This is not an especially new development: as has been the case every year since 2011, the 2015 Altman Weil survey of
Chief Legal Officers found that more law departments decreased their spend on outside law firms than increased it.
In fact, a 2016 Altman Weil survey of 336
chief legal officers found that while 39 percent of law departments report collecting and analyzing management metrics to improve efficiency, only 6.6 percent say they get real value from those efforts.
Sheri Qualters reports in The National Law Journal on a new Association of Corporate Counsel survey that finds 85 percent of
chief legal officers find their careers to be rewarding.
Not exact matches
In a separate hearing on ICOs in Congress last week, Mike Lempres,
chief legal and risk
officer for cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, said the company does not trade ICO tokens because it «can not take the risk of inadvertently trading an asset that is later
found to be a security.»
Founding members included three principals (one from each level), five parents, a school nurse, the food services director, the district Section 504 coordinator, the director for
legal relations and the
chief operating
officer.
AAAS staff will then discuss the details first with the individual filing the complaint, then with the alleged offender; seek counsel if the appropriate course of action is unclear; and report
findings to the AAAS Executive Office and AAAS
Chief Legal Officer.
The study
found that more than half of in - house counsel reported their companies were increasing spending on cybersecurity, based on input from more than 1,000 in - house counsel at 887 organizations in 30 countries, including 77 per cent who hold the positions of GC or
chief legal officer.
How She Got Here: COO for Barclays US
legal operations Global
Chief Administrative
Officer for Lehman Brothers
legal and compliance function
Founded a consulting firm to help other firms optimize their business operations
The research
found that almost half of
chief legal officers are currently using alternative fee arrangements and expect to increase their use in the next year.
«We conducted a comprehensive global search to
find an executive with a breadth of
legal and regulatory experience in financial services,» said Janice Fukakusa,
chief administrative
officer and
chief financial
officer of RBC.
I would bet that a Canadian court would
find a way to make the
legal advice of the
Chief Law
Officer of the Crown to the government subject to solicitor - client privilege, on whatever theory was required to justify it.
And we did
find that it is a core strategy for... a significant component of the
legal industry here,» says Jon Purther, president and
chief operating
officer of CorbinPartners.
Now as a
Chief Process and Innovation
Officer at a
legal finance firm, I've finally
found lawyers who understand the need to use process and technology to their advantage, but they are indeed a rare breed.
A recent survey of 330
chief legal officers and GCs at Fortune 1000 companies and global companies with annual revenue of at least $ 1 billion
found they have moved a staggering $ 4 billion in
legal spending back in - house so far this year.
But that survey
found a problem in access to data: 73 percent of
chief legal officers said their top 10 outside law firms provided them no useful spend analysis.)
Christopher Finn, managing director and
chief operating
officer of corporate private equity, highlights «the innovative approach taken by the in - house
legal team in London in working closely with and counselling our investment teams, and ultimately our investment committees», something he says has made «a significant contribution to helping Carlyle
find value through investments others have shied from and facilitated the turnaround of underperforming investments.»
He was
Chief Legal Officer and Vice President of Business Development for JusticeLink / CourtLink, which he
founded and developed into a $ 300 million company with 300 employees until its acquisition by LexisNexis in 2001.
Founded in 2009, LCLD is an organization of more than 285 corporate
chief legal officers and law firm managing partners who are personally committed to creating a more diverse and inclusive
legal profession.
Prior to
founding Theory and Principle, Nicole was a partner and
Chief Strategy
Officer at
legal innovation firm CuroLegal.
A new survey from Altman Weil has
found that almost half of
chief legal officers do not care about the service delivery model for a law firm so long as the right results are produced, according to The Legal Intellige
legal officers do not care about the service delivery model for a law firm so long as the right results are produced, according to The
Legal Intellige
Legal Intelligencer.
The survey, which is the 15th annual
Chief Legal Officer Survey,
found that 43 percent of the respondents did not care about the delivery model of the firm as long as the wanted results came.
The concept of
Legal Checkup for Veterans, which can be found at veteranslegalcheckup.com, is similar to a routine checkup at a doctor's office, said Nicole Bradick, chief strategy officer with CuroLegal, a legal tech company that assisted in the website's develop
Legal Checkup for Veterans, which can be
found at veteranslegalcheckup.com, is similar to a routine checkup at a doctor's office, said Nicole Bradick,
chief strategy
officer with CuroLegal, a
legal tech company that assisted in the website's develop
legal tech company that assisted in the website's development.
Summary: Altman Weil released a new survey this week that
found close to half of all
chief legal officers do not care about the delivery service of law firms.
As I thought about this
finding, published by Altman Weil, the Association of Corporate Counsel and the Practical Law Company based on responses by «45
Chief Legal Officers located in Europe,» I paused long at the ambiguity of «fired.»
They have formed innovation committees and appointed
Chief Innovation
Officers to
find, evaluate and select the newest tools or even partner with
legal technology startups.
These are among the
findings of a survey of 130
chief legal officers, general counsel and in - house attorneys, «Managing Litigation: E-Discovery Resources Survey Report.»
Uber has
found its new
chief legal officer in Tony West, executive vice-president of government affairs, general counsel and corporate secretary at PepsiCo.
In a separate hearing on ICOs in Congress last week, Mike Lempres,
chief legal and risk
officer for cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, said the company does not trade ICO tokens because it «can not take the risk of inadvertently trading an asset that is later
found to be a security.»