Sentences with phrase «corporate operations department»

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture initiated certification standards for organic production under the Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act in 1990, but as organic farming moved toward large corporate operations the use of USDA - recommended practices had declined.

«We have an operations department, a vendor relations department... each person in the corporate office is here to support the franchise owner.»

Not really unexpected news out of corporate headquarters in New York, given the fact that the department store operation has been registering more than its fair share of bad financial news over the last few years.

The corporate offices and manufacturing operation will remain at the company's original location 3250 Stone Myers Pkwy Grapevine, Texas, but warehousing, shipping and the staff for those departments will now be located at the new facilities located at 1065 Texan Trail Grapevine, Texas.

Jennifer works within Mattel's Corporate Responsibility Department, managing programs and initiatives focused on building sustainability across the company's brands, operations, and culture.

There still doesn't seem to be a standard, agreed - upon definition of «legal operations» since the responsibilities cover a wide - range of areas including the general efficiency of legal work, cybersecurity, privacy, compliance, eDiscovery, policy management, and definitely the streamlining of relationships between the corporate legal department and outside counsel and service providers.

As corporate legal departments become more like small law firms, changes need to be made to improve legal department operations and overall corporate legal efficiency.

The ambitious webinar hosted by Metropolitan Corporate Counsel on September 7 took on four big topics that were filtered through surveys primarily directed at legal operations departments.

He points to the relatively new legal operations section within the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) as a «good indication we are in the beginning of the middle» in terms of law departments ascending the CounselLink Legal Department Maturity Model.

In a panel organized by the Association of Corporate Counsel, you will hear how experienced law department leaders respond to this pressure and what it means both for their department operations and the law firms they retain.

In his prior role as general counsel, Mr. Black's leadership included overseeing a full spectrum of global business operations, including building a corporate legal department; handling compliance matters arising from investigations by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Department of Justice; and day - to - day corporate operationaldepartment; handling compliance matters arising from investigations by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Department of Justice; and day - to - day corporate operationalDepartment of Justice; and day - to - day corporate operational concerns.

We work with corporate legal departments on legal operations, and by legal operations, I mean technology, process, budgets and staffing for legal teams.

Corporate Legal Operations Consortium (CLOC) co-founders Connie Brenton and Stephanie Corey recently told Bloomberg BNA that these legal operations managers have been «gaining significantly more clout» inside corporate legal departments, including reporting directly to general counsels and earning senior management titles within their cCorporate Legal Operations Consortium (CLOC) co-founders Connie Brenton and Stephanie Corey recently told Bloomberg BNA that these legal operations managers have been «gaining significantly more clout» inside corporate legal departments, including reporting directly to general counsels and earning senior management titles within their ccorporate legal departments, including reporting directly to general counsels and earning senior management titles within their companies.

One benchmark: the Association of Corporate Counsel last month launched a new section for legal operations professionals, the folks — many of them not lawyers (but not non-lawyers)-- who help general counsel bring creative and business - minded practices to the management of law departments.

And DVAs are supporting legal operations in law firms and corporate legal departments.

During his tenure at Corporate Counsel, he initiated surveys on legal process outsourcing and legal operations professionals, and he managed various high - profile projects such as the Best Legal Departments awards.

Acquisition expands footprint and adds additional Discovery, Imaging and Litigation Support expertise and resources to D4's Chicago operations ROCHESTER, NY and CHICAGO, IL October 20, 2014 D4, LLC, a national provider of eDiscovery, forensics, deposition and managed services to law firms and corporate legal departments, announced today its further expansion in Chicag...

A discussion about KM drivers aligns well with a recent industry development, the rise of corporate law department legal operations professionals...

As a result, many corporate legal departments are investing in legal operations, and this field has grown from a handful of individuals in 2009 to thousands of professionals today.

As Director of Strategic Consulting for the Counsellink business for nearly two decades, Ms. Satkunas regularly advises corporate legal departments on how they can improve operations in the legal department by making data - driven decisions.

The stated mission according to its website is: «To help legal operations professionals and other core corporate legal industry players (e.g. tech providers, law firms, LPOs, law schools, etc.) optimize the legal service delivery models needed to support the needs of small, medium, and large legal departments.»

The Association of Corporate Counsel reports that almost half of law departments surveyed now have legal operations staff, more than twice the number reported last year.

A new LexisNexis CounselLink study conducted in partnership with the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium (CLOC), indicates corporate legal operations professionals rank financial metrics as most important to the legal deCorporate Legal Operations Consortium (CLOC), indicates corporate legal operations professionals rank financial metrics as most important to the legal decorporate legal operations professionals rank financial metrics as most important to the legal department.

Corporate legal departments are in the midst of a productivity revolution, and legal operations is at the forefront of the in - house efficiency techniques that are driving it.

This means that not only are they aligning legal expertise, technology, and process management within their department (as well as with outside resources as necessary), but they are also aligning legal operations with the corporate enterprise.

Writing in an article in Corporate Counsel last week, Dan Currell, director of client solutions at Novus Law and Aaron Kotok, legal practice leader at CEB, assessed the state of legal department operations.

For corporate legal departments, legal operations professionals have kick - started that evolution.

Having the right tool is important now more than ever because corporate legal departments are also tasked with overall business operations and strategy.

The awards, which recognize forward - thinking individuals within corporate legal and claims departments who have transformed and enhanced their organizations» legal operations, were presented at ELM Solutions» User Conference held this week in Orlando.

Dashboards are an important part of building a strong operations function within your corporate legal department - or establishing a legal operations team.

The Corporate Legal Operations Consortium's Third Annual CLOC Institute in Las Vegas this week saw the number of attendees almost double from last year's event, an indication of growth and relevance of the legal operations function in law departments.

Given the associated improvements in operations and outcomes, an ELM system represents the soundest possible investment for any medium to large corporate legal department.

I also had the privilege of producing a report about legal operations within corporate law departments during the summer of 2015.

George and Imme are quick to point out the gap in the market for corporates that service very small departments (in my case at Xerox Canada, there were 4 lawyers servicing a $ 1B revenue operation).

BENEFITS: • Improves control over law firm bill review process, including ability to identify trends and gain deeper visibility into law firm spending • Achieves 100 % paperless billing process with law firms, which supports corporate objective of environmental sustainability in business operations • Enables easy collaboration with colleagues inside the company, regardless of where they are located and whether they are travelling • Standardized coding and processing of law firm invoices produces tremendous efficiency gains for legal department • Robust reporting tools allow quick analysis of monthly legal budget across practice areas, easy tracking of matters and more precise assessment of spending by law firm

[1] Corporate legal departments are creating new positions and allocating resources to various legal operations functions, which may include legal spend management, legal project management, and data analytics among others.

It's a fair analogy, as legal operations professionals gain more power in corporate legal departments around the world.

Matt leads Elevate's Legal Business Solutions and US consulting practice focused on design, development and delivery of practical solutions to help corporate law departments and government agencies manage their legal operations and reduce legal spend, and help law firms improve profitability through use of value - based pricing (AFAs) and project management.

As the legal operations landscape grows more complex, corporate legal departments are increasingly turning to law firms for additional expertise and services.

We help law department operations leaders to re-engineer their service models based on lean corporate business practices, improved technology and workflow management, and data - driven decision - making.

Susan Hackett's position as the general counsel of ACC for more than two decades provided her with unparalleled exposure to and familiarity with the widest variety of issues and corporate legal practice settings imaginable: she's worked with and learned from large global legal teams, solo and small legal departments, CLOs and operations leaders from every industry and jurisdiction.

Elevate, a global legal services provider for corporate legal departments and law firms, provides NetApp with legal operations consulting and managed legal support services in a relationship that the ACC described as «a game changer» for NetApp.

Depending on the size of the corporation and the complexity of its operations, corporate legal departments may consist of several sub-departments that focus on a particular legal specialty.

A byproduct of that mindset is legal operations teams that are now an integral part of many corporate legal departments.

As Director of Strategic Consulting at LexisNexis, Kris leads the team's efforts to advise corporate legal department managers on improving operations with data driven decisions.

We discussed the genesis of the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium, why legal operations principles have become so important in modern law department management, what attendees at the 2017 CLOC Institute can expect, how CLOC is evolving, and where the field of legal operations is headed.

To help legal operations professionals and other core corporate legal industry players (e.g. tech providers, law firms, LPO's, law schools, etc.) optimize the legal service delivery models needed to support the needs of small, medium and large legal departments.

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The rise of the corporate legal operations professional in corporate legal departments has increased in popularity over the past two years and is set to continue going forward.

More than ever, corporate legal and compliance departments, insurance carriers, and law firms understand the value that technology can bring to their operations.