Abbott Martin

March 09, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

Companies will face more scrutiny than ever in 2020, and general counsel must help executives and directors understand changing expectations of firm behavior.

By Abbott Martin

6 minute read

February 08, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

Historically, the general counsel had a clear mandate: Offer legal opinion on corporate strategy, provide transactional legal support, and manage corporate filings and board minutes. Success was defined by the provision of legal services to the company, while keeping costs down.

By Abbott Martin

6 minute read

December 26, 2018 | Corporate Counsel

The final weeks of the year are a time to reflect and prepare for what is to come. For general counsel, it's no different as they take stock of legal department performance and set a direction for 2019.

By Abbott Martin

6 minute read

October 02, 2018 | Corporate Counsel

To help guide in-house budgeting decisions, it's important to take a step back and consider some of the fundamental ways legal departments are—or are not—changing and what that means for investment decisions.

By Abbott Martin

6 minute read

August 14, 2018 | Corporate Counsel

Legal departments must support traditional industry concerns and understand the changes that technology brings to markets, value, risk and processes.

By Abbott Martin

6 minute read

June 07, 2018 | Corporate Counsel

Boosting department effectiveness doesn't require huge investments in new systems, but instead a leadership and management focus that weighs the creation of system capacity as much as it does the priority matter sitting on your desk.

By Abbott Martin

1 minute read

April 12, 2018 | Corporate Counsel

The news is filled with stories highlighting the promise of new technologies—machine learning, AI, blockchain—for the practice of law. Unfortunately, legal department experience with technology has not continually matched the headline aspiration.

By Abbott Martin

6 minute read

February 05, 2018 | Corporate Counsel

Changes in corporate technology, regulation and consumer preferences are interacting to reshape markets at increasing speed. For legal and compliance executives, this means managing new-to-world risks at an accelerated pace and with heightened business client expectations.

By Abbott Martin

6 minute read

December 01, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

Among the many corporate roles General Counsel are asked to play—lawyer, corporate advisor, crisis manager, etc.—Chief Assurance Executive is rapidly rising to the top of the list.

By Abbott Martin

6 minute read

October 04, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

The global regulatory environment for data protection is increasingly complex and the penalties for noncompliance are higher than ever.

By Abbott Martin

6 minute read