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Corporate Counsel

Why Do Large Companies Have So Many Empty General Counsel Seats?

The high number of chief lawyer vacancies indicates that 2021 will be a "robust and competitive … market for talent," according to BarkerGilmore's latest GC appointment trends report,
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Litigation Daily

What Do We Lose When Jury Trials Disappear?

The percentage of civil cases tried to a jury verdict decreased from about 5.5% in 1962 to 0.8% by 2013 and from about 8.2% to 3.6% in criminal cases over the same period. According to a new study, that's bad news for "deliberative democracy" in the U.S.
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Corporate Counsel

Why In-House Counsel for Investment Firms Are Blamed for Overspending They Can't Control

Legal departments for private equity firms are asked to control outside spending, but they're unable to approve budgets for new legal projects and lack access to live spending data, according to a new survey of in-house leaders for investment management companies in the U.S. and U.K.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

A Jury of Partisan Peers: Are Texan Jurors Bringing Politics Into the Deliberation Room?

Political attitudes are driving opinions toward various contemporaneous lawsuits, from COVID-19 insurance claims to police brutality, says IMS | The Focal Point, a legal consulting firm.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

COVID-19 Pushed More Legal Departments to Cut Outside Spending

A bigger chunk of the legal department budget is staying in-house, where demand for specialists and legal operations managers has exploded, according to new findings from Gartner Inc.
3 minute read

International Edition

Government Has 'Failed to Protect' Legal Sector in Brexit Talks, Lawyers Say

The poll of top U.K. lawyers has demonstrated the anger within the legal community regarding Brexit and the impact they believe it will have on the industry.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Chief Legal Officers Recognize Dangers of Lax Physical Security, but Are They Prepared?

Seventy-one percent of chief legal, compliance and security officers admitted in a new study that their companies missed threats in the past year and some of those threats resulted in physical harm to employees, customers and others involved with the business.
3 minute read

Property Casualty 360

How location dictates your Thanksgiving COVID-19 exposure risk

An interactive map developed by academics shows the risk level of attending a Thanksgiving event based on its size and location.
3 minute read

Law.com

Report: Despite Pandemic, Law Firms Are Filing More Tort Cases

Lex Machina's first "Torts Litigation Report" found tort lawsuits increased slightly in the second quarter of 2020, with most of the 173 cases related to the COVID-19 pandemic alleging negligence against cruise lines.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Where Are Legal Departments Cutting Costs During This Pandemic?

For the first time in a decade, more CLOs said they planned to cut their overall budgets for the coming year than those who planned to increase spending, according to Altman Weil's latest chief legal officer survey.
3 minute read

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