In this interview with Corporate Counsel Business Journal, Lilit Asadourian, co-chair of the insurance recovery and counseling practice at Barnes & Thornburg, discusses insurance coverage that in-house counsel should understand and shares best practices for your company’s insurance assets.
Michael Rynowecer, head honcho of BTI Consulting, interviews top legal decision makers on a regular basis.
In this interview with Corporate Counsel Business Journal, Anthony Pacilio of CAI Neurodiverse Solutions discusses the benefits of neurodiversity, a term that encompasses the range of differences in individual brain function and behavioral traits, including autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, dyslexia, dyspraxia, among other conditions.
In this piece from Corporate Counsel Business Journal, Bruce White, a partner with Barnes & Thornburg who focuses on litigation, arbitration and mediation of environmental disputes and administrative permitting and enforcement proceedings, provides a “roadmap” highlighting why ESG matters, the benefits of incorporating ESG into business operations, and practical steps for getting started, including collecting and protecting relevant ESG data.
Outside Counsel Guidelines (OCGS) are commonly used these days, but comprehensive and clear guidelines are hardly universal. In this piece from Corporate Counsel Business Journal, Brenda Hansen, a senior consultant with Epiq who has drafted many OCGs, offers useful advice for developing effective guidelines.
In this interview with Corporate Counsel Business Journal, Mark Nastasi, founder and VP of contract management company CobbleStone Software, discusses the evolution of cost-effective and user-friendly contract and procurement management software applications and continuous innovation in Contract Lifecycle Management.
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“Overbill me once, shame on you. Overbill me twice, shame on me. Overbill me now – when I have a lot more work and a lot less budget – and it’s time for change,” writes David McVeigh, CEO of Axiom.
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In this piece from Corporate Counsel Business Journal, Todd Purdy, VP of Epiq, discusses “myth-busting” data points derived from his experience with e-discovery review teams in the U.S. and India. “When you approach a vendor for managed review of documents for litigation or an investigation, every single one will tell you they have the best people,” Purdy says. “But if everyone has the best people, how do you know what sets service providers apart for you, your firm or company, and your specific need?” From there he trots out four myth busters to use in evaluating a landscape populated by what are, by and large, temp workers:
In this piece from veteran legal industry observer, Eyal Iffergan, managing director for Epiq’s legal business advisory practice, the legal transformation wave disperses as it progresses.
During the pandemic, corporate law departments, forced to change, gathered, to varying degrees, forward thrust. “The most successful law departments will be those that leverage the momentum of the past two years to actively embrace transformative change, in how they integrate and operate both within their organization and in utilizing outside legal expertise,” says the recently released report from Thomson Reuters Institute, State of Corporate Law Departments, subtitled “law department performance in a post-pandemic world.” The report notes that law department priorities saw a subtle but important shift in emphasis. “While the enduring purpose of an organization’s legal function is to safeguard the business,” the report says, “a slightly higher number of respondents in our survey cited efficiency as a stronger priority for the department.” And that shift dictates the focus of this report on twin priorities – efficiency and effectiveness – that support the omnipresent function of safeguarding the business. The report, based on extensive benchmarking, reveals a consistent set of themes relevant for all law departments: rapidly evolving legal technology and digitization are trends that are happening now, and departments that lag behind risk perpetually playing catch-up; the need to focus on the right metrics to monitor performance
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