AJ Shankar, Founder and CEO of Everlaw, discusses why corporate legal teams should consider an in-house e-discovery cloud solution and the right time to invest in a cloud platform.
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In a piece from Joe Patrice, senior editor with Above the Law, outside counsel guidelines are forcing law firms to waste oodles of time on “meaningless make work.” Citing Aderant’s recently released “Law Firm Leader Survey on Outside Counsel Guidelines,” Patrice says that while the whole report is worth checking out, the outside counsel guideline issue can be summed in a short list of challenges respondents said they face in managing OCGs:
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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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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.
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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An inside look at FTI Technology and Ari Kaplan Advisors’ recent survey of chief legal officers about the future of the legal industry.
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While not all crises cause significant legal liability, a company’s response can result in major business risks. Corporate counsel should help balance these business risks with legal risks to advise a company appropriately.
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Perkins Coie’s Toby Brown discusses the importance of trust and communication in maintaining positive relationships between in-house and outside counsel.
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Given the profound changes roiling the market for corporate legal services, it can be tough to tell just what makes today’s in-house law department tick. The agenda for CLOC’s Annual Corporate Legal Operations Institute, dissected in this infographic from Corporate Counsel Business Journal, isn’t a bad place to start.
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Connie Collingsworth is chief business operations officer with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Her remarks have been edited for length and style.
CCBJ: What led you to pursue a career in law?
Connie Collingsworth: I was somewhat strong-willed, always standing up for what was right, and I wanted to be an independent professional.
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