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Corporate Counsel

Legal Departments Are Eager to Do More with Less But Are Fuzzy on the Path, Survey Finds

"Regulatory pressures also continue to increase, which place additional emphasis on legal teams to maximize resources, financially and in time." said Amy Yeung, general counsel and chief privacy officer of Lotame.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Law Firm Expenses Surge, Dampening Outlook for 2022

Increases in associate pay and head count led to an 8.4% rise in direct expenses at the end of 2021.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Offit Kurman Begins New Jersey Expansion Effort With Family Law Group From Weiner Firm

Tanya Freeman, head of the family law department at Weiner Law Group, is bringing her practice and three other lawyers to Offit Kurman, which says it plans to expand rapidly in the northern part of the state.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Solo and Small Firm Attorneys Must Face Their Mortality—And Protect Their Clients

It would benefit attorneys and clients if the Pennsylvania Supreme Court were to mandate some form of succession planning for all attorneys. Mandating succession planning will assure that attorneys in all size firms have protections currently missing.
9 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Experts: Overwhelmed Legal Departments Should Push Some Work to Other Parts of Company

One question GCs should ponder: Should legal really be owning this project?
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Intel's Longtime GC Retiring After Two Decades With Company

Steven Rodgers, one of the top-paid legal chiefs in the Fortune 1000, will be departing the company in May.
1 minute read

Legaltech News

How Technologically Mature is Your Legal Department? Ask These 4 Questions to Find Out

Many of us like to think we're technologically savvy, but being savvy is just one part of maturity. A technologically mature organization optimizes its current technologies without spending money unnecessarily on solutions that aren't needed. To find your own maturity level, start by asking these questions.
6 minute read

Law.com

Federal Judge Tosses Personal Injury Firm's Challenge to Law Sealing Med-Mal Decisions

"The bottom line is this: the Maine Judiciary is routinely sealing opinions written by Superior Court justices in medical malpractice cases," Taylor Asen, a partner at the plaintiff law firm Gideon Asen, said. "This practice, we believe, is a flagrant violation of the First Amendment. We don't think it's a close call."
5 minute read

Legaltech News

Legal Departments' Growing Business Maturity Is Giving Momentum to Their Tech Evolution

The 14th Blickstein Group Annual Law Department Operations Survey found that as in-house teams take a more business-minded approach to decision-making, they're adopting more technology and automating more processes. However, their technological evolution is still a work in progress.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

More Legal Chiefs Are Leading ESG; Many Others Want to Have Oversight

According to a new survey, 24% of legal chiefs are now more involved in handling ESG and CSR, up from 15% in 2020, when it started becoming more common in the CLO portfolio.
3 minute read

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