Beth Colombo, Sr. Legal Counsel with Vendavo, shares her journey and the essential traits of an effective in-house counsel.
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A Methodology for Legal Transformation: Assessing, Aligning & Advancing Your Department
In a recent article in Harvard Business Review, a team of researchers showed that 78% of transformations fail. Their analysis showed that “people are the catalysts of successful transformation.” To move beyond working in silos, incremental improvement, and isolated innovation – to achieve transformation – it’s important to have a structured process to engage leadership in setting objectives and guiding transformational change.
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Looking into Over $150 Billion of Legal Invoices with LegalVIEW Analytics
Nathan Cemenska shares insights drawn from the LegalVIEW Analytics data warehouse as well as his thoughts on the value of data to fuel bargaining power.
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AI Can Think and Move Through Work Like a Lawyer. But What Does That Mean for Lawyers?
Matt DenOuden, Vice President of Global Sales at Onit, explains why Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming so interesting for lawyers and legal operations, as well as how AI allows attorneys to focus on higher-value work and better serve their businesses.
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Top 5 Workflow Automation Use Cases
2021 was another year of doing more with less, for many companies that meant relying on technology to keep essential business moving forward.
Exceptional Firm Culture Starts at the Top
Deborah Festa, partner with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, discusses the qualities that contribute to a great culture at a firm, including the crucial role of leadership. Also: Advice on what women can do to excel in traditionally male-dominated fields such as finance law.
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Transactional Document Drafting Receives a Tech Upgrade
Brendan Miller, legal operations advisor for practice innovation, and Troy Zander and Jordan Carr, partners with Barnes & Thornburg, discuss the typical process of drafting transactional documents and how new software tools can provide more predictability, greater efficiency, and other benefits – for clients and lawyers alike.
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Redefining In-House Counsel As a Driver of Value
Ken Crutchfield, vice president and general manager of Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S., talks about the shifting role of the legal department, the importance of tailoring your conversations to your audience, and how general counsel can use metrics and key performance indicators to help a company meet its business goals.
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Expectations For the Legal Industry Moving Forward
Jonah Paransky, executive vice president and general manager of Wolters Kluwer’s ELM Solutions, reflects on the effects COVID-19 will have on the legal industry moving forward, as it relates to diversity, alternative legal service providers, and what he’s both concerned and excited for looking ahead.
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KPMG Allies with Contract Management AI Firm
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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