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 …
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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
Raising the Bar for Law Firms: How to Move Outside Counsel into Integrating and Delivering Managed Services – ACC Panel
The traditional hourly billing model still predominates, and many legal departments are still comfortable with their outside counsel using it. But there has been a shift over the recent years to more use of alternative fee arrangements (AFAs), flat fee structures or value-based pricing. At the Association of Corporate Counsel annual meeting, a panel discussed …
- October 19, 2016
- Jeff McCoy
Insider Threats: Who is Watching Your Employees? ACC 2016
Edward Snowden may be the most well-known example of an insider threat. But for corporations, government agencies and non-profit organizations, the risk of insider threats may not even be those that are intentional. In many cases, employees take intellectual property when they leave the organization because they had a hand in its creation and think …
- October 18, 2016
- Jeff McCoy