Importance of boards before, during and after a cyber incident

The best practice is to get members of the board involved at the right time. 

By Robert Freedman • Jan. 11, 2024

6 in-house legal trends to watch in 2024

AI, labor, antitrust, bankruptcies, women GCs and cross-collaboration are among the headlines in-house counsel can expect this year.  

By Lyle Moran and Robert Freedman • Jan. 9, 2024

How to fully leverage AI in your legal department

Budgeting, invoicing and other key in-house legal responsibilities can be improved through AI’s ability to pull actionable intelligence from large amounts of data.

By Jeffrey Solomon • Dec. 21, 2023

Why a business-first mindset is critical for in-house counsel

Having subject-matter expertise in the law is just the start of what you need to know to be the kind of partner executives want at the table, according to an Airbus affiliate legal leader.

By Robert Freedman • Dec. 18, 2023

Legal ops pros think AI will help with insourcing work

Legal operations professionals also said they expect law firms will increase their use of alternative fee arrangements for work augmented by generative AI, a report found.

By Lyle Moran • Dec. 13, 2023

How KPMG and Microsoft are helping legal teams deploy AI

The two companies are hosting workshops to assist legal departments in developing generative AI use cases they can implement, a KPMG leader said.

By Lyle Moran • Dec. 12, 2023

What an empowered proxy statement can do for you and your company

Driven by the desire to meet the ever-increasing disclosure requirements, shareholder engagement and proxy statement practices have undergone a significant transformation.

Dec. 11, 2023

Why CLOs should adopt a legal ops framework

Integrating a legal ops paradigm can help build a robust, data-driven narrative that validates the value of the legal department to the business. 

By George Karamanos • Dec. 7, 2023

Clearlaw partners with Tonkean to support contract automation

Clearlaw, a contract intelligence platform powered by AI, previously announced collaborations with StreamlineAI, SimpliContract and PoseidonCM.

By Lyle Moran • Dec. 4, 2023

Pushing back against outside firms’ rate hikes starts with data

Data can help legal teams show outside firms they’re asking for too much money, billing specialists say.

By Robert Freedman • Nov. 29, 2023

66% of legal teams are bringing more work in-house

Meanwhile, one in four legal departments expect to decrease the number of law firms they use, a report from ACC and Everlaw found.

By Lyle Moran • Nov. 21, 2023

73% of lawyers plan to use generative AI, report finds

While there remains trepidation among some lawyers, many are excited by the emerging technology’s potential to boost efficiency and generate deep insights.

By Lyle Moran • Nov. 20, 2023

Property insurers are ready to compete for business

Inflation, natural catastrophes will keep premiums high, at least in the near term, for all but the best risks, a specialist says.

By Robert Freedman • Nov. 17, 2023

Why legal ops should collaborate with other ops teams

A Salesforce SVP said sales and product operations units are among those legal ops would be wise to partner with in advancing company strategy.

By Lyle Moran • Nov. 16, 2023

At Wayfair, legal tech said to enhance shopper experience

Among the goals of the company’s legal tech chief is ensuring data flowing into the general counsel is useful to the broader business.

By Robert Freedman • Nov. 14, 2023

Company leaders don’t want your legal analysis, veteran GC says

They want your business insight on the assumption it’s supported by sound legal thinking, Deanna Sheridan of 3Step Sports says.

By Robert Freedman • Oct. 17, 2023

Paper touts hybrid teams to make in-house lawyers more business focused

Having some lawyers embedded with business units is better than completely decentralizing the legal function as CEOs would prefer, legal talent provider Axiom says.

By Robert Freedman • Oct. 10, 2023

Stemming contract value leakage in a cost-out initiative

To help an organization improve its bottom line, the legal team can contribute by improving how it manages its contracts, especially in the post-execution stage, say in-house legal pros.

By Robert Freedman • Sept. 22, 2023

Generative AI presents GCs with ‘generational leadership opportunity’

The emerging AI’s language-centric capabilities are much better suited to legal work than previous waves of technology, which should benefit legal departments.

By Lyle Moran • Sept. 15, 2023

Implementing AI: 5 tips for better change management

When legal department employees see firsthand that AI offers better results in a more efficient way, they’re more likely to get on board.

By Jeffrey Solomon • Sept. 1, 2023

60% of in-house counsel expect law firms to use generative AI

Most corporate lawyers want to know if their outside firms are using tools such as ChatGPT and they want some say in the matter, according to a LexisNexis survey.

By Lyle Moran • Aug. 25, 2023

Research is most common generative AI use case among lawyers

Lawyers also report potential for the emerging AI to be used for drafting documents, document analysis and writing emails.

By Lyle Moran • Aug. 24, 2023

Pioneering sports agent brings negotiating skills to in-house legal leadership

Ellen Zavian is leveraging skills she honed breaking barriers in professional football and other sports to help chart the course of USA Lacrosse as its general counsel.

By Robert Freedman • Aug. 22, 2023

Tools for time-crunched legal operations staff

For team members who do more than just legal ops, knowing the state of technology and how to get people to use new processes are must-have skills.

By Robert Freedman • Aug. 21, 2023

How in-house legal teams can use cloud marketplaces to purchase tech

A cloud marketplace offers a diverse catalog of preconfigured software solutions catering to various legal departmental needs.

By Shannon Smith • Aug. 17, 2023