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Posner: Corporate legal departments face unprecedented budget pressure to adopt technology

Zach Posner · 4 - Investing in Legal Innovation with The LegalTech Fund's Co-Founder and Managing Director Zach Posner · Nov 12, 2024 · at 6:17

Zach Posner, Co-Founder of The LegalTech Fund, outlines how corporate legal teams are adopting enterprise software and hiring internal operations officers.

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“That legal suite is the last one. That really has not been, had any budget sensitivity over the years in a meaningful way. And you're starting to see that pressure get applied.”

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