Walmart Using AI to Transform Legal Landscape, Cut Costs

• Walmart, other companies use AI to redirect work of outside counsel • Retailer looks for outside counsel that aligns with its goals, including technological innovation • Tools can draft litigation responses, save attorneys time in case prep

Artificial intelligence tools can draft contracts, write answers to legal complaints, or answer simple questions. They may not replace a lawyer’s to-do list, but they could save time.

Walmart and Nationwide Insurance are among the companies experimenting with how artificial intelligence tools can streamline their in-house legal departments and their work with outside counsel, and save money in the process. The use ...