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Immuta Chief Legal Officer Joins Data Scientist to Create Boutique AI Law Firm

"I am under the belief that the biggest barriers [to artificial intelligence] are not technical. They all arise in the form of liability. I see this joint partnership as one largely helping companies manage liability," Andrew Burt, managing partner at BNH.AI, explained.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

COVID-19, Remote Work and Cybersecurity Threats: 7 Pointers for In-House Counsel

The surge in inexperienced remote workers is creating a host of potential cybersecurity threats that in-house counsel need to quickly address, cybersecurity lawyers said. "Hackers love exploiting weakness and they know the entire world is distracted," said Jena Valdetero, partner at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner.
8 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Legal's Metrics Don't (Yet) Measure Up

As the use of data grows, firms and clients look for alignment.
9 minute read

Corporate Counsel

How Legal Departments Are Using New Data Tools, Tactics to Fight Megaverdicts

The insurance industry is leading the pack when it comes to using this "Moneyball" approach to litigation and financial services, but other big companies' legal departments are also using data tools in their decision-making around litigation. Here's a glimpse inside the third-largest property and casualty insurer's legal operations.
12 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Here's a List of Some Tech Tools Law Departments Are Using to Combat Nuclear Verdicts

Here are some of the data tools and providers that corporate law departments are using to decide whether to settle or litigate claims, and choose which firms and which lawyers to put on cases. Litigation funders are using some of them, too.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Tech to the Rescue: Legal Departments Turn to Modern Tools

Outside and in-house counsel see legal tech as a dependable ally in delivering proven efficiency during the throes of a recession.
8 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Data Security Firm Druva Hires Former Apple, Broadcom Lawyer as Its First General Counsel

Jung-Kyu McCann McCann joined Sunnyvale, California-based Druva in September as the firm's first general counsel, according to a company spokesman. She commented on her goals for the company.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Uncertainty May Keep Legal Operations Out of Small to Midsize Legal Departments

Only 23% of those in small to midsize legal departments said they believed their legal departments would benefit by hiring a legal operations professional, according to a report by Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory and Priori.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

More Real Estate Deals Could Be Swept Up Under Proposed New Regulations for CFIUS Reviews

The proposals for expanded review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., the interagency panel at the Department of the Treasury, could catch some real estate investors and funds off-guard, international trade and national security lawyers said.
11 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Most Cost-Effective Legal Departments Invest More in In-House Training, Survey Says

The most cost-effective legal departments made efforts to continuously strengthen their in-house capabilities, the survey found, and invested more in lawyer training and development.
5 minute read

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