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Corporate Counsel

What Legal Leaders Do Wrong When They Talk About Legal Ops

"The story that legal needs to be telling is, 'OK, we've facilitated our contracting process by three weeks, we've cut down on cycle time, and now we're able to do business much more quickly," said Stephanie Corey, CEO of UpLevel Ops.
3 minute read

Pro Mid Market

Who Got the Work: Defending Against Employment Suit, A Disputed Life Insurance Policy

John A. O'Donnell of Cassiday Schade has entered an appearance for New Wave International Cargo and operations manager Karl Heppner in a pending employment lawsuit, and more.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

In-House Spending Eclipses Outside Spending in New Legal Department Benchmarking Survey

"Now it's crossed over that 50/50 mark, which is something I don't think I could have predicted 10 years ago," said MLA partner Gregory Richter.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

What a Legal Ops Curriculum Should Contain

Bill Mooz, chief strategy officer for TermScout, said prospective legal ops professionals need real-world problem-solving experience. "You just need time on the slopes," he said.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Texas Takeaways: When Attorneys Leave Together, Part II

There are a variety of factors that would drive whether a group departure was regrettable including economic factors, cultural factors, and others, says Kent Zimmermann of Zeughauser Group.
3 minute read

Law.com

After Another Big Year, Law Firms Should Plan for Recession

Planning for the downturn in a clear, methodical way by investing the existing good fortune that most firms enjoy into strengthening your technical infrastructure, trimming expenses, and rethinking how administrative services are delivered to the attorneys.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Texas Takeaways: When More Than a Few Attorneys Change Firms

"Everyone recognized that some merger-related attrition was going to be part of our ultimate growth strategy and that a combination with an Am Law 50 firm would not appeal to some of our lawyers, particularly those who had elected to lateral over to a regional firm from a national firm," says Dallas attorney Michael Newman.
3 minute read

Law.com

Attorney Can Proceed With Age Discrimination Suit Against Law Firm

Insurance defense attorney Jay M. Potter alleged, among other things, that he wasn't given the same opportunities as younger attorneys at the firm.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

'It's Really Management': Why Law Schools Aren't Racing to Fill the Legal-Ops Education Void

"People are lacking both the mentorship and the structure training. [Which] is exactly what you'd expect with a burgeoning profession," said Casey Flaherty, co-founder of LexFusion.
4 minute read

Legaltech News

3 'Change Management' Tips for Legal Departments Making the Tech Switch

With increased tech implementation, legal departments of all sizes are grappling with the replacement of old processes and products with new ones, and it isn't always easy.
4 minute read

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