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Mega-Deals and AML, How To Stay Compliant

In light of the SRA's AML 'crackdown', Shieldpay's CEO Andrew Hawkins talks about the challenge posed by compliance for law firms and the risk breaches can bring in terms of financial sanctions and reputational damage.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Noncompetes and Legal Recruiting: How Has It Been Going and How Will the New Ban Change Things?  

Law firms and legal recruiters are stuck together—like it or not—but they each have a different set of rules, one is regulated and the other is not. Unlike regulated industries, some legal recruiting firms have made their own set of rules that can change on a dime and disrupt the entire market, especially when it comes to their noncompetes and traveling confidential information.
9 minute read

Corporate Counsel

'Lead With Empathy,' Not Indignation: How a Googler Fixes Outside Counsel Relationships in 4 Easy Steps

"You want to make sure that your problem is with your outside counsel. There's nothing worse than doing all this work, only to have your issues persist, and you've employed a solution that doesn't work," said Matt Rubbelke, a senior associate in vendor strategy and governance management at Google.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

At CLOC Global Institute, Legal Teams Share How They Started Using Generative AI

"This is brand-new technology. Our people don't know how to use it. You're going to have to learn and develop that muscle," said Tim Fraser, general counsel of Toshiba Americas.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Midmarket Firms Based in New York and Connecticut Combine for Greater Shared Presence in Northeast

If approved by a vote of partners from both firms, the operating agreement for the combined firms will take effect on Jan. 1, 2025.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Outside Counsel Selection, Long Driven by Intuition, Being Reshaped by Data

"Over time, as we're uncovering more data about people's qualifications and how well they've done on other matters with our folks, we'll see more and more focus toward the individual," said Jessica Williams, director of legal operations at FanDuel.
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

Ex-Virtual Firm Leader Joins Veteran Am Law 200 CFO to Launch Back-Office Support Venture

Founders of Federate Legal are looking to serve Big Law attorneys wishing to spin off their own practices as well as established small and midsize firms.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

The Law Firm Transition: What Are Our Ethical Obligations?

When you make the decision to leave your law firm, it can get complicated. There are ethical obligations to both clients and your firm colleagues.
6 minute read

Law.com

More NC Counties Make Switch to Electronic Filing as Lawsuit Over eCourts' Glitches Remains Pending

"I believe we have moved from an archaic system to a state-of-the-art system that is bringing North Carolina into the forefront of what is available to courts online in our country," Johnston County Clerk of Superior Court Michelle Ball said.
4 minute read

Law.com

Sensory Designed Hospitality: Enhancing Workplace Experience Through the Five Senses

As more organizations obtain employee feedback regarding their in-office experience strategy, we are seeing the effectiveness that indulging the five-senses has on office occupancy, return-to-office, and the overall productivity of employees.
6 minute read

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