By Trudy Knockless | February 8, 2024
"The challenge with a lot of legal-ops departments is they are populated by lawyers who are intimidated by external counsel. So it's hard to step away and actually put a real business lens on it," said Bindu Cudjoe, chief legal officer of Laurentian Bank.
By Trudy Knockless | February 6, 2024
"If I'm going to be an obstruction, if I'm going to make your life more complicated, you're going to avoid me," said Mark Klein, general counsel of Burford Capital.
By Maria Dinzeo | Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | February 1, 2024
"I think what gets in the way is fear. If you're going to advance an interest like diversity in our profession, you have to have some courage," said Akshay Verma, a former legal ops chief at Meta and Coinbase.
By Hugo Guzman | January 22, 2024
Since the financial crisis of 2007-2008, "market power shifted decisively from law firms to the clients, rapidly moving from a sellers' to a buyers' market for legal services," a new report from Thomson Reuters and Georgetown Law says.
By Maria Dinzeo | January 17, 2024
Companies might face antitrust allegations if they use AI to help set prices, for instance, or they might face allegations of discrimination if they use AI to winnow down candidates for job openings.
Corporate Counsel | Expert Opinion
By Rosemarie Griffin | December 7, 2023
Gartner experts have prepared seven example metrics that legal leaders can use to inform their external provider management and align it with their organization's overall strategy. The following examples provide a framework for assessing needs and working with vendors and/or internal teams to build similar reports.
The American Lawyer | Analysis
By Chris O'Malley | December 5, 2023
"Some clients are super loyal to their firms that they work with, sometimes blindingly so," said Joan MacLeod Heminway, a University of Tennessee law professor.
By Maria Dinzeo | November 29, 2023
"Mansfield was built with the lens of inclusivity. There are no quotas or set-asides, and it's not exclusionary. There's nothing that makes Mansfield unlawful and it's really low risk because these are just generally good talent practices," Diversity Lab CEO Caren Ulrich Stacy said.
By Chris O'Malley | November 29, 2023
"Despite the widely anticipated increase in demand for legal services, only 22% of in-house teams plan to increase their use of outside counsel to handle the overflow," a new Harbor Law study said.
The American Lawyer | Analysis
By Jessie Yount | November 13, 2023
AI isn't the first technology to disrupt the legal industry, but it's driving a faster pace of change and altering the law firm-legal department relationship, legal analysts report.
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