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Managing high volumes of Subpoenas, Law Enforcement Responses, Garnishments, Levies, Liens, and DSARs can be a daunting challenge in the fast-paced world of legal operations. These requests can present complex issues of...more
For good reason, many companies focus their legal and compliance work on matters that require immediate attention, like active litigation and pressing regulatory issues. But matters that come to the company’s attention before...more
Coming out of COVID, law firms are redefining themselves and adapting new models of operations. At McGlinchey, we fine-tuned our operations under an initiative called #McGlincheyForward. And part of that effort is focused on...more
The Future Lawyer 2024 Conference was held in Boston, MA, and hosted by Ropes & Gray LLP in their Prudential Tower offices. This two-day event hosted private practicing attorneys the first day and corporate in-house personnel...more
The legal landscape is in a constant state of flux, entwined with ongoing judicial and political changes. This reality underscores the importance of in-house counsel developing a robust understanding of legal intelligence....more
In a recent presentation by Ward and Smith attorney Angela Doughty, in-house counsel received an overview of Artificial Intelligence (AI), how it can be used for various legal tasks such as research, discovery, and contract...more
Effective invoice management not only ensures that organizations pay for the services they need but also enables them to reinvest savings into initiatives that drive further growth....more
It is clear in-house legal teams are looking to cut costs. But are they considering all their options to counter the increasing rates charged by AmLaw 100 to midsize law firms? Two-thirds of corporate counsel plan to...more
When Haleon set to demerge from GSK, its legal department faced a challenge: hit the ground running with a full catalog of legal services on day one—no small task for a global consumer health company with brands including...more
ESG is today’s political football. As Americans take sides and root for their home teams, companies find themselves at the crux of a battlefield that pitches corporate values, strategy, and reputation against a shifting and...more
Artificial intelligence, economic uncertainty, overextended resources, shrinking budgets, renewed governmental regulatory oversight … do these sound like headaches for your legal department? If so, you’re not alone. A recent...more
Two-thirds of corporate counsel will bring work in-house next year to reduce costs: That’s the major takeaway from an industry survey from Everlaw and the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) released this fall....more
The vast majority of legal departments (85%) say that controlling outside counsel costs is one of their top priorities, according to the Thomson Reuters 2022 Legal Department Operations Index. In a recent webinar, Basha...more
With fears of a possible global recession, many corporate legal departments are tightening their belts to prepare for an extended financial downturn, which might affect their cooperation with litigation support services....more
We know cost savings and legal spend management are top on the list of priorities for legal departments. Continuing our three-part article series covering key cost-saving strategies that legal departments should be looking at...more
Corporate lawyers are held in high regard in the business world, and for good reason. Corporations rely on their lawyers to perform an ever-wider variety of functions. This increased reliance is due, in part, to...more
Legal operations professionals have a lot on their minds this year. From the overall economic uncertainty to new data privacy regulations to the effect of artificial intelligence applications like ChatGPT on business, there...more
Build a successful tech-powered practice with these tips from industry experts - When it comes to legaltech, the term can have different meanings to different people. At its most fundamental level, it means technology used...more
Traditionally, managing risks to a business was thought to be the responsibility of a company’s legal team. Nowadays, that isn’t always the case. While 29% of survey respondents in our 2022 Risk and Compliance Benchmark...more
Many of us have a love-hate relationship with data, specifically the complex data generated by modern cloud-based software. On one hand, it’s a necessary part of most organizations’ daily operations, especially for litigators...more
The work of administrative professionals is often the glue that holds a firm together—don’t forget to celebrate them! For all the hard work they do, admins deserve a day of recognition and appreciation. Every year we...more
For many years, in-house counsel, also called corporate counsel, were hired based solely on their legal acumen. The only things that mattered were their length of practice and the breadth of that experience. But, in recent...more
As a Chief Legal Officer (CLO), you wear a number of different hats. You’re responsible for managing your organization’s risk profile in both legal and regulatory compliance issues, overseeing current matters, and supervising...more
Workload is up for 76.7 percent of corporate legal departments, according to Altman Weil’s 2020 Chief Legal Officer Survey. But that won’t necessarily correspond with additional work for law firms....more