How AI can level the playing field among law firms

AI will undoubtedly help to erode the competitive barriers that have long entrenched big law firms at the top.

By Richard Robinson • Nov. 17, 2023

Generative AI policies should focus on four key areas, Gartner advises

General counsel have a key role to play in company discussions about AI use cases, restrictions, decision rights and disclosure obligations. 

By Lyle Moran • Nov. 15, 2023

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Building success into your CLM adoption

Contract lifecycle management software is only as good as its implemntation. That’s why legal leaders are making CLM an enterprise-wide initiative that all business functions can get behind. 

By Legal Dive staff

Most M&A dealmakers expect to acquire companies with AI capabilities

Dealmakers also anticipate that emerging AI will impact several mergers and acquisitions processes in 2024, according to a Dykema survey.

By Lyle Moran • Nov. 14, 2023

At Wayfair, legal tech said to enhance shopper experience

Among the goals of the company’s legal tech chief is ensuring data flowing into the general counsel is useful to the broader business.

By Robert Freedman • Nov. 14, 2023

Demo shows AI negotiating NDA without lawyers

A software company tries to make a splash by having two laptops conduct four rounds of back-and-forth in minutes to settle on contract terms acceptable to both sides.

By Robert Freedman • Nov. 7, 2023

AI: Promise and precautions on the legal tech frontier

In-house legal teams that want to realize the promise of AI must prepare for it in a pragmatic way.

By Colin S. Levy • Nov. 2, 2023

Out of the shadows: Shining a light on AI use within your organization

If your policies don’t cover AI use by employees who aren’t aware they’re using it, or are using it outside official channels, it’s a good idea to create a policy to cover this growing shadow AI use. 

By Myriah Jaworski, Melissa Ventrone and Eric Rouseau • Oct. 20, 2023

3 ways to test your AI’s effectiveness

Turning adoption into a game, running AI behind the scenes and using process mining will help you get enough people to use AI tools that you can learn whether they’re helping your operations in the way you want them to.   

By Jitendra Gupta • Oct. 16, 2023

Come together: Four ways Legal can help demolish data silos

Interdepartmental collaboration on data these days isn’t a luxury. It’s a necessity.

By Daniel Bonner • Oct. 10, 2023

Balancing privacy concerns with internal investigations

It’s possible to respect employees’ desire to wall off personal data from collection while ensuring the company can check every place relevant information might be.

By Robert Freedman • Oct. 9, 2023

How National Life Group’s IT reliance helped make CLM a success

The legal team tapped the tech division’s expertise — and budget — to get implementation done right, the company’s legal operations chief says.

By Robert Freedman • Oct. 6, 2023

Are fragmented legal tech stacks a recipe for failure?

Prioritizing solutions that have interoperability with the broader organization’s technology portfolio is smoother integrations and streamlined workflows. 

By Troels (Troy) Nørgaard • Oct. 5, 2023

What GCs need to know about algorithmic bias

General counsel should collaborate with data scientists to ensure that the algorithms their organizations employ are compliant with anti-discrimination laws.

By Bradley Merrill Thompson and Michael Shumpert • Oct. 4, 2023

Legal depts aren’t using genAI much yet, survey shows

To the extent counsel are seeing teams in the broader organization use the tools, it’s mainly in marketing, research and IT.

By Robert Freedman • Sept. 29, 2023

Using due diligence teams and eDiscovery solutions to reduce M&A data risk

Litigation, fines and other risks can leave the acquirer blindsided if due diligence on data privacy compliance and cybersecurity is rushed during the merger. 

By Amit Dungarani • Sept. 28, 2023

Most workers use AI, usually without company safeguards

Workers are quickly adopting generative AI, and most of them believe the powerful tools do not threaten their jobs, a Conference Board survey found.

By Jim Tyson • Sept. 21, 2023

Cyber, general liability insurance might cover GenAI risk

Use of protected data by generative AI could be covered by your cyber policy and IP claims like copyright infringement are typically covered by general liability insurance.

By Robert Freedman • Sept. 19, 2023

Generative AI provides significant boost to knowledge workers, study finds

Access to emerging AI resulted in higher-quality work and was particularly helpful for workers categorized as bottom-half-skill performers, a Harvard Business School study found. 

By Lyle Moran • Sept. 18, 2023

Generative AI presents GCs with ‘generational leadership opportunity’

The emerging AI’s language-centric capabilities are much better suited to legal work than previous waves of technology, which should benefit legal departments.

By Lyle Moran • Sept. 15, 2023

Drafting contracts, flagging risk called top legal GenAI uses

Although the tools can introduce risk if they’re not set up and maintained with discipline, there’s risk to not deploying the tools if team members use them on the side, tech specialists say.

By Robert Freedman • Sept. 14, 2023

Don’t rush ethics in generative AI adoption plans

Even when leaders feel the pressure to adopt generative AI quickly, ethical frameworks and use case policies should guide their plans.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Sept. 12, 2023

Microsoft seeks to reassure Copilot users with genAI copyright legal defense

Users won’t be protected if they don’t use the content filters and guardrails Microsoft has built into its AI-assisted tools, the company says.  

By Robert Freedman • Sept. 8, 2023

AI policies should start with the basics, legal chiefs say

In-house legal departments are also advised to collaborate with other business units when drafting AI acceptable use policies.

By Lyle Moran • Sept. 5, 2023

Implementing AI: 5 tips for better change management

When legal department employees see firsthand that AI offers better results in a more efficient way, they’re more likely to get on board.

By Jeffrey Solomon • Sept. 1, 2023

The American Bar Association launches AI-focused task force

The panel, which features some well-known special advisors, is charged with developing AI best practices for the legal profession.

By Lyle Moran • Aug. 30, 2023