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Olga V. Mack

(She/Her)
San Francisco, San Francisco Bay, Silicon Valley
As seen in: Medium, MSN, Forbes, Newsweek, Stanford University, TechCrunch, Flipboard, VentureBeat, Corporate Counsel, Legaltech News and
Covers:  I cover contracts, AI and data governance, legal operations, institutional design, and risk allocation, focusing on how legal systems allocate power and shape decisions under uncertainty.
Doesn't Cover: I do not cover breaking legal news, litigation reporting, consumer legal advice, celebrity law, or purely academic legal theory disconnected from real-world decision-making.
CEO and tech lawyer. I build legal systems for real life. Power, trust, and decision-making under uncertainty.
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When Edge Cases Become Everyday: Lessons from Waymo and the Limits of Legal Forecasting| Law.com

When Edge Cases Become Everyday: Lessons from Waymo and the Limits of Legal Forecasting| Law.com

Corporate Counsel — Edge cases are no longer statistical outliers. In complex environments, they are inevitable. And when they occur, they often define public perception, regulatory attention, and long-term product trust. This shift requires a new approach to legal forecasting, one that treats edge cases not as exceptions to the rule but as scenarios that warrant meaningful legal planning.
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From Cost Center to Command Center: The Future of Litigation is Being Built In-House | Stanford L...

From Cost Center to Command Center: The Future of Litigation is Being Built In-House | Stanford L...

Stanford University — Litigation isn't going away, but who leads, drafts, and drives it is rapidly changing. Empirical research shows corporate legal departments have ste
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How AI Broke Traditional Contract Workflows and Made Analytics Essential| Law.com

How AI Broke Traditional Contract Workflows and Made Analytics Essential| Law.com

Legaltech News — Contract review queues backed up. Escalations increased. Turnaround times stretched. Legal ops leaders found themselves under pressure not because deal volume exploded overnight, but because the existing workflows no longer fit the work they were being asked to do.
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Who Owns Your Digital Twin? Not You-and Here's Why That's a Massive Problem

Who Owns Your Digital Twin? Not You-and Here's Why That's a Massive Problem

Newsweek — Right now, after you click "I agree," companies face almost no legal limits on what they can do with your personal data for their own profit. It's past time for us to take back the right to our digital selves.
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Politicized "Gig Economy" May Make Changing Status Quo More Difficult | TechCrunch

Politicized "Gig Economy" May Make Changing Status Quo More Difficult | TechCrunch

TechCrunch — The so-called "sharing economy," which some affectionately (or pejoratively) describe as the "gig economy," is becoming a highly politicized issue in the 2016 presidential election. As the "sharing economy" capitalizes on crowdsourcing everyday tasks or "gigs," lawmakers and politicians alike are chiming in.
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Bridging The Gap: Why In-House Counsel Must Be Fluent In Both AI And The Law - Above the Law

Bridging The Gap: Why In-House Counsel Must Be Fluent In Both AI And The Law - Above the Law

Above the Law — Reviewing AI systems only at the end of development is too late.
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Emojis and Visual Literacy: A Guide for Lawyers

Emojis and Visual Literacy: A Guide for Lawyers

Bloomberg Law — Emojis can be funny, but they also can be used in court to prove a crime was committed. Olga V. Mack, CEO of Parley Pro, says attorneys need to learn how to handle cases that involve emojis and she offers guidance on how to interpret their intended meanings.
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'AI Is A Public Health Intervention': Kara Peterson On Why Access To Law Is A Justice Issue, Not ...

'AI Is A Public Health Intervention': Kara Peterson On Why Access To Law Is A Justice Issue, Not ...

Above the Law — Legal tech can not only intervene to reduce time or cost but also to reduce the harm of delayed understanding.
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Big Tech Is Undermining Democracy. This Ukrainian American Has Had Enough

Big Tech Is Undermining Democracy. This Ukrainian American Has Had Enough

Newsweek — The justified backlash against tech giants here in Silicon Valley is a visceral reaction to the ongoing attacks on America's institutions and values. We must step up to protect our elections, privacy and free speech.
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INSIGHT: General Counsel Advising in Unfamiliar Areas-Collaboration is Key

INSIGHT: General Counsel Advising in Unfamiliar Areas-Collaboration is Key

Daily Tax Report — Sixty-four percent of general counsels are giving more guidance on unfamiliar business opportunities and unfamiliar risk areas. Parley Pro CEO Olga V. Mack gives tips on how to build an environment conducive to meaningful collaboration with those who can provide the expertise, data, and resources needed.
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Thanks for Your Lawsuit. Let's Keep Talking About Women on Corporate Boards

Thanks for Your Lawsuit. Let's Keep Talking About Women on Corporate Boards

Newsweek — Judicial Watch is suing California for requiring female representation on corporate boards, and I'm feeling grateful.
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Software developers need an independent ethics body

Software developers need an independent ethics body

VentureBeat — This piece argues that software developers routinely face ethically questionable requests and have almost no formal structure to help them navigate them. Existing oaths and codes of conduct are fragmented, voluntary, and lack oversight, leaving developers exposed, disempowered, and sometimes even liable when ethics issues don’t rise to illegality. The article calls for a mandatory, profession-wide ethical framework modeled on medicine and law so developers can make principled decisions and protect the public, their employers, and themselves.
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