KPMG continued to position itself as a go-to resource for corporate law departments with an alliance aimed at a major challenge in-house counsel face: managing contract portfolios. KPMG’s partnership with Seattle-based CLM company SirionLabs harnesses AI-driven extraction to more quickly transform unstructured contract data into meaningful information.
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Boards May Have ESG Skills Gap
According to a report from TheCorporateCounsel.net, the careers of many directors may leave them with a problematic skills gap in light of the surge in momentum for ESG.
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Blogs & Podcasts for In-House Counsel
Chad Main hosts “Technically Legal,” a podcast about the impact of legal tech and innovation on law and the legal industry. A former litigator in LA and Chicago, Chad is the founder of Percipient, a tech-enabled alternative legal services provider.
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Top 10 Tips for Legal Tech Tool Success
The user experience is critical to the success and uptake of legal tech tools. In this piece at Artificial Lawyer, Nick Watson, founder of virtual data room Ruby Datum, dishes out 10 tips for making and improving legal tech applications that will result in a successful user experience.
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Has the Legal Market Reached a Tipping Point?
That’s the question at the heart of the 2021 Report on the State of the Legal Market from the Center on Ethics and the Legal Profession at the Georgetown University Law Center and Thomson Reuters Institute, with supporting data from Acritas and Peer Monitor.
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Negotiate Your Next Tech Contract Like a Pro
When it comes to outsourcing SaaS and other technology and data services, there are many laws, regulations and other details to consider, to avoid buyer’s remorse and limit liability.
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Toward a More Expansive View of Mentoring
Yesim Richardson, president of Cornerstone Research, and Lisa Claussen-Adams, the firm’s senior talent advisor, explore the ins and outs of mentorship and break down the concept itself into four separate behaviors that allow for effective mentoring.
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Paying Attention to Trends, Even in Uncertain Times
Ken Crutchfield, vice president and general manager of legal markets with Wolters Kluwer, talks about ongoing shifts in the legal industry, from the changing dynamic between in-house counsel and outside firms to the impact of technology and COVID-19.
How Legal Departments Can Overcome Tech Phobias
Rekha Shenoy points legal professionals toward understanding their data and collaborating with IT teams on technology systems that are straightforward and self-service.
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The Language of Data Hygiene
Nicole Thompson of Onna advises legal departments to understand not only the tools being used across their organizations but also the types of data they are storing.