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COVID-19 and Benefit Planning

The COVID 19/Pandemic/Shutdown has caused turmoil and upended benefit planning.
9 minute read

International Edition

Bryan Cave Cuts 4% of Headcount, Shakes Up Practice Areas and Restores Salaries

The firm has cut around 118 people from its global headcount. Separately, the firm's strategic review has resulted in changes to how it structures its practice groups.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Succession Planning May Be a Gift to Clients and Colleagues

Planning can give clients peace of mind to know that their preferred lawyer has an adequate support network available to provide ongoing services, as it shows that the client's needs can still be met regardless of an illness or other unexpected event.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Norton Rose's New Leader Takes the Helm Early With New Client, Innovation Chiefs In Tow

Houston partner Gerry Pecht started his job as global chief executive officer at Norton Rose Fulbright three months early because his expanded management team was in place and ready.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Chief Legal Officers, Investors Differ on How to Build Trust in a Company

One of the most striking differences revealed in a new study occurred when CLOs for U.S. companies and investors were asked to identify which types of diversity they considered to be most important for building trust in a company.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Legal Departments May Be Putting Bandages Over Vertical Tech Gaps

Creating a more holistic network of technology solutions can help legal departments better leverage data-driven insights and analytics. However, both the hardware and human cost of moving way from the vertical approach to purchasing that has traditionally dominated legal could be a major deterrent.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Two Critical Knowledge Gaps Crippling Innovation Efforts

This practice group's situation is complex and challenging as they are losing money on half of their matters for their largest clients and many of their profitable clients are signaling that this group's competitors are edging them out by offering more interesting and valuable approaches at better rates.
11 minute read

Corporate Counsel

General Counsel Share How They Are Getting Creative to Save on Outside Counsel Spend

"I went to my law firms and I asked, 'If we just give you this pot of money, can we give you all of that work in those areas?'" Hill-Rom chief legal officer Deborah Rasin explained. "It wasn't so much about saving money as much as it was about setting expectations and having no surprises in those areas."
3 minute read

Legaltech News

Putting All This Legal Ops Data to Work

Whether it pertains to outside counsel rationalization studies, predictive analytics for case resolutions or compliance, quantitative analysis has moved to the forefront of legal leadership.
8 minute read

Legaltech News

Budget Cuts Are Pushing More Legal Departments to Internally Streamline E-Discovery, Pre-Litigation

With budgets under a microscope, more in-house legal departments have their sights on reining in e-discovery and pre-litigation spend. But the road to efficiency will look different for many companies.
4 minute read

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