Show Notes
Legal is being asked to move faster, adopt AI, and do more with less — all without increasing risk. For most teams, that pressure is piling on top of an operating model that was never built to handle it. In this launch episode, host Liz Lugones breaks down what Legal Maxxing actually means and why now is the moment for legal to stop retrofitting old processes and start building the foundation that makes everything else possible. People. Process. Data. Technology. AI. When those five things ar...
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