More and more General Counsels are taking direct responsibility for the leadership of ESG programmes. Even if not your direct responsibility, you have a seat at the table and the ability to influence how your organisation thinks about this issue. Here are five fundamental shifts in mindset that corporate leadership must make to be successful […]
Law firms are increasingly finding themselves in the crosshairs of cybercriminals. For threat actors, the logic in targeting such enterprises is simple; law firms manage highly sensitive data that, if stolen, can offer lucrative rewards. To provide some context, the pandemic instigated a mass transition to cloud-based operating models, with many legal documents now stored, […]
A federal judge in Washington DC scolded Meta lawyers from Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick after it was found they had violated a court rule against “excessive footnotes” which was introduced back in 2017. The lawyers had filed a brief in Boasberg's court on Thursday that included 19 footnotes, the longest of which exceeded […]
Lawyer Monthly hears from Colin Bohanna, General Manager of legal software provider Clio EMEA, on why legal tech is so important for the legal industry. Colin is an accomplished sales and customer experience leader with a successful track record, delivering within large and scaling businesses across EMEA and North America. When it comes to technology, […]
Few professionals would characterise their legal departments as “cutting edge.” With many departments still pushing reams of paper from one desk to another, too often Legal is the analogue option in a very digital world. In fact, a recent Onit survey showed nearly four out of five respondents (79%) do not see Legal as “a […]
Law firms as a rule are resistant to swift changes in the way they work, but the value added by more efficient technologies is too great for most to ignore.
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