Legal teams to test AI promises with use cases in 2024

If 2023 was the year legal leaders began to think about deploying AI in their operations, 2024 will be the year they try to convert the technology’s promise into tools with measurable results.

By Robert Freedman • Jan. 22, 2024

Five takeaways for chief legal officers from Biden’s executive order on AI

Staying informed, proactive and adaptable will allow in-house legal teams to more easily navigate the complex landscape and harness the power of AI responsibly and effectively. 

By Eric Gorman, Jill Fukunaga and Jeff Isaacs • Jan. 19, 2024

A CLO’s GenAI prediction: We’ll lean into it — and our humanity

A human-centric, converged approach to harnessing new technology is what will truly make 2024 in-house counsel’s time to shine.

By Shana Simmons • Jan. 18, 2024

How sales perceives legal’s speed on contracts

31% of sales professionals say contract review reduces deal velocity and 24% say contract review isn’t necessary because an agreement is simple.

By Lyle Moran • Jan. 17, 2024

6 AI tips for first-time adopters

Companies adopting AI for the first time must be ready to do it responsibly and in a way that can deliver real business value, writes Hero Digital’s Arun Kumar.

By Arun Kumar • Jan. 16, 2024

How to avoid regulatory risk for ‘AI washing’

Federal agencies are prepared to call out companies whose AI claims don’t pass muster.

By Lena Kempe • Jan. 12, 2024

Legal use of GenAI tools is massively error-prone, Stanford researchers say

A deep look at how large language models perform suggests the technology is far from ready for widespread use by lawyers without close supervision.

By Robert Freedman • Jan. 12, 2024

Exploring the potential impact of generative AI on legal operations

Before legal ops professionals can participate in serious assessment of AI solutions and tools, they must first understand the nuances between different forms of AI.

By Meredith Brown and Brandon Lee • Jan. 11, 2024

6 in-house legal trends to watch in 2024

AI, labor, antitrust, bankruptcies, women GCs and cross-collaboration are among the headlines in-house counsel can expect this year.  

By Lyle Moran and Robert Freedman • Jan. 9, 2024

How AI can help counsel sharpen their instincts

Until it matures, the best use of the technology is to help attorneys do quick analyses that can be refined later, the innovation officer at a tech-focused law firm says.

By Robert Freedman • Jan. 4, 2024

How Liberty Mutual’s legal team is approaching AI

The insurance company’s legal department is testing use cases and received some ideas for using generative AI through a design challenge it sponsors for law students. 

By Lyle Moran • Jan. 3, 2024

Tips for understanding how regulators will monitor organizations’ AI use

As states, the federal government and the EU step up oversight of AI use, knowing how to use the new technology safely can protect your organization and help it stay compliant. 

By Ryan Costello • Jan. 2, 2024

How to fully leverage AI in your legal department

Budgeting, invoicing and other key in-house legal responsibilities can be improved through AI’s ability to pull actionable intelligence from large amounts of data.

By Jeffrey Solomon • Dec. 21, 2023

Using ChatGPT to empower in-house counsel

Corporate legal leaders can turn risk into reward by encouraging in-house staff to experiment with generative AI – as long as there are guardrails in place to ensure they don’t veer off into trouble. 

By Seth Price • Dec. 15, 2023

Legal ops pros think AI will help with insourcing work

Legal operations professionals also said they expect law firms will increase their use of alternative fee arrangements for work augmented by generative AI, a report found.

By Lyle Moran • Dec. 13, 2023

How KPMG and Microsoft are helping legal teams deploy AI

The two companies are hosting workshops to assist legal departments in developing generative AI use cases they can implement, a KPMG leader said.

By Lyle Moran • Dec. 12, 2023

Legacy menace, modern peril: spoliation’s evolution in a data-driven age

While the growth of data presents new challenges, it also feeds into one of the oldest: Spoliation.

Dec. 11, 2023

Airbnb’s legal team takes focus group approach to AI use

An internal working group features participation from the company’s chief legal officer, and the department’s experimentation includes testing out a litigation use case.

By Lyle Moran • Dec. 6, 2023

Using AI to flag the deception behind words

The founder of a company using AI in speech analytics sees a future in which in-house and outside counsel drill down into signs of nervousness to see if someone is being truthful.

By Robert Freedman • Dec. 5, 2023

Clearlaw partners with Tonkean to support contract automation

Clearlaw, a contract intelligence platform powered by AI, previously announced collaborations with StreamlineAI, SimpliContract and PoseidonCM.

By Lyle Moran • Dec. 4, 2023

The essential role of creator and customer collaboration in legal tech

The novelty of shiny new AI isn’t enough to coax risk-averse legal teams into unfamiliar workflows.

Dec. 4, 2023

Pushing back against outside firms’ rate hikes starts with data

Data can help legal teams show outside firms they’re asking for too much money, billing specialists say.

By Robert Freedman • Nov. 29, 2023

73% of lawyers plan to use generative AI, report finds

While there remains trepidation among some lawyers, many are excited by the emerging technology’s potential to boost efficiency and generate deep insights.

By Lyle Moran • Nov. 20, 2023

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