Legal departments are prioritizing workflow efficiency, cost controls, and technology use. These are among the findings of the 2023 Legal Department Operations Index, which noted legal departments are facing growing workloads, shrinking budgets, and a need to increase their use of technology. Legal Current shares top takeaways from the report. Legal departments are under pressure …
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Practical Law The Journal: July Issue Out Now
Practical Law The Journal is the award-winning magazine companion to Practical Law, covering a wide range of transactional, regulatory, and litigation topics. It publishes monthly in a digital-only format hosted on Reuters.com. Legal Current reached out to the Practical Law The Journal team to discuss what readers can look forward to in the July issue. …
2023 State of the Corporate Law Department: Three Key Takeaways
Complying with growing global regulatory complexity represents the biggest legal threat to businesses, according to the 2023 State of the Corporate Law Department report from the Thomson Reuters Institute. The report found that 28% of global law departments cite frequency and complexity of regulatory changes as the biggest anticipated risk to their business. Legal Current …
Report: Cybersecurity, Regulations Stretching Legal Departments
Legal departments are maximizing plateauing headcount and driving efficiencies, even while demands on their time increase, according to the 2018 Thomson Reuters Corporate Legal Department Efficiency Report: Doing More With Less and Increasing Productivity in Corporate Legal Settings. The 2018 report — the third in a series of Thomson Reuters efficiency reports — surveyed 462 …
2nd Annual CCLF Panel – Beyond Borders: Building Strategic Outsourcing Initiatives from the General Counsel’s Office
Outsourcing is a topic of conversation that emerges at nearly every legal conference. While early conversations approached the topic with caution, a growing chorus of legal professionals view outsourcing – and even the inclusion of non-legal professionals – as a reliable, necessary component of their practice. A breakout session at the second annual Corporate Counsel …
2nd Annual CCLF Panel – Mission Critical: The Role of the GC in Managing Corporate Relations and Public Opinion
Reputation management is critical for companies, especially in today’s socially-connected world. And during a crisis, any and all comments have the potential to sway public opinion. At the second annual Corporate Counsel Leadership Forum in New York this week, the opening session – “Mission Critical: The Role of the General Counsel in Managing Corporate Relations …
Continuous Innovation: Forum Magazine
The disruptive role of technology and how it can help firms thrive in a rapidly changing environment is one of several technology-related themes explored in the new issue of Forum magazine focused on Continuous Innovation. The issue examines large law’s growing use of cloud computing technology, and how security concerns are both a driver and …
The Rise of the General Counsel
The modern general counsel is more than a business attorney. He or she is a lawyer-statesperson who is an outstanding technical expert, a wise counselor and effective leader and who has a major role assisting the corporation achieve the fundamental goal of global capitalism: the fusion of high performance with high integrity and sound risk …
ABA TECHSHOW 2016 Session Preview with Ed Friedland
As the old saying does, “If your general counsel isn’t happy, no one is happy.” OK, so maybe that’s not a saying, but there’s no doubt that the expertise of the in-house lawyer is indispensible, and a strong partnership with these colleagues can have broad implications on the success of your organization. As ABA TECHSHOW …
Corporate Counsel Leadership Forum Sessions – “Let’s Talk”
“Do more with less” may be a common refrain in today’s business environment. But for corporate legal departments, it may be “Do a lot more with less” – and many are rising to meet the challenge. At the inaugural Corporate Counsel Leadership Forum in New York earlier this month, leaders from global businesses met to …
