Before we choke on our “digital exhaust,” Hunter McMahon of iDS suggests we take a deep breath and examine the unnecessary risks we may be taking. Continue Reading
Out of the Weeds: How Data Visualization Drives Better Decisions
Wolters Kluwer’s ELM Solutions’ Margie Sleboda and Nathan Cemenska discuss the powerful world of dashboard software and how it can help companies analyze and improve legal spend and operations. Continue Reading
Tapping Into the ACC Legal Operations Network
Vice chair Tania Daniels makes the case that all legal ops professionals, regardless of experience level, can benefit from the ACC Legal Operations events and resources. Continue Reading
E-Discovery: Report from the Front Lines of the Digital Revolution
Advancing technology is enabling real process change in document review, says TCDI’s Caragh Landry. Continue Reading
How the Cloud and Mobile Devices Have Changed Discovery
Seyfarth Shaw’s Robert Milligan and iDS’s Jim Vaughn look at discovery and digital forensics in the age of the cloud. Continue Reading
Will It Be Easy to Implement and Upgrade Your ELM Solution?
Legal departments should consider service and methodologies, as well as the technology itself.
When corporate legal departments consider their options for enterprise legal management (ELM) systems and providers, it’s easy to focus on dazzling product demos. However, an ELM technology provider is more than just a software manufacturer. Continue Reading
Get Analytical, Get Better Legal Results
When creating a vendor management process, consider these best practices.
Every company wants the best results from their legal partners, but when evaluating the performance of multiple outside law firms, it can be difficult to know where to start. Continue Reading
The Ever-Increasing Responsibilities of Legal Operations Staff
When I got back from CLOC last month, I was amazed at the various roles and responsibilities shouldered by legal operations staff. Still one of the fastest growing roles in legal departments, the responsibilities often assigned to these teams are varied and all over the map in terms of impact on the business, not just the legal department. Continue Reading
Benchmarking Spurs Creative Thinking on Fees
LexisNexis’ Kris Satkunas looks at data-driven insights into legal departments’ billing and law firm consolidation activities.
CCBJ: The LexisNexis annual CounselLink report has become a useful benchmarking tool for legal departments. Tell us a little about its history and how it’s being used. Continue Reading
Transforming the Legal Department: ELM Solution Puts Information at Everyone’s Fingertips
When you think of enterprise legal management (ELM) systems, you probably think about the ways they can make spend and matter management more efficient. But ELM systems are quickly evolving, becoming more comprehensive all the time, and today they can help optimize contract management, NDA creation and distribution, legal holds, legal service requests and much more. Continue Reading