Frank Ready

October 21, 2020 | Legaltech News

E-discovery providers' move to remote work had unforeseen benefits for both employee productivity and work quality. And some believe the remote model is sustainable for both providers and their clients post-pandemic.

By Frank Ready

5 minute read

October 20, 2020 | Legaltech News

Reed Smith launched a new Innovation Seasons initiative designed to leverage firsthand experience with legal tech to help attorneys recognize new opportunities for innovation within their own practice areas.

By Frank Ready

4 minute read

October 16, 2020 | Legaltech News

A virtual panel from the Association of Corporate Counsel's Annual Meeting examined how knowing the true meaning behind key tech phrases can be the difference between success and failure when negotiating deals with vendors around software procurement or data handling.

By Frank Ready

4 minute read

October 15, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

Major, Lindsey & Africa hosted a webinar titled "The Digital Transformation Imperative" on Thursday that looked at some of the key motivators driving legal department innovations. Chief among them was a desire to find out how attorneys are spending their time and where outside spend is going.

By Frank Ready

3 minute read

October 14, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

Steven Walker joined Deloitte's Legal Business Services practice this month as a managing director—and he doesn't think that COVID-19 will hold legal departments back from taking an innovative new approach to procuring services.

By Frank Ready

6 minute read

October 14, 2020 | Legaltech News

The trend to move email, document management systems and other functions to the cloud may be helping to buffer law firms' business continuity against future cyber crimes. But even so, firms are still being proactive with cyber drills in this pandemic era.

By Frank Ready

4 minute read

October 09, 2020 | Legaltech News

While a recent advisory from OFAC is hoping to push companies impacted by ransomware into the arms of the FBI and other law enforcement agencies, businesses that are fearful of losing control over the subsequent investigation may be reluctant to comply.

By Frank Ready

4 minute read

October 08, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

In a session titled "No Budget, No Resources, No Problem: In-House Leaders on Finding Innovative Solutions in the 'New Normal,'" speakers shared how they kept costs down while still maintaining a standard of quality for the work coming out of their department.

By Frank Ready

3 minute read

October 07, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

The USCIS released a new October visa bulletin that shortens the green card waiting period employment-based adjustment of status applicants, but legal departments may need to move quickly if they want to take advantage of what could amount to a very brief window of opportunity.

By Frank Ready

3 minute read

October 07, 2020 | Legaltech News

Chris Emerson, the new senior director of legal operations and innovation at Quarles & Brady, believes that analytics will open up more pricing and budgeting flexibility at law firms. But even as use of the technology grows it likely won't weaken the grip of the billable hour.

By Frank Ready

6 minute read