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'We've Set Up a Trap': A Little-Known Rule Change Is Causing Big Trouble for Lawyers

Washington, D.C. ethics lawyers say an important change to a local bar rule for handling client money has flown under the radar for decades—and it keeps tripping up attorneys.
10 minute read

Legaltech News

Corporate Legal Departments Are Focusing Their Outsourcing Efforts

A new survey on legal outsourcing from Wolters Kluwer finds that corporate legal and compliance departments are becoming more selective about which providers get which type of work—and the Big 4 doesn't have much momentum.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Heading Off Major Legal Headaches Brought on by Employee Mobility

Attorneys must become more tech savvy. Every attorney must know how to operate videoconferencing platforms and how to effectively present on these platforms. Attorneys will also need to continually refresh skills on document revisions, drafting and searches, says Rachel Powitzky Steely, vice chair of Labor and Employment at Foley & Lardner.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

The Market Needs to Catch Up on Lagging Legal Ops Compensation

While legal ops professionals have the same skill set as lawyers, their pay is "not normalizing," according to a conversation between two legal ops veterans.
6 minute read

International Edition

DAC Beachcroft, Mayer Brown and DLA Piper Among the 2022 Legal Innovation Awards Big Winners

The awards recognised the firms, individuals and service providers driving pioneering change in the legal market, in a ceremony held at the Hilton London Bankside on Friday.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Nobody Asked Me, But … Are We in the 2020s or Still Living in 1983?

How far have we really come as a profession and how much farther do we need to go until the profession catches up with the calendar?
16 minute read

Daily Business Review

How Law Firms Can Stay Competitive in an Inflationary Economy

The current economic climate will incline lawyers, specifically litigators, to rethink their fee structures. With inflation at a 40-year high, residential and commercial rents rising, and a predicted looming recession, clients are tightening their budgets, but also demanding the same level of service and results from their attorneys.
6 minute read

International Edition

Clifford Chance Increases Newcastle Space by 50% With Office Move

The firm's operation has expanded in headcount significantly since it launched in 2018.
3 minute read

International Edition

Aviva Legal Operations Head Voices Frustration as Company Slashes Team

Caroline Brown's role was made redundant while she was pregnant, she shared on LinkedIn, describing the process as "very painful".
2 minute read

The American Lawyer

How Firms Can Turn Business Professionals Into Legal Operations Providers

Law firms can deliver for clients by better capitalizing on the untapped capabilities of their business professionals.
8 minute read

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