{"id":68082,"date":"2019-08-28T13:34:35","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T17:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=68082"},"modified":"2019-08-28T13:37:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T17:37:00","slug":"why-gcs-arent-buying-what-legal-tech-is-selling-and-why-it-matters-for-firms-warren-cipriani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2019\/08\/28\/why-gcs-arent-buying-what-legal-tech-is-selling-and-why-it-matters-for-firms-warren-cipriani\/","title":{"rendered":"Why GCs Aren&#8217;t Buying What Legal Tech Is Selling and Why It Matters for Firms [Warren &#038; Cipriani]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/americanlawyer\/2019\/08\/27\/why-gcs-arent-buying-what-legal-tech-is-selling-and-why-it-matters-for-firms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Why GCs Aren&#8217;t Buying What Legal Tech Is Selling and Why It Matters for Firms<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from law.com by Zach Warren and Gina Passarella Cipriani<br \/>\n<em>Legal technology companies have to get out of their own way in vying for law department adoption, and buyers need to know what they want.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The legal technology industry has some significant hurdles to overcome in its increased push to sell into legal departments, general counsel say. And GCs admit that they are part of the problem.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">On the one hand, technology companies aren\u2019t doing themselves any favors by flooding the market with, at times, dozens of the same offerings, few of which solve specific problems the in-house community has, GCs say. But at the same time, general counsel admit to being distracted, budget-constrained and often unfamiliar with the capabilities of the products they are being pitched.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cIt\u2019s overwhelming,\u201d says HUB International chief legal officer John Albright. \u201cThere are hundreds of these vendors, and most of them you\u2019ve never heard of.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">As Albright sees it, the legal technology industry is \u201cheavily fragmented,\u201d with vendors selling solutions to a discrete issue that doesn\u2019t necessarily solve the full problem he has or fit into the larger organization\u2019s information systems.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Also see:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/patriciagbarnes\/2019\/08\/26\/artificial-intelligence-further-exacerbates-inequality-in-discrimination-lawsuits\/#63933994c11f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Artificial Intelligence Further Exacerbates Inequality In Discrimination Lawsuits<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from forbes.com by Patricia Barnes<br \/>\n<em>Excerpt:<\/em><br \/>\nThe legal system just keeps getting more and more unequal for American workers who are victims of employment discrimination, wage and hour theft, etc. The newest development is that America&#8217;s top employers and the law firms that represent them are using artificial intelligence (AI) tools to automate their responses to workers\u2019 legal claims, thereby increasing efficiency while cutting costs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"header-content-container\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"top-authors\">\n<div class=\"contrib-container top-contrib\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why GCs Aren&#8217;t Buying What Legal Tech Is Selling and Why It Matters for Firms &#8212; from law.com by Zach Warren and Gina Passarella Cipriani Legal technology companies have to get out of their own way in vying for law department adoption, and buyers need to know what they want. 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