Legal Industry Case Studies
Empowering Legal Teams With Secure, Modern, and AI‑Ready Solutions
Transforming Legal Operations with Scalable Data & AI
Legal teams today are under mounting pressure to modernize operations, strengthen data governance, manage sensitive information, and accelerate productivity without compromising compliance. Spyglass delivers secure, scalable, and cloud‑ready solutions tailored for legal departments, law firms, and corporate counsel. From identity and access controls to document automation, advanced analytics, and AI‑powered research acceleration, we help legal organizations streamline workflows, reduce risk, and operate with greater confidence and efficiency.
Streamlining Invoice Review and Collections With AI
A top global law firm relied on slow, manual review of 17,000 monthly invoices—creating delays, errors, and heavy attorney administrative burden. Collections escalation was inconsistent, slowing cash flow during the critical year‑end period when nearly 40% of revenue is collected and reducing visibility into financial risk. Spyglass implemented an AI‑powered billing solution to automate invoice checks, enforce client‑defined billing standards, and streamline collections workflows. The system flagged vague narratives, disallowed activities, and code mismatches early in the process, accelerating review and improving financial outcomes. Key benefits included:
- Greater efficiency: Attorneys spent dramatically less time on invoice review and more time on legal work
- Improved accuracy: Automated checks reduced rejections, write‑downs, and costly rework
- Accelerated cash flow: Faster, data‑driven escalation shortened collection cycles when it mattered most
- Leadership visibility: Real‑time analytics enabled CFO and COO teams to proactively manage financial outcomes
Modernizing Contract Review With AI
A global law firm faced mounting delays in reviewing high‑volume contract sets spanning Outside Counsel Guidelines, engagement letters, and protective orders. Manual analysis created bottlenecks, increased compliance risk, and consumed scarce SME time. Inconsistent interpretation across reviewers led to missed obligations, longer onboarding cycles, and rising operational costs. Spyglass deployed secure, governed Copilot‑based Agents using Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, and Purview to automatically extract, classify, and flag key contractual obligations—accelerating review workflows while maintaining privileged data protections. Key benefits included:
- Significantly faster first‑pass contract reviews and reduced manual workload
- Greater consistency and accuracy across contractual interpretations
- Scalable review capacity without increasing headcount
- Stronger protection of confidential client materials through Purview controls
Strengthening eDiscovery & Compliance
A Fortune 100 corporate legal department struggled with fragmented data sources, slow custodial collections, and manual review processes that impeded time‑sensitive investigations. Limited visibility into sensitive data movement increased risk exposure and consumed attorney and paralegal bandwidth. Spyglass implemented Microsoft Purview eDiscovery, unified DLP policies, and Endpoint DLP to preserve, search, classify, and contain sensitive information across Microsoft 365 and third‑party SaaS systems—enabling faster, defensible investigations. Key benefits included:
- Accelerated, repeatable investigation workflows with automated holds and targeted search
- Improved regulatory posture through consistent retention, labeling, and auditability
- Reduced data‑leak and insider‑risk exposure with unified DLP and access controls
- Centralized visibility and reporting across all investigation‑related content
Implementing Spyglass’s AI-driven solution has transformed our billing operations. Automated invoice quality control has freed attorneys from manual reviews, improving accuracy and compliance while reducing rejections. Collections escalation is now faster, boosting cash flow, especially during year-end. Leadership benefits from timely insights, enabling smarter decisions. Overall, the system has enhanced efficiency and financial performance.
Featured Legal Industry Solutions
Legal teams need secure, scalable platforms that support matter confidentiality, unify structured and unstructured data, and enable responsible AI adoption across the firm. Spyglass helps law firms modernize their environment with deeply governed data foundations, strong security controls, and AI‑ready architectures that accelerate operational efficiency while reducing risk.
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Secure Data Platform
Build a unified, secure data foundation that supportsanalytics, automation, and AI across the firm.
Legal teams rely on data spread across document repositories, billing systems, collaboration tools, and third‑party platforms, but fragmented sources limit visibility and slow decision‑making. Spyglass modernizes and unifies legal data using Microsoft Fabric and Databricks, creating a governed platform that supports real‑time reporting, streamlined knowledge retrieval, and AI‑powered workflows—ensuring accuracy, consistency, and scalability across the legal organization. -
High Risk Document Review
Analyze sensitive documents at scale with automatedextraction, classification, and risk detection.
Law firms manage thousands of protective orders, usage restrictions, matter guidelines, and other critical documents that require consistent interpretation. Spyglass delivers AI‑powered document intelligence to surface obligations, limitations, and risk factors automatically, reducing manual workload and ensuring compliance across teams while accelerating reviews for litigation, investigations, and regulatory response. -
Accelerated Due Diligence
Speed up M&A evaluations with automated insightextraction and risk identification.
Transactional teams face high‑volume document sets and tight timelines during M&A and strategic evaluations. Spyglass uses AI to rapidly classify, compare, and analyze contracts, financial statements, and supporting materials—surfacing risks, obligations, key terms, and opportunities. This improves accuracy, reduces manual review time, and helps firms deliver more informed, timely assessments for clients.
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