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Valerie Pennacchio, Practice Innovation Advisor at Kirkland & Ellis, discusses the role mentorship plays in combatting sexism in the workplace, the surprising amount of candor around legal technology among peer law firms, and how she came to realize that her current job is the table she wants to be at.
Continue Reading Women of Legal Tech: 'Every Failure Is an Opportunity,' Says Kirkland's Valerie Pennacchio

“Technology is inevitable. How it pushes our culture to evolve is inevitable. Instead of denying it and just expecting things to catch up with you, you can apply ownership to it,” Microsoft Chief Legal Officer Hossein Nowbar said.
Continue Reading Exclusive: Microsoft CLO Nowbar on AI, His 'Immigrant Journey' and Why He Refuses to Play It Safe

AI washing isn’t new to the legal tech industry, but legal tech customers and investors say the practice has exacerbated in the age of generative AI, from providers repackaging decade-old offerings to others launching tools that are essentially “ChatGPT wrappers.”
Continue Reading 'Not Generative AI': Investors, Customers Call Out Legal Tech's 'AI Washing'

During a webinar, engineers from Macro, a suite of productivity software, noted that the company ran into several scalability issues as they were building out their LLM-powered solutions. “It is much different from just building a toy demo,” said Jacob Beckerman, founder and CEO at Macro.
Continue Reading Too Big, Too Slow: Unpacking the Challenges of Scaling Gen AI Models