Microsoft Signs on as First User of ‘Standard’ Legal Language

An initiative to develop a standard language to describe legal matters across the industry has named Microsoft Corp. as its first official user.

The Standards Advancement for the Legal Industry Alliance announced Microsoft had begun a trial implementation of the new language during a meeting at legal tech gathering ILTACON in Orlando, Fla.

SALI was formally established in May 2017 and has said that a standard description of legal work, similar to the universal product code, will help clients better track the work being done by their in-house lawyers and outside law firms. Ultimately, it could lead to better comparisons ...