Hayden Creque, Director and Senior Corporate Counsel at Palo Alto Networks, shares with ACC how his legal team is using generative AI (GenAI) to automate the initial drafting of routine agreements with input from several business units.
Use Case Snapshot
Can you briefly describe your AI use case? What type of AI tool did you use and for
what task?
Legal Self-Service “Gems” (e.g., Termination Letter Generator, Change Order and
Amendment Allies).
Type of AI: Google Gemini
Tasks: Enabling and empowering internal clients to complete the initial drafting of high-volume, low-risk, and standardized legal documents.
This solution empowers business users (e.g., in Procurement, HR, or Sales) to generate
compliant first drafts of ancillary documents like contract termination letters,
purchasing addenda, NDAs, and contract amendments and statement of work change
orders, without immediate Legal Department involvement.
Problem Solved
What operational needs or challenges did this AI use case help to address, and how
does the AI tool help to solve them?
Challenge: Our legal department was overwhelmed with high-volume, low-complexity
drafting requests. Business units often provided incoherent information as inputs for
Legal drafting or document review, which drained legal resources and slowed down the
business.
Solution: We developed a suite of custom tools in Gemini and deployed them as
“Gems.” Each “Gem” is for a specific task. For example, the “Termination Letter
Generator” provides a simple form where a user inputs key variables (e.g., counterparty
name, contract date, termination date, reason for termination). The AI then uses our pre-approved templates and legal playbook to generate a compliant draft letter, which can then be used by the business or sent for final, expedited legal review.
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