This week on The Geek in Review, we sit down with Jennifer McIver, Legal Ops and Industry Insights at Wolters Kluwer ELM Solutions. We open with Jennifer’s career detour from aspiring forensic pathologist to practicing attorney to legal tech and legal ops leader, sparked by a classic moment of lawyer frustration, a slammed
Computerworld.com reported that “Silicon Valley is abuzz with chatter about Google’s upcoming AI glasses. The trigger was a big announcement on The Android Show on December 8. The company announced that its first AI glasses will be developed in collaboration with partners like Warby Parker, Samsung, and Gentle Monster, and should launch
So what you’re telling me is that AI chatbots can spout so much bullshit, so fast, and so confidently that they are incredibly effective at changing people’s political beliefs?
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Business leaders from Unilever, EY, and NBC Universal shared a consistent message at the AI Summit: embrace the ‘I don’t know’ and think holistically about AI transformation.
The contrast with how most law firms approach AI couldn’t be more striking. While other industries talk about reimagining entire workflows, legal still treats AI as something to
What “lockup” tells you about your bottlenecks
Before you dig into specific bottlenecks, it helps to understand the big-picture metric that shows how much your processes are costing you: lockup.
Lockup measures how many days’ worth of your annual revenue are tied up as unbilled work or unpaid invoices. In other words, how long it
Why billing is the backbone of a growing firm
Billing is more than administrative overhead. It’s a critical touchpoint in your client relationship and one of the primary drivers of your firm’s growth.
When billing is broken, the consequences ripple across the firm:
President Donald Trump has signed an Executive Order (EO) that directs the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to potentially curtail non-deployment funding from the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program for states that the administration determines have artificial intelligence (AI) laws that are overly burdensome. The EO requires FCC Chairman Brendan
On December 11, President Trump signed an Executive Order on “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence” (“AI Preemption EO”), the culmination of months of efforts by Republican lawmakers to assert federal primacy over AI regulation. The AI Preemption EO, which follows the release of a draft version in November, states that “[t]o win”
On December 1, the Washington State AI Task Force (“Task Force”) released its Interim Report with AI policy recommendations to the Governor and legislature. Established by the legislature in 2024, the Task Force is responsible for evaluating current and potential uses of AI in Washington and recommending regulatory and legislative actions to “ensure responsible AI
There’s something fitting about me releasing an AI-generated holiday album at the close of 2025, a year that has redefined what creativity means in the age of intelligent tools. Zuzu’s Christmas Album isn’t your typical seasonal project. It’s both a festive soundtrack and a live experiment in how far generative technology has come in just a short