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Corporate Counsel

With the Economy on Edge, Lawyers to the Rescue

It's no newsflash to report that we're in the midst of a significant economic downturn. That being said, here's an important message for businesses across industries and their general counsel: when the economy is in turmoil, lawyers and law firms can be a godsend, especially when companies optimize their legal spend to extract a maximum return on investment.
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Corporate Counsel

How to Find the Right Approach to Entity Management

Engaging the services of an outsourced provider or onboarding technology solutions can ease an organization's entity management burden considerably – but which is the best path?
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

 Managing Generations Y and Z: Motivating, Recruiting and Retaining Tomorrow's Workforce

In effect, for the first time in history, we now have five generations in the workplace – all of which learn, work, communicate, and consume information in vastly different fashions, which begs the question: How can you better communicate with, engage, and inspire all of these audiences?
6 minute read

International Edition

Clients Look to ALSPs, Flexible Lawyering: 'Traditional Service From Law Firms Doesn't Cut It Anymore'

"An alternative legal service provider that can contribute to my team, instead of a law firm that wants to take work away from my team, is going to be increasingly valuable as I try to position my department in a strategic way," says William Bowes, general counsel of Condé Nast.
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Fox Rothschild Names 5 New Office Managing Partners

The new names in Blue Bell, Atlantic City, Princeton, Kansas City and Los Angeles are part of a "normal rotation" intended to promote a culture of collaboration within the firm, according to newly elevated chair Mark Morris.
3 minute read

International Edition

Bird & Bird Chair Reappointed for Second Term

The law firm has undergone a number of management changes in the last year.
2 minute read

The American Lawyer

Womble Bond Dickinson's 2021 Profit Gains Reversed by New Offices, Travel Costs

A year of double-digit growth in net income and profits per equity partner was followed by one in which these figures dropped by similar margins.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

How Financial Services Companies can Better Control Law Firm Rate Hikes

Financial services companies have fallen behind insurers in holding the line on rate hikes this past year, new data shows.
6 minute read

International Edition

Competitors, Law Firms Aid GCs Navigating Ballooning ESG Duties

The growing regulatory requirements are putting general counsel at the head of the table when it comes to managing board-level issues around ESG—both a challenge and an opportunity.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Legal Chiefs Planning for Slump Must Ponder If Their Own Job Is at Risk

"Try to get a seat at the recession-planning table. If you're not at the table, you could end up on the menu," said Michelle Banks, a former legal chief at Gap Inc.
4 minute read

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