Elevate Together Newsletter
 
AI-FOMO in Legal Ops: What Now?
 
 
Erica White
 
Legal teams are feeling the pressure to adopt AI, but with tight budgets, compliance risks, and internal resistance, where do you start? This post breaks down a smart, practical framework to help legal ops lead AI adoption with confidence.

 
 
 
Internal Investigations Are Mission-Critical. Here Are Five Crucial Steps to Success
 
 
Jade Potot-Warren
 
Law departments face increasing risks when internal investigations are mishandled. These five key steps can help mitigate those risks, especially when paired with an experienced, battle-tested service provider.

 
 
 
From Lockstep to Lift-Off: The Rise of Portfolio Lawyering
 
 
Val Pitt
 
From ESG to AI governance, legal teams are under pressure to do more with less. Discover how portfolio lawyers offer flexible, cost-effective expertise, helping GCs build agile teams that deliver value without compromising control.

 
 
 
Anti-Money Laundering: From Compliance to Strategy
 
 
Sarah Wilson-Ward, Deepali Mendiratta
 
With global regulations tightening and enforcement ramping up, organisations must move beyond checkbox compliance. Learn how legal and compliance teams can build smarter, tech-enabled frameworks to detect risk, protect their reputation, and stay ahead of regulatory change.
 
 
 
It’s Not About More Vendors. It’s About the Right Vendors
 
 
Natasha Jones
 
Legal teams don’t need more tech partners; they need the right ones. Discover how Elevate helps law departments and law firms streamline vendor ecosystems to boost efficiency, reduce risk, and deliver real value.

 
 
Breach response costs reduced by 90%
 
Elevate’s Expertise Drives Dual Wins at RLLB 2025 Awards
 
 
Elevate’s work with Johnson & Johnson and PayPal earned top honours, recognising innovation in litigation operations and data-driven legal spend. These wins reflect Elevate’s commitment to helping legal teams run smarter, leaner, and more strategically.
 
 
Elevate Partners with Malbek to Deliver Intelligent CLM at Global Scale
 
 
Elevate and Malbek join forces to deliver intelligent, AI-powered contract management at scale. This partnership combines advanced CLM and global legal operations expertise, helping enterprises streamline workflows, accelerate adoption, and unlock value.
 
 
 
Law Companies and their Role in the Legal Market
 
This whitepaper explores the emergence and impact of law companies in the legal market. It examines how these entities differ from traditional law firms, their role in transforming legal service delivery, and the strategic value they offer to corporate legal departments.
 
 
  How law companies evolved from LPOs and ALSPs
 
  What legal work can be outsourced to law companies
 
  The business case for leveraging law companies
 
  The role of AI and agent augmentation in legal services
 
  Key challenges and opportunities in adopting law company models
 
Takeaways from global IP conferences
 
Law360 Cites Elevate Expert Pratik Patel on Law Firms’ Path to AI Adoption
 
 
Law360 features Elevate’s Pratik Patel, who explains that meaningful AI adoption in law firms requires more than tech - it demands use cases, trained models, and the right people infrastructure. Without it, adoption risks staying surface-level.
 
 
Elevate Named One of the UK’s Best Workplaces in Consulting and Professional Services™
 
 
A fourth Great Place to Work® win in 2025! As Chief People Officer Joyce Thorne shares, 'Together Elevaters created a culture to be proud of… driven by trust, accountability, opportunity, and doing what’s right rather than easy.'
 
 
 
Expert Bite on Data Breach Response
 
Upcoming Events
 
 
 
October 6-8 | NetDiligence Cyber Risk Summit
 
 
Heading to NetDiligence® in Philadelphia? Let’s connect! Meet Elevate Experts and discover how our AI-powered breach response helps you act fast, stay compliant, and recover with confidence.
 
 
 
 
October 7 | Future Proofing In-House Legal Teams
 
 
Is your legal team built for what’s next? Join Elevate’s expert panel in London on Oct 7 at 8:30 a.m. BST to explore how in-house teams can build resilience and stay ahead. Discover the full agenda and register now.
 
 
 
 
October 7-10 | Malbek Envision 2025
 
 
We’re heading to Scottsdale for Malbek Envision 2025. Join us on Oct 9 for our session: Workflow Doctors: Cure and Inoculate Your Way to World-Class CLM. Let’s talk smarter workflows, practical fixes, and how to build a CLM that truly delivers.
 
 
 
 
October 9 | Relativity Fest 2025
 
 
Agentic AI: a buzzword or breakthrough? On Oct 9 at 1:30 p.m. CDT, Elevate’s Lenora Gray joins a powerhouse panel at Relativity Fest to share real-world stories of AI in action. Looking for examples of AI driving legal impact?
 
 
 
 
October 17 | Georgetown Law Hotel & Lodging Legal Summit 2025
 
 
AI is transforming legal practice, but not without risks. Join Elevate’s Jeremy Pickens at Georgetown Law’s Legal Summit on Oct 17, 11:50 a.m. ET, for expert insights on using AI effectively and responsibly in law.
 
 
 
 
October 27-29 | Consero Energy General Counsel Forum
 
 
Legal leaders, energy experts, and $3,000/hr lawyers! Elevate is sponsoring Consero’s Energy GC Forum in Houston on Oct 27–29. Catch our experts, Pratik Patel and Jon Gross, on Oct 27 at 3:30 p.m. CDT as they tackle smarter legal spend.
 
 
 
 
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Big Trends
 
 
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In today’s threat landscape, data breaches are no longer judged by their size, but by the speed and structure of the response. With regulators enforcing tighter timelines, the differentiator is how quickly teams can identify exfiltrated data, isolate sensitive PII, and deliver defensible, review-ready outputs to counsel. Speed, structure, and legal readiness are now central to breach response strategy.
 
 
 
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Patent strategy is evolving as patent offices embrace digital-first practices. Starting 1 October 2025, the EPO will allow colour and greyscale drawings in electronic patent filings. This update is especially relevant for in-house IP teams, patent counsel, and law firms handling complex inventions, as it enhances visual clarity in technical disclosures. While published patents remain black and white, this shift may warrant updates to current filing protocols.
 
 
 
 
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