved arguments before a final agent drafts the motion.

Harvey said preparing a motion to dismiss commonly takes 40 to 50+ hours and may require drafting 20–30 pages. The process includes reading a complaint, identifying dismissal grounds, researching the relevant jurisdiction, checking for adverse authority and drafting arguments. The workflow asks users to upload the complaint, approve a strategy and review a research brief before Harvey prepares a first draft. The product follows a legal data-sharing alliance between Harvey and LexisNexis announced last year.

Google and California-based law firm Cooley are developing a Gemini Enterprise legal agent to identify confidential information in court filings and recommend redactions. Cooley is the launch partner, providing product direction and feedback from litigators. Built on Google Cloud’s Gemini Enterprise, the agent flags personally identifiable information, technical information and other potentially confidential material for attorney review; attorneys decide what to redact before filing. Google Cloud vice president Satish Thomas said testing with Cooley is intended to address real legal workflow needs.

Other announcements in the roundup included PSA Solutions becoming an integration partner for Crespect; Wordsmith partnering with legal talent group Goodlawyer; and Brazilian competition lawyer Paulo Casagrande launching SAÍRA, a retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) research system using more than 10 years of CADE decisions and reference literature. SAÍRA uses public information only, contains no client data, and includes Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini in its workflow. Peyton AI launched a medical negligence claims triage platform for law firms, insurers and hospital risk teams.

Legal research company Pandektes announced a €13.5 million Series A led by Alstin Capital, with PROfounders, Scale Capital and existing investors participating. Michael Bommarito joined Unruly Corporation as chief innovation officer, while Litera promoted Priyanka Singh to president and Adam Ryan to chief product and marketing officer. The roundup also said Express Registration had opened for Legal Innovators UK on November 4 and 5 in London and Legal Innovators New York on November 17 and 18.

Harvey and LexisNexis are launching an agentic motion-to-dismiss workflow built with legal research data, while Google and Cooley are developing a Gemini Enterprise agent for reviewing court filings. The announcements appeared in Artificial Lawyer’s weekly legal technology roundup dated October 9, 2026.

Harvey’s workflow uses specialized agents to plan, research and draft a motion to dismiss in a review-and-approve loop, with lawyers making key judgments. It uses LexisNexis US case law, statutes and Shepard’s citations. After identifying the forum and governing law, Harvey can surface up to eight possible dismissal grounds, assess them against the claims’ elements and issues such as jurisdiction, timeliness and choice of law, then rank the arguments for a lawyer to approve or adjust. Multiple agents research approved arguments before a final agent drafts the motion.

Harvey said preparing a motion to dismiss commonly takes 40 to 50+ hours and may require drafting 20–30 pages. The process includes reading a complaint, identifying dismissal grounds, researching the relevant jurisdiction, checking for adverse authority and drafting arguments. The workflow asks users to upload the complaint, approve a strategy and review a research brief before Harvey prepares a first draft. The product follows a legal data-sharing alliance between Harvey and LexisNexis announced last year.

Google and California-based law firm Cooley are developing a Gemini Enterprise legal agent to identify confidential information in court filings and recommend redactions. Cooley is the launch partner, providing product direction and feedback from litigators. Built on Google Cloud’s Gemini Enterprise, the agent flags personally identifiable information, technical information and other potentially confidential material for attorney review; attorneys decide what to redact before filing. Google Cloud vice president Satish Thomas said testing with Cooley is intended to address real legal workflow needs.

Other announcements in the roundup included PSA Solutions becoming an integration partner for Crespect; Wordsmith partnering with legal talent group Goodlawyer; and Brazilian competition lawyer Paulo Casagrande launching SAÍRA, a retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) research system using more than 10 years of CADE decisions and reference literature. SAÍRA uses public information only, contains no client data, and includes Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini in its workflow. Peyton AI launched a medical negligence claims triage platform for law firms, insurers and hospital risk teams.

Legal research company Pandektes announced a €13.5 million Series A led by Alstin Capital, with PROfounders, Scale Capital and existing investors participating. Michael Bommarito joined Unruly Corporation as chief innovation officer, while Litera promoted Priyanka Singh to president and Adam Ryan to chief product and marketing officer. The roundup also said Express Registration had opened for Legal Innovators UK on November 4 and 5 in London and Legal Innovators New York on November 17 and 18.