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AI Contract Review Isn’t Dangerous (If You Do It Right)
Legal and procurement teams are under constant pressure to move faster. The inbox fills, the queue grows, and the business keeps asking why contract cycles take so long. While AI holds promise for accelerating cycles, many leaders are uneasy about AI contract review. Not because they doubt the potential, but because these tools still seem to make confident errors that no GC wants to defend.
Closing the Contract Value Gap with People, AI, and Better Processes
Hearing about the billions being poured into AI-powered legal technologies intrigued me. LegalTech Hub recently identified more than 500 generative AI tools specifically for legal and contracting tasks. The promise was clear: faster processing, quicker sales cycles, and significant boosts in lawyer productivity.
Why AI Won’t Replace Human Legal Expertise (And How It Can Work Together)
During a talk I gave earlier this year on AI and dispute resolution, a question from the audience stuck with me: "How do you see legal AI tech tools like predictive analytics for litigation being adopted in civil jurisdictions where there’s no doctrine of stare decisis and where the judiciary and many law firms still operate with outdated technology?"
7 Contract Risk Signals Manufacturing Firms Must Monitor Amid Tariffs
The recent surge in tariffs has left US manufacturers and construction firms scrambling. With new duties of up to 25% on steel, aluminum, lumber, drywall, electronics, and other vital inputs, many companies are being squeezed between fixed-price contracts and rapidly inflating costs. It's no wonder that over 76% of manufacturers cite trade uncertainties as their top challenge as of March 2025.
6 DORA Contracting Risks for Financial Institutions – and How to Address Them
In July 2024, a routine software update from a major cybersecurity vendor triggered a cascading IT outage, crippling financial institutions worldwide. Trading systems went offline, payment networks stalled, and customer portals froze. It wasn’t a cyberattack. It wasn’t a data breach. The now-renowned CrowdStrike outage was a failure of third-party risk oversight, buried in contractual fine print.