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International Edition

Double Digit PEP Decline for Fieldfisher, Despite Strong Revenue Rise

The firm's recent launch in Vienna means Fieldfisher now has 26 offices in 12 countries.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Succession Planning May Make GCs Squirm, but It's Essential—and Often Fulfilling

"Many lawyers want to grow by understanding what their gaps to being in that top job are," said Paulette Dodson, former general counsel of Alight Solutions.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

The Great Resignation Is Over, But Your In-House Legal Team Is Still a Flight Risk

In a recessionary environment, when budget cuts, RIFs and hiring freezes are the norm, legal leaders usually ask the question: "How can we still get the work done effectively?"
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

GCs Increasingly See Top-Tier Tech as Powerful Lure in Talent Wars

"If they are not provided with the tools that can make them work more efficiently, they're going to look for another job," Danielle Sheer, general counsel of Commvault, said.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

How Enterprise-Ready AI Can Help You Boost Productivity and Performance

It's important going forward for both legal departments and organizations to look to AI solutions built from the ground up to meet organizations' more exacting standards and demands.
6 minute read

International Edition

Slaughter and May Hires Human Rights Lead from Vodafone

The appointment is expected to advise clients on implementing human rights and ESG programmes.
2 minute read

The American Lawyer

A Call to Action: Stay Calm and Carry On (Legally) in the Wake of Anti-DEI Directives

More than 40 labor and employment attorneys along with leaders of several organizations focused on diversity in the legal industry have issued a call to action for firms to remain steadfast in their diversity efforts in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling ending affirmative action in universities.
10 minute read

Corporate Counsel

The Glass Is Half-Full: Using a Data First Approach to Create Value and Reduce Risk

A majority of companies today would likely say its people are its most important asset. If we take this to be true, then our corporate data is arguably the next most important asset as it encompasses all the information we store about the company and how it operates.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Top 10 Legal Department Budget, Staffing and Spending Trends in 2023

After emerging from the COVID era, organizations must now contend with a "triple squeeze" of compounding pressures in 2023 consisting of high inflation, scarce and expensive talent, and global supply challenges. In this article we share 10 key insights - grouped into four broad categories - that GCs must take into consideration as they make spending, staffing, and structure decisions.
5 minute read

Law.com

Inside Track: Why In-House Lawyering Isn't for the Spineless

"In-house counsel needs to have a view. It's unacceptable for lawyers to put a couple of different paths in front of the business decision-makers and say, "Go ahead and pick one," said Tim Parilla, chief legal officer of LinkSquares.
5 minute read

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