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Legal outsourcing likely to see profitability squeeze

A new report from Fronterion, a legal consulting firm that analyzes emerging trends, points to a problematic 2012 for offshore legal outsourcing, as the industry is likely to see a profitability squeeze.
2 minute read

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Inventing the Future

Strategic Acumen, Tech Savviness and a Progressive Mindset Will Keep Legal Departments a Step Ahead, Experts Say
17 minute read

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Major law firms announce year-end bonuses

Its the holidays, and that means its that time of year when law firms are doling out their annual bonuses. But despite the fact that law firms made more money in 2011 than they did in 2010, this years bonuses are nearly identical to the previous two years amounts.
2 minute read

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Inside Experts: 10 tips on maintaining privilege in multinational organizations

Over the past several years, businesses have shifted their operations from regional-based to a global matrix model, establishing global reporting matrixes, global policies, global operational teams and global decision-making. Such changes have created many unique challenges for U.S. attorneys who work in-house at U.S. business operations.
13 minute read

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Litigation: 5 strategies for collecting maximum insurance dollars

2011 has been a year filled with global natural disasters, marked earlier by the Japan earthquake and more recently by the Thailand flood. These events are continuing to have financial consequences for companies around the globe with facilities, trading partners or clients in the impacted regions.
11 minute read

Inside Counsel

Employee classifications: Getting the C-Suite’s ear

Worker misclassification analysis is boring, but the fact is plaintiffs class-action attorneys remain endlessly fascinated or at least economically motivated by worker misclassification cases.
4 minute read

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4 key concerns of corporate legal process outsourcing and provider responses

When LPO first emerged more than a decade ago, LPO providers faced significant challenges in gaining marketplace acceptance.
4 minute read

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Labor: 8 tips on how to keep your company out of the sexual harassment spotlight

As sex-related scandals top recent headlines, companies should ensure proper policies are in place.
4 minute read

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Inside Experts: The role of in-house lawyers in protecting corporations

The Occupy Wall Street movements Human Worth Amendment states, A corporate entity is not a person and, therefore, is not entitled to the rights and protections set forth in the Constitution of the United States of America for human-beings.
6 minute read

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Regulatory: The board’s role in consumer financial services compliance

With all of the changes underway in the regulation of the consumer financial services industry, not to mention all of those that are expected and can be predicted, it will be increasingly important in the post-Dodd-Frank era to keep a sharp focus on one key area of compliance: the board...
5 minute read

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