It’s not exactly a secret that clients—that means you–are more demanding of their firms these days. They want alternative billing, secondments, educational sessions, among other things. And they’re paying a lot more attention to what’s on that bill. “For legal services rendered” doesn’t cut it any more. The blog Above the Law posted a story […]
The U.K.-based site Legal Business reports that BDB Pitmans, Irwin Mitchell and Norton Rose Fulbright have been dropped from National Grid’s panel, which it says is worth about $15.4 million a year in
There’s a battle going on. A polite one, to be sure, at least most of the time. But it’s a battle nonetheless, between general counsel and corporate procurement professionals. The two sides’ stances
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Survey says legal departments increasingly turn away from law firms
In an ever-changing market, with constant corporate pressure to cut costs yet take on more work, corporate law departments are shifting from hiring more lawyers to making better use of what they’ve got. And,
Some legal departments are reactive—they handle litigation and the various legal matters that come into the inbox. Others are constantly rethinking how they work—for them, it’s constant revolution. BT plc’s legal
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It’s only September, yet legal tech investment is already at
Technology already dominates our lives, and yet the legal market is only in its pre-teen years. Or something like that. Our friend Bob Ambrogi, in his always informative Law Sites blog, reports that so far
Jonathan Marsh’s attention is increasingly being diverted towards Iberia. In his role as international general counsel at the Paris-based energy company Total, Marsh (in the photo above) will soon be launching a process to
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Comment: Here’s why innovation is the biggest challenge facing legal
Looking at studies that look at the in-house legal services market, and talking to the general counsel, it seems that the biggest challenge for corporate lawyers is to make ends meet. Legal budgets do nothing
The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) periodically takes the pulse of its members, surveying everything from headcount to spending to workload. It’s released the newest benchmarking survey, conducted with the recruiting firm Major Africa,
General counsel in the U.S. have gotten used to playing multiple roles. Now it’s time for the European counterparts to be jacks of all trades. That’s the conclusion of the W0lter
