Legal departments and their leaders are living in a time of change -- with smaller budgets, increased internal work and more powerful, efficient technology forcing them to adapt. Last year, many companies rose to meet the challenges of running a modern legal department in innovative ways. Unfortunately, Corporate Counsel couldn't pick too many winners in each category of its 2018 Best Legal Department awards, which were announced last month. So, here are the award runner-ups for this year's contest--three legal departments and one GC. They stand out from the pack for their creativity, determination and hard work.