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Corporate Counsel

Are Companies Ready to Face New Regulations and Emerging Risk?

In a word, no. Why are legal departments failing on what appears to be their most important issue—and what can they do about it?
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Coronavirus Crisis Management

Legal departments in all organization types must be proactive to mitigate the effects of this crisis.
5 minute read

Law.com

Linking Partner Pay to Strategic Firm Objectives

Pay for performance is not a new concept in this country. The ideas and concepts underlying a graduated pay scale based on contribution and merit are deeply ingrained in our society. However, in general law firms have been slower to adopt pay for performance systems. What law firms need now, and this article describes, is an approach to partner compensation that closely links a partners pay to their ability to contribute to the achievement of the firm's strategic objectives.
12 minute read

Legaltech News

Get the Right People and Processes in Place Before Trying to Integrate New Tech

Tech is an accelerator of results, not a silver bullet for every problem. To leverage legal tech effectively, corporate legal departments should focus, first, on getting the right people and processes in place.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Creating New Solutions to Old Challenges: Design Thinking in the Law

Innovation is a buzzword that many in the legal industry use as a way to describe their approach to solving legal challenges, or as a differentiator for their organization in a sea of highly competent and capable firms competing for sought-after clients.
8 minute read

The American Lawyer

Today: Join Our Analysts and Editors for a Behind-the-Scenes Look at 2020 Trends

This live discussion brings together the data with the human intelligence our teams get from the deep ties to our communities. Hear what we expect for 2020.
2 minute read

The American Lawyer

'Technology Alone Is Not the Answer': Wilmer Revisits Outside Counsel Guidelines

The firm's new system combines human intelligence with a data-centric approach.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Finding Community, Selling Opportunity Helps Recruit Diverse In-House Attorneys

One competitive advantage companies can offer when recruiting diverse candidates is to help the candidates look around the community to explore the neighborhoods, schools and religious institutions.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Axiom Bolsters Flexible Attorney Network With Bliss Lawyers Deal

With an immediate addition of 60 "vetted" lawyers from Bliss, Axiom now has 2,400 attorneys on its platform.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

US Bank's GC Urges Firms to Think More Aggressively on Diversity

"We've established a program we call 'spotlight on talent,' whereby we invite preferred law firms to apply for the opportunity to profile their diverse talent by conducting an in-person educational session for our entire law department followed by meetings with our senior leadership and practice groups," US Bank GC James Chosy notes.
7 minute read

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