Why lawyers care about machine learning

Machine learning is everywhere you look, from customer service virtual agents to round-the-clock patient care in hospitals.
Lawyers seeking the latest in e-discovery approaches to find relevant information faster and at lower cost are turning to machine-learning tools. While many lawyers and legal support professionals are familiar with, and use (or oversee the use of), machine-learning technology to more efficiently cull through and sort data for litigation, investigations and regulatory compliance matters, there are new machine-learning approaches worth taking stock of.