Robin Snasdell, managing director at Consilio, discusses the concept of “new law,” how technology is transforming various legal processes, and where improvements can still be made in the future.
The Billable Hour – Friend, Foe or Fiendish Survivor?
Maybe all of the above – and more. So writes Zena Applebaum, national director of market insights & engagement for legal, tax & accounting at Thomson Reuters, in a guest post at 3 Geeks and a Law Blog, in which she recounts her recent turn on the Clubhouse stage.
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Averting Apocalypse – NOW!
The light at the end of the pandemic tunnel may just be a freight train barreling right for the legal profession, according to a massive survey of global general counsel.
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Evolving Technology Brings New Challenges, and New Solutions
Alex Chatzistamatis, senior principal enterprise architect with Nuix, discusses the ways that technological advancements like machine learning and artificial intelligence are shaping the future of e-discovery and other areas of the legal profession.
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DWF Is Pulling It Together for Clients
DWF, a global legal business headquartered in Manchester and the UK’s largest listed law firm, has hired KPMG’s Jordan Owen to lead its Global Entity Management service.
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Third-Party Risk Requires a New Role: C3POO
Change and challenge were the watchwords of 2020, but one area that has not received the attention it merits, according to Joel Schwarz, director for MBL Technologies and a cybersecurity, privacy and data protection expert, is the growth of third-party risk.
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Directing the Course of an Investigation With Database Discovery Tactics
Julian Ackert, managing director at iDiscovery Solutions, discusses the differences between structured and unstructured data and how database discovery can allow a legal team to conserve resources and get the best outcome for their client.
Good Fences Make Good Neighbors
The newly released survey report, “Legal Pricing & Project Management,” was 13 years in the making, according to David Cambria, former corporate ops leader at Archer Daniels Midland, who now hangs his hat on the other side of the fence at megafirm Baker McKenzie. From that vantage, Cambria says he increasingly saw law firms deploying the same disciplines and capabilities as legal ops professionals.
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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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It’s Time for Corporate Law Departments to Spend More on Tech
Legal professionals require legal tech solutions designed to meet their needs.
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