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The British Legal Awards 2021: Which In-House Teams Won What and Why

In-house lawyers took home a raft of prestigious awards on Wednesday night at this year's British Legal Awards.
5 minute read

Legaltech News

How Legal Departments and Tech Companies Are Making Collaboration 'Seamless'

Operational efficiency is now a number one priority among a third of legal departments. 'Seamless' collaboration has become a key target and we are, therefore, seeing a renewed focus on collaborative functionality amongst many legal technology tools.
5 minute read

Legaltech News

Why Law Firms Must Optimize Tech Procurement in 2022

2020 and 2021 likely made of law firm balance sheets. The good news is that most firms can right-size any excessive or misguided tech spending with a solid review of their needs, the technology they have in place and future goals.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Why Legal Operations Is Top of Mind for Midsize Firm Tyson & Mendes

Legal ops leadership is common in-house, but not as much on the law firm side. This firm's legal operations head, a litigator, says that should change.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Will Legal Departments Cut Back on Outside Counsel? Experts Weigh In

"I have not seen a lot of spend reduction driven by the pandemic itself, but more due to business factors, some of which might be pandemic related," Ken Callendar, Value Strategies managing principal, said.
3 minute read

Legaltech News

The Great Resignation: Capturing Lawyers' Workflows Before They Walk Out the Door

With recent turmoil in the labor market, law firms and corporations must increase their productivity and revenue while capturing their departing employees' knowledge and best practices. The key lies in developing and honing specific processes, and then rigorously using them throughout the onboarding process.
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

Ex-Big Law Associates Suspended for Overbilling Clients

Both attorneys have also been ordered to reimburse the state's Client Protection Program Trust Fund.
2 minute read

Legaltech News

Legal Tech Adoption Jenga: BlackBoiler

In this monthly series examining how legal tech companies succeed and fail at encouraging tech adoption, Haley Altman and Elizabeth Vincent explore AI-powered contract markup technology BlackBoiler.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Cole, Scott & Kissane's New GC Services Practice Capitalizes on Influx of Small Businesses

Launched in April, the 10-lawyer practice caters to small and midsize business owners, providing high-level advice on contracts, liability and corporate governance, and bringing in attorneys from other practices for specialized matters.
2 minute read

Legaltech News

Legal Tech is Booming. It's More Important Than Ever to Evaluate Time-to-Value

Based on his experiences as both a buying decision maker and as a counselor, former DraftKings GC Tim Parilla identifies several common characteristics to look for in legal tech deployments, as well as what to steer-clear of.
6 minute read

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