Legal chiefs say they’re preparing to face numerous challenges in 2024—from monitoring the growing use of generative AI by workers to complying with ever-growing privacy regulation—but will have to do so under tight budget constraints.

“We’re in still a bit of an uncertain economic environment. So for every person that’s managing any function of a company, your thought process is going to be focused on helping the company grow within an environment that isn’t necessarily full of growth,” said Andy Dale, general counsel of the advertising platform OpenAP.