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In the latest episode of the Technically Legal Podcast, Sabastian Niles, President and Chief Legal Officer at Salesforce,  returns to discuss his recent “Open Letter to Law Firms.” As the legal industry hits a critical inflection point, Sabastian argues that “AI theater” and small-scale law firm AI pilots is over.
Sabastian discusses 

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The Challenge: Addressing a Subpoena Backlog with Limited Internal Resources

In highly regulated industries, legal departments often find themselves at a breaking point, buried under a continuous flow of subpoenas, law enforcement data requests, and other third-party requests for information.

One such organization recently faced a familiar but daunting challenge: a mounting backlog of over

In a recent trilogy of articles about the pressure artificial intelligence is placing on the legal industry, author and legal business strategist Ken Crutchfield concludes that:
—The legal industry is not confronting a single disruption but a redistribution of work, capital, and regulation across a system under stress.
—The boundaries of Unauthorized Practice of Law (UPL)

Nextdoor General Counsel Sophia Contreras Schwartz joins the podcast to discuss her unique journey of building a legal department from the ground up and why the company identifies as “Middle Tech”—a category of companies often overlooked by one-size-fits-all regulations.
Sophia also explains the strategic value of hiring legal operations professionals early and why legal ops