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, here’s a big one, for certain kinds of work, they’re shifting from calling on outside counsel to hiring other kinds of […]
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Legal ops, once exclusive to in-house legal departments, now moves
Just when you’ve got your department to hire legal operations professionals, along comes a new trend. Bloomberg Law, as part of its “Bloomberg Law 2020” series, says that the discipline is spreading to law firms
We talk to Brad Blickstein about how artificial intelligence legal software will affect in-house departments, and the evolution of in-house work. Legal departments aren’t immune to fads. General counsel look at what other legal
Anyone who thinks that legal tech is the exclusive territory of big firm lawyers should think different. When it comes to innovation, even general counsel do not like to watch from the sidelines. And in
Training—it’s a pain, right? You hire lawyers for your legal department who already know how to do their jobs, correct. Er, not so much. And according to a recent survey, departments that invest
The latest survey by the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium (CLOC) is out. And while it somewhat predictably shows the growing importance of legal operations pros in large legal departments, the survey also contains some interesting
The Global Legal Post reports that Barclay’s Stéphanie Hamon has left to join Norton Rose Fulbright and launch a legal operations consulting practice at the firm. She’ll advise in-house legal departments on
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Legal artificial intelligence market takes off, will soon reach nearly
The world’s legal artificial intelligence software market is expected to reach $1.89 billion by 2026 growing at a rate, of 30.5% from 2017 to 2026, according to ResearchAndMarkets.com. Legal AI software refers to the usage of AI technology
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,
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FTC says companies falsely claim EU privacy shield participation
A client note by the firm Baker Hostetler says that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced a compliance sweep of companies claiming to be in compliance with the U.S.-EU Privacy Shield and
