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Legal Operations Success In 2023

During a recent discussion with a select group of leaders in legal operations in highly-regulated organizations, several key themes emerged that are likely to drive new initiatives in 2023.
4 minute read

Legaltech News

Don't Buy Legal Tech to Slap 'Lipstick on a Pig': A Chat with Legalweek Speaker Katie Debord

DISCO's vice president of product strategy Katie Debord, who joined the e-discovery provider last year from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, has first hand knowledge about what makes legal tech purchases stick—and what law firms and legal tech providers don't understand each other.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

From a Workers' Comp Firm's Perspective: Ways to Weather the Economic Uncertainty Storm

As if law firm leaders didn't already have enough to worry about day to day, they must execute their strategic plans without having a sense of whether the conditions they're facing today will be the same in six months.
11 minute read

Legaltech News

Change Management Has Changed, A Lot: A Chat With Legalweek Speaker Ed Empamano

As change management has become more of a focus for firms in recent years, those with more resources have had an advantage. But Ed Empamano, chief information officer at Dykema, suggests change management isn't out of smaller firms' reach.
7 minute read

Law.com

Law Firm Profitability and Learning from the Past

Future partners will be identified, developed, and elected from the associate ranks, so they truly represent the future of the firm. Reducing the number of associates from which to choose future partners is a risky undertaking.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Attorneys, Expert Witnesses and Paralegals: Working Better Together

Paralegals, attorneys and expert witnesses are able to create an organizational synchronicity among themselves by actively communicating expectations, understanding the dynamic of the working relationship and participating in meaningful feedback loops.
5 minute read

Legaltech News

Legal Ops Needs To Prove They're Not Expendable: A Chat with Legalweek Speaker Emily Miniger

Industry insiders have warned that legal ops teams might be targeted for layoffs. Emily Miniger, the managing director of legal transformation solutions at Epiq and Legalweek 2023 speaker, said she worries that might be true. But pre-emptive measures are out there.
6 minute read

Legaltech News

Legal Operations Under Pressure: 4 Defensive Plays

As headcount reductions and budget cuts threaten to bench critical initiatives, GCs and CLOs should be turning to their Legal Ops director for advice on how the department can meet its commitments while staying on track with leadership's strategic vision for long-term growth and innovation.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Partner Dispute: Lawsuit Exposes Fight Taking Place at This New Jersey Law Firm

One partner claimed he was abruptly fired.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

My Return to Firm Life and the Power of Human Connection

My re-entry to the firm setting in 2022 was pleasant, but felt foreign. I wasn't accustomed to the quiet halls, empty offices and ample parking.
8 minute read

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