Cloud-based legal tech provider Clio has just release what it calls the legal industry’s largest nation-wide assessment of client services among law firms. And the result’s sobering. To cut to the chase, law firms often forget to return phone calls, and emails suffer the same fate. To conduct the study, Clio hired a research firm to contact 1,000 […]
Law firms are competing harder for a smaller pot of business these days, as in-house legal departments either shoulder more of the routine work or find legal providers they can offload the work onto. They have slick websites full of often-useful information, they send out client notes, and they’ve hired platoons of marketing specialists to […]
Nokia calls on Abou-Khalil to be its chief legal officer
Nokia announced Wednesday that Nassib Abou-Khalil (in the photo above) will become chief legal Officer. He’ll report to Nokia President and Chief Executive Officer, Rajeev Suri, and become a member of the company’s group leadership team. His new gig starts August 1. Along with Khalil’s announcement, the company said that Jenni Lukander will become Nokia’s […]
More U.K. companies have cybersecurity insurance. But are they fully
If you’re an in-house attorney based in the U.K., you might want to check your insurance policies. A recent survey by FICO shows that while more British companies have cybersecurity insurance, just over a third of their policies cover all risks. This might not be a prudent thing, given the kinds of exposure that can […]
Strike a blow for intellectual property “management” companies. The High Court of Justice in London on Thursday rejected a jurisdictional challenge by Huawei and ZTE over the validity of patents held by Conversant Wireless Licensing S.à.r.l for mobile devices. The defendants had claimed that the proper jurisdiction for any suit would be China. Conversant Wireless […]
Cox Enterprises names a new chief of compliance
The conglomerate Cox Enterprises has named Sharon Zealeyas vice president, compliance of its units. As such, she’ll lead compliance strategy and data privacy across Cox’s three major subsidiaries: Cox Communications, Cox Automotive, and Cox Media Group. Zealeyas will lead such activities as Cox’s ethics hotline and she’ll lead sensitive internal investigations. “We’re excited to have […]
Adaptive Spectrum and Signal Alignment Inc. (ASSIA) has hired David Fligor general counsel and corporate secretary. Fligor is a Silicon Valley veteran, having worked previously at TiVo and the Kudelski Group. He began his career as an associate at Wilson Sonsini, one of the quintessential San Francisco and San Francisco law firms. Company executives cite […]