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In this week's episode, Quarles & Brady partner Joe Wilson and Erica Gholson, the firm's director of learning and development, discuss a program the firm launched for giving and receiving feedback, called "The Loop."

Legal innovation "means changing the way the profession has traditionally done business. As we progress through the 21st century, the profession must continue to modernize with the times," says Vito A. Gagliardi, Jr., Managing Principal, at Porzio, Bromberg & Newman.

While AI's applications to back-office business operations like pricing, billing and invoicing may not be as flashy as AI-generated brief writing, they will be just as critical for the business of law firms.

"I'm grateful for everyone who stood by me," Sullivan said of the more than 200 people who wrote letters of support. "I felt like I was at my own Irish wake."

It is critical companies take stock of their cyber hygiene policies and incident response protocols, and not only manage cybersecurity risks and prevent attacks, but also respond to them with proper disclosures.

Marcin Swiety, the new chief security officer at Relativity, told Legaltech News that generative AI is likely to have the most impact on areas of e-discovery like data enrichment and active learning.

This year has seen Republican-led states take the lead on data protection regulations, with Montana and Tennessee following on the heels of Indiana and Iowa. The two bills follow a Virginia-style approach to data privacy that is proving increasingly popular in the U.S.

A new product, Employee Compliance, will be a stand-alone offering that works with Intapp's existing suite of risk and compliance products

"Legal innovation means applying technology and know-how to solve problems so that legal practitioners can spend more time doing what they do best, using their legal expertise," says AJ Shankar, CEO and Founder of Everlaw.

The case management solution was born out of the pandemic's virtual arbitration processes, and leverages Immediation's platform along with the International Institute of Conflict Prevention & Resolution's conflict resolution capabilities.

The generative AI platform, which acts as a chatbot, is still in development via LexisNexis's Commercial Preview Program, which elicits product testing feedback from in-house counsel and law firms.

From regulations to investigations and enforcement actions, generative AI-powered tools have received growing attention in recent months. During "The Age of AI: A Proskauer Webinar Series - Privacy and Data Security" webinar, panelists discussed some of the different approaches taken by the EU, U.S. and UK to regulate this technology.