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International Edition

Pandemic and Recession Take Toll on Professional Development Efforts

A new survey shows significant changes in how firms are delivering learning programs. It also shows that learning and development teams have been casualties of the COVID-19-induced recession.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

What Will Law Departments Look Like After COVID-19?

Corporate legal departments and law firms must have tools and processes in place so teams can work efficiently despite being distributed geographically.
5 minute read

Legaltech News

Singapore's Intelllex Raises $2.1M to Expand Knowledge Platform

Following participation in Thomson Reuters and Barclays incubators, Intelllex is taking its practice area-specific focus and looking to build out its knowledge management platform and business development capabilities.
4 minute read

Legaltech News

3 Ways to Achieve Better 'Shared Situational Understanding' for the Pandemic and Beyond

"Shared situational awareness and understanding" are military and intelligence concepts, where forces planning and executing missions need a "common operational picture." Lawyers advising clients should similarly transform awareness of the COVID-19 situation into shared understanding.
6 minute read

The Recorder

Lessons Learned From Surviving Crises at Theranos and Beyond

As the public health crisis fuels an economic one, more and more companies find themselves on the brink. Corporate crises bring a barrage of questions. Employees worry about their jobs. Shareholders worry about their investments. Regulators ask whether the company was prepared.
4 minute read

Legaltech News

Aderant Releases Drive, Melding Handshake, Office 365's Collaboration Site Capabilities

Aderant released Drive earlier this week, a collaboration platform that allows firms to quickly develop portals containing law firm-specific data points. The company said the automated tool is needed as lawyers face tougher transparency demands in a recession.
4 minute read

International Edition

From Legal Adviser to Crisis Manager: How Lawyers are Responding to Clients' Pandemic Panic

Law firms in the UK and beyond are adopting a range of strategies as they attempt to be 'calm, experienced sounding boards' to clients with surging stress levels.
7 minute read

International Edition

Knock, Knock? Why the Legal 'Front Door' Will be the Big Theme For In-House Legal Departments in 2020

Deloitte Legal's Bruce Braude and Tim Wistow argue that businesses are increasingly turning to technological solutions to present a legal front door to the firm itself.
6 minute read

Legaltech News

Legal's Metrics Don't (Yet) Measure Up

A lack of standardization and communication bedevils the metrics legal departments use to evaluate their outside counsel, but there are no easy fixes.
9 minute read

Legaltech News

ILTA Joins Push for a Standard Legal Language

A new initiative seeks to cut through law firms' and corporate legal departments' differing definitions of legal services and get straight to data-driven decisions.
3 minute read

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