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Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

Can Insurers Dictate How the Insured’s Deposition Will be Conducted?

This blog post is the third in a series on common ethical challenges that arise while preparing for and conducting depositions. Insurers and large corporate legal departments are sophisticated consumers of legal services, but...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Q&A With Anne Paape, Managing Director and Senior Fiduciary Counsel at Cresset

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The Spotlight had the pleasure of sitting down with Anne Paape, managing director and senior fiduciary counsel at Cresset and Cresset Trust Company, to talk about the historic transfer of wealth many countries are undergoing,...more

Integreon

Five Reflections on the State of Gen AI in Legal Services

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I spent the last week in the UK, meeting with the Integreon’s strategic partners, and our London team. There, I also spent a lot of time listening to legal counsels across industries. Together with the latest announcements...more

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Legal Department & Legal Industry Resolutions for 2024

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What are in-house legal departments trying to achieve in 2024? With so much innovation happening in the legal industry, it has never been more important for corporate legal departments to act thoughtfully with their...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Swords and Shields: Forging Strong Attorney-Client Relationships

Host Mary O'Brien is joined by Wilson Sonsini corporate partner Craig Sherman as she interviews Bungie General Counsel Don McGowan to discuss forging strong attorney-client relationships. Conversation Highlights: Don...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

In the Room Where It Happens: A Conversation with Deirdre Stanley, Executive Vice President and General Counsel of The Estée...

In this episode of “Real Talk,” the hosts talk with Deirdre Stanley, Executive Vice President and General Counsel of The Estée Lauder Companies, about her career: how she decided to go in-house, her role in the merger between...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Reimagining Legal Operations: The Law Department of the Future

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Legal departments exist within the overall businesses they serve. With that has come a recognition that the business of doing law is a core component of how in-house legal services are delivered, and ample guidance must be...more

Hogan Lovells

Your secret is safe with me - CJEU extends Legal Professional Privilege under EU law

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In December 2022, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) made a preliminary ruling which will herald a significant, and welcome, impact on the treatment of lawyer-client communications by the EU courts. The...more

Leopard Solutions

Leopard Solutions’ Data Reveals Why Attorneys Are Leaving Law Firms for In-House and What In-House Attorneys Look for in Their...

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Leopard Solutions’ recently released our annual In-House Counsel Survey results which aimed to examine the current landscape and market of general counsel attorneys. We heard from 473 in-house counsel who shared details...more

BCLP

Ransomware - why paying up earns no credit with the UK's Data Protection Authority and others

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In a joint letter this summer, the UK’s data protection regulator (the ICO) and the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (the NCSC) sought to convey some key messages to the legal profession relevant to advising clients...more

Lighthouse

Productizing Your Corporate Legal Department’s Services: Internally Marketing Your Solutions

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In my last two blogs, I discussed how your legal department can productize services to become more efficient as well as shared some tips for how to determine the legal needs within your organization. Now that you know the...more

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Productizing Your Corporate Legal Department’s Services: Understanding the Needs of the Business

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Many law departments are reactionary. Someone comes to legal with a “legal” question and they help that person. Although this makes a lot of sense, as legal is a support department, it makes it very difficult to thematically...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

Local Counsel in North Carolina's Federal Courts

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In federal court, the rules for out-of-state counsel's participation vary from district to district. For out-of-state counsel seeking to appear in federal court in North Carolina, the local rules require, first and...more

Furia Rubel Communications, Inc.

Building an All-Star Team of Outside Counsel Law Firms with Bryon Koepke, General Counsel of Suburban Propane: On Record PR

Join us as guest host Jennifer Simpson Carr goes on record with Bryon Koepke, General Counsel of Suburban Propane, to discuss the impacts of 2020 events on legal departments, and how law firms can succeed in convergence...more

Baker Donelson

Sitting with the C-Suite: Bringing It All Together for Customer Experience

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Joan Davison, the CEO of Hire Counsel and Mestel & Company, has more than twenty years of expertise in operations management as well as business development, marketing, recruiting, and staffing. For fifteen years, Joan was in...more

Jones Day

In-House Counsel, the Requirement of Independence and Legal Professional Privilege in Australia

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The Situation: A line of authority, typically associated with Rich v Harrington [2007] FCA 1987, (2007) 245 ALR 106 ("Rich"), has held that for legal professional privilege to be claimed in relation to advice from an in-house...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

New Jersey Appellate Court Holds No Attorney-Client Relationship Between Law Firm and Managing Members of LLC in Legal Malpractice...

In consolidated appeals, a New Jersey appellate court affirmed the trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants in a legal malpractice action, finding the law firm had only represented the company (a limited...more

Kilpatrick

4 Key Takeaways | In-House Lawyers' Expectations of Outside Counsel

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Kilpatrick Townsend’s First Chairs Club recently presented “In-House Lawyers’ Expectations of Outside Counsel.” Not all legal departments are the same. Not all clients are identical. But what makes good outside counsel never...more

Zuckerman Spaeder LLP

Can Lawyers Be Required To Give Advance Notice before Departing? Perhaps Not, Says American Bar Association

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As readers of this blog know, corporate executives (and regular employees) are often subject to non-competes in their employment agreements, as well as other provisions designed to ensure that if they leave their job, they...more

Carlton Fields

Class Action Survey: True or False? The Amount of Time In-House Attorneys Spent Managing Class Actions Has Increased.

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False! In-house attorneys spent approximately 20 hours per week dedicated to the defense of class actions. This is a decrease of approximately two hours per week from 2017, but remains high considering companies reported that...more

A&O Shearman

The future of the in-house legal function

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An Allen & Overy perspective on the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead - The global legal market is approaching a tipping point. Cost pressures, regulatory overload, the challenges of scale and global reach,...more

Allen Matkins

Attorney Representing LLC Does Not Necessarily Owe A Professional Duty To Co-Equal Owner

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An attorney who represents a corporation does not inevitably become the attorney for the corporation's stockholders. However, the Court of Appeal in Responsible Citizens v. Superior Court, 16 Cal. App. 4th 1717 (1993) held...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] ERISA Litigation – Valuable insights on how to prevent, manage and defend against rising, costly ERISA disputes - November...

Ensure that You are Equipped with the Latest Updates and Strategies to Prevent, Manage and Defend Against Rising, Costly ERISA Disputes - This annual event is your best opportunity to gain best practices for your everyday...more

LawVision

[Event] Legal Project Management London Training Certification Workshop - October 16th-17th, London, UK

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The LPM Institute and LawVision are pleased to offer a comprehensive two-day workshop: LPM LaunchPad™ Certificate in Fundamentals of Legal Project Management. Register today for this workshop and learn the fundamentals to...more

Burns & Levinson LLP

Tips From The Inside: Paul G. Igoe, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, and Secretary, Excelitas...

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In this installment of The In-House Advisor, we interview Paul Igoe, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at Excelitas Technologies Corp., a Waltham, MA-headquartered manufacturer of...more

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