Balancing technology needs with budget realities can be tricky. Seventy percent of attendees surveyed at the 15th Annual Law Firm COO-CFO Forum produced by the Legal Executive Institute said they consider technology to be a strategic differentiator for their firm. But most also agreed on the importance of prioritizing and the need to sort out …
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Three Best Ways to Hack a Law Firm – CFO-COO Forum Session
“There are many different ways bad people can get to your data. You should be concerned about it and you should do something about it.” That’s the assessment of Nicholas Barone, Director, Consulting Services Group, Eisner Amper LLP, speaking on a cybersecurity panel at the 15th annual Law Firm COO & CFO Forum in …
- October 28, 2016
- Leonard Lee
Thomson Reuters to Host the Fourth Annual Aspire to Lead Conference
Thomson Reuters will host the fourth annual Aspire to Lead Conference on Nov. 9, 2016 in the Twin Cities, where women and men from around the region will meet for a day full of speakers and networking that seeks to empower women to take more active leadership roles in their careers, communities and day-to-day lives. …
- October 25, 2016
- Alex Cook
Jim Sandman on Access to Justice and Technology
Jim Sandman, president of Legal Services Corporation, recently visited the Thomson Reuters Eagan campus to share his thoughts on how the legal industry has been slow to initiate and adopt new technologies, change their traditional service-delivery patters or simplify processes for improved accessibility. Following the presentation, David Curle, Director of Market Intelligence for the Legal …
- October 25, 2016
- Alex Cook
Law Department as a Profit Center: Strategies for Going from Cost Center to Revenue Generator – ACC 2016 Session
The legal department has evolved from the traditional view that it is a cost center or “the department of no.” A panel at last week’s Association of Corporate Counsel annual meeting discussed how legal departments can become stronger partners with their business clients and become a revenue generator – or even a profit center. The …
- October 24, 2016
- Jeff McCoy
ACC 2017 Recap
In the early months of 1848, when news broke of found gold at Sutter Mill in Northern California, a rush of fortune-seekers from across the United States and abroad converged onto a boomtown called San Francisco. Fast forward to this past week where more than 2,600 corporate counsel flocked to San Francisco in search of …
- October 24, 2016
- Alex Cook
How the Tour de France Got Me Even More Hooked on Technology
“Technology cannot forget the importance of the humanity that interacts, uses, and creates it.” One never knows where inspiration will strike or what will spark a lifelong passion. As chief technology officer, Lisa Schlosser has always had an appreciation and passion for technology. But as she attends the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing …
- October 21, 2016
- Leonard Lee
Getting Lean and Mean: Transforming Legal Operations – ACC 2016 Panel
Legal departments are transforming through technology, implementing best practices and continually analyzing the work being performed by lawyers, paralegals and support staff, as well as by their outside counsel. At the 2016 Association of Corporate Counsel annual meeting, a panel titled “Getting Lean and Mean: Transforming Legal Operations” discussed some methods, tactics and strategies legal …
- October 21, 2016
- Jeff McCoy
Survey Reveals Developing Trend in Legal Departments
According to the Thomson Reuters 2016 Legal Department In-Sourcing and Efficiency Report: The Keys to a More Effective Legal Department, more than 40 percent of legal departments indicated the top benefit of increasing efficiency is being able to focus on more strategic work, and many are turning to legal department operations professionals to enable them …
- October 20, 2016
- Jeff McCoy
Themes from the Annual Meeting – ACC 2016
The exhibit floor and sessions at any conference provide an opportunity to truly hear what is top of mind, and the 2016 Association of Corporate Counsel annual meeting offered just that. Through networking conversations with key clients, colleagues and attending sessions, Susan Feingold, head of Law Department Service at Practical Law, part of Thomson Reuters, …
- October 20, 2016
- Jeff McCoy
