Chapter 15
Legal Services: Cutting Through the Red Tape
IN THIS CHAPTER
Understanding how the escalating burden of paperwork and regulation is affecting legal services
Discovering how AI is making the impossible possible and the expensive affordable
Identifying the AI techniques that turn data into revenue
Exploring legal use cases for AI
Although at times it may seem like law departments and law firms are two teams separated by a common profession, the two have more similarities than differences, including coping with the tidal wave of data that has hit the legal profession in the last few decades and navigating the emerging alternative fee arrangements that their clients demand.
In a profession mired in paperwork from the beginning of time, many lawyers are turning to AI to tackle overwhelming tasks such as discovery, regulatory compliance, and risk reduction.
Climbing the Paper Mountain
Historically, lawyers have relied on their own expertise, knowledge and instincts when predicting case outcomes or providing advice regarding risk and strategy. But today, the sheer volume of ...
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