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95% of legal AI pilots fail. Here's why yours might be next. Your outside counsel is using AI to review contracts in minutes instead of hours. Yet your bills haven't decreased—in fact, some firms now charge premium rates for "AI-enhanced" services that require less human effort. Meanwhile, your in-house team can't get a single AI pilot off the ground. Our Director of AI and Data Platforms, Chris Frickland, has seen this story play out dozens of times (including our own expensive failures). In his latest piece, he reveals: → The 3 critical phases where legal AI pilots die → Why "set it and forget it" AI rollouts always fail → The 8-week framework that helped 18 lawyers reduce contract review time by 20-60% → 5 questions every legal department must answer before their next AI pilot This isn't AI hype. It's a roadmap built from real failures and measurable successes. The window for competitive AI adoption is closing. While most legal departments remain stuck in pilot purgatory, the 5% who get this right will transform how their organizations view legal—from cost center to strategic enabler. Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/eDUk5fp3 #LegalAI #InHouseCounsel #LegalTech #GeneralCounsel

Ready to transform legal budgeting from a dreaded annual chore into your most powerful business tool? Join us October 1st at 1 PM EDT for "Rewriting the Rules of Legal Budgeting" - our exclusive webinar featuring April Lindauer (General Counsel at Carta) and Eric Bouchard (CFO at Axiom). Discover how the most successful legal departments are using flexibility, CFO partnerships, and strategic alignment to drive measurable business impact. Register now: https://lnkd.in/ea89SCbh #LegalBudgeting #LegalOps #InHouseCounsel

NEW RESEARCH: Legal Departments Are Rapidly Shifting to Value-Based Budgeting - https://lnkd.in/eT4AHTi4 Our latest 2026 Legal Budgeting Report reveals that 29% of global in-house legal departments have already adopted strategic, outcome-driven budgeting—with nearly half evolving toward value-based models. Key insights from 530 senior legal leaders and CFOs: The CFO-Legal Partnership Paradox: Despite 89% of legal leaders rating their relationships as excellent, there's confusion about who actually owns budget-setting (50% of CFOs vs. 32% of legal leaders claim control with an 18 point budget authority gap!) AI Funding Gap: 78% of legal teams are expected to implement AI without dedicated funding ALSP Opportunity: Legal leaders would switch to ALSPs at just 30% cost savings, yet only 36% have formal policies to encourage this shift The Good News: Most departments are in the "developing" range and can quickly reach value-based budgeting maturity by adopting proven techniques from high-performing teams. "The difference between a cost center and a value creator isn't reinvention, it's refinement," says Eric Bouchard, CFO at Axiom. Ready to transform your legal budget from cost center to strategic value creator? Download the full 2026 Legal Budgeting Report → https://lnkd.in/eT4AHTi4 #LegalBudgeting #InHouseLegal #ValueBasedBudgeting #LegalOperations #CFOPartnership

"We're in our value-based budget era." Just like Taylor and Travis, your CFO and General Counsel might be ready to take their relationship to the next level—but are they speaking the same love language when it comes to budgets? Our 2026 Budgeting Study reveals the ultimate plot twist: 89% of CFOs and legal leaders rate their relationship as "excellent," but they're still not aligned on who controls the budget. The current status? "It's complicated." - 50% of CFOs think they're the main character in budget-setting - Only 36% of GCs believe they have independent budget authority - 86% of legal departments still need multiple approvals (talk about mixed signals!) But when CFOs and GCs finally get their budget alignment right? The departments that crack this code report 32% better cost predictability and 41% faster response to business needs. "Look what you made me do" becomes "Look what we achieved together." Ready to help your CFO-GC relationship go from "complicated" to "strategic power couple"? Check out our exclusive report sneak peek to see how the most successful legal-finance partnerships are writing their value-based budget love story: https://lnkd.in/eM8JNEmj Because the best partnerships happen when you're both singing from the same sheet music. #LegalOps #ValueBasedBudgeting #CFO #GeneralCounsel #LegalBudgeting #SwiftieEra