How in-house legal professionals can embrace technology

Colin Levy says generative AI tools, as well as well-known legacy products, can help lawyers and other legal department staff enhance their work.

By Lyle Moran • Aug. 16, 2023

How AI can help with legal spend management

Legal departments can use emerging AI-powered technology to determine what is a reasonable amount of time for outside counsel to spend on certain tasks. 

By Lyle Moran • Aug. 9, 2023

How Pure Storage’s legal team is using generative AI

The data storage company is testing out compliance use cases, and it’s hopeful AI can help reduce outside counsel spending and automate repetitive tasks.

By Lyle Moran • Aug. 8, 2023

Why advances in AI present a golden opportunity for legal ops

The emerging technology supports key priorities for legal operations teams, including streamlining workflows and boosting efficiency. 

By Lyle Moran • July 26, 2023

Why GCs need to step back from day-to-day legal work

Delegating allows general counsel to focus on strategy and talent development, Mastercard’s newly announced chief legal officer advises.

By Lyle Moran • July 25, 2023

Streamline AI partners with Clearlaw to enhance contract review

Leaders of the AI-powered platforms said their collaboration will help companies speed up the contracting process and further automate workflows. 

By Lyle Moran • July 24, 2023

Four e-discovery first principles to survive the AI hype cycle

In the race to evolve, legal teams must not lose sight of the fundamentals that are likely to remain important for years to come.

By Wendy King • July 20, 2023

How in-house lawyers can use AI-powered CoCounsel

Casetext’s AI legal assistant is designed to assist attorneys with legal research, document review and contracting, among other functionalities. 

By Lyle Moran • July 19, 2023

Most legal departments use discounted hourly rates, survey finds

Capped fees and blended hourly rates are less common, though larger in-house teams more frequently deploy a variety of billing approaches.

By Lyle Moran • July 11, 2023

54% of in-house legal professionals support generative AI usage

However, adoption rates remain low as legal teams continue to learn more about the emerging technology and assess risks, a report found. 

By Lyle Moran • June 30, 2023

Is AI a friend or foe for legal teams?

Corporate legal departments and law firms can adopt best practices to manage the inherent risk of AI in legal work and get the most benefit from this incendiary technology.

By Shana Simmons • June 28, 2023

Information sharing called key to GC-CFO relationship

The two C-suite roles have evolved together to become more strategic, a veteran finance executive says. That shared experience can help the two functions improve their outcomes.

By Robert Freedman • June 27, 2023

How Legal.io is working to expand its community of in-house talent

The online platform serving corporate clients such as Zoom has hired Tom Stephenson as VP, released a salary tracker and started a nationwide roadshow.

By Lyle Moran • June 27, 2023

How to use a net promoter score to guide legal transformation

NPS is associated with measuring SaaS business success, but it can help general counsel improve their team’s operations, Mo Zain Ajaz of Lex360 says.

By Robert Freedman • June 22, 2023

Companies’ legal spend has risen nearly 30%, survey finds

The largest businesses have spurred the significant spending uptick, which experts said was driven in part by increased regulation and law firm rate hikes.

By Lyle Moran • June 16, 2023

Preparation, outside help called key to CLM success

Without laying the groundwork and tapping third-party expertise, you face an uphill battle getting a contract management solution in place, a ContractPodAi executive says.

By Robert Freedman • June 14, 2023

How legal teams can use LexisNexis’ new generative AI platform

Lexis+ AI can generate first drafts and answer questions for in-house counsel, while another new tool can help legal departments manage inbound requests.

By Lyle Moran • June 14, 2023

How to seek discounts on outside counsel fees

Negotiating rate freezes and exercising billing discipline are other approaches legal operations pros can take in hopes of reducing legal spend.

By Robert Freedman • June 5, 2023

CLM software has become most used in-house legal tech, survey finds

Contract lifecycle management technology is also the only tool that more than 50% of in-house professionals say is effective, according to an ACC and Exterro report.

By Lyle Moran • June 2, 2023

The key questions for measuring your legal team’s technological maturity

One of the best ways to gauge if your technology investments are delivering value is by regularly soliciting feedback from the people who use the tools.

By Jared Hostmeyer • May 25, 2023

Tonkean launches suite of legal tools powered by generative AI

The products are designed to assist in-house departments with intake and automate common legal processes, such as NDA creation.

By Lyle Moran • May 22, 2023

Quick win can boost legal team buy-in of metrics program

Over time, data-based tools can help the GC serve a more valuable executive-team role and save money, Intel’s legal metrics leader says.

By Robert Freedman • May 22, 2023

Why it’s imperative lawyers adopt a ‘legal copilot’ model with AI

By combining AI and human capabilities, organizations can leverage the strengths of both to improve decision-making and achieve better outcomes.

By Johannes (Jan) Scholtes and Geoffrey Vance • May 19, 2023

With generative AI, in-house lawyers will be more business-oriented

Even before this latest technology hit the headlines, the legal function was becoming more of a partner with other departments, Evisort CEO Jerry Ting says.

By Robert Freedman • May 19, 2023

Using tech to track all of the in-house legal team’s work

LinkSquares says it can help general counsel measure the legal department's contribution to the broader business by channeling requests into an intake tool.

By Robert Freedman • May 18, 2023