If we put the increasingly hot topic of generative AI's potential to the side for a moment, one of my major takeaways from this year's Legalweek conference in New York was how my in-house peers who have embraced technology, are establishing themselves as key contributors at the executive level and growing their influence across the enterprise. It is clear from the discussions I had last week that legal technology is both altering and emphasizing the role of Legal in organizations, as in-house teams rise to the challenge of balancing increasingly complex workloads, growing regulatory and contractual compliance obligations, and slashed budgets.