Not exact matches
In the first of four videos from the Canadian Lawyer InHouse View 2018 series, sponsored by Fasken, Martha Binks,
general counsel, director of legal
services and assistant corporate secretary of Allstate Insurance Company of Canada discusses the challenges she is dealing with for the year ahead, including growth of the business and regulatory
demands.
At an in - house panel in late October, Nikki Latta, associate
general counsel of Deloitte Canada, agreed there are multiple pressures presented by various regulatory
demands and various disrupters to businesses but said that for Deloitte's legal department the focus is on providing «disruptive
service» — understanding and managing for things no one thought about a year ago.
At present, the bulk of public
services seem to me to be delivered at one of three points in people's involvement with the law:
general public legal information delivered through seminars, workshops and pamphlets to people who are idly grazing for legal information or helping a friend; narrowly - focused legal information, advice and representation delivered to individuals at the moment of crisis, often following separation, a threat to take the children or
service of process; or, detailed, concrete legal information and advice delivered to individuals who are well engaged in a proceeding, usually unrepresented by
counsel, and are seeking details about specific issues, such as making or replying to an application,
demanding or making disclosure or preparing for trial.
His specific practice areas include a virtual corporate or
general counsel service offering, whereby small companies can retain Raketti Law and access corporate and compliance
counsel services on -
demand, instead of engaging permanent in - house
counsel or an expensive full -
service law firm.
Whether you're filling a gap on your in - house team or looking for an outside
general counsel role, IdeaLegal can provide scalable, on -
demand services.
Adoption of LegalTech is gathering pace across a broad spectrum of industries, including legal, and specifically by in - house
general counsels (GC) looking to respond to
demand for quicker, more efficient
services.
I run K Bennett Law LLC and it's a virtual
general counsel law practice that focuses on helping clients protect their brands and grow profitable and sustainable businesses, via subscription and on -
demand services.
Kimberly is an avid traveler, lover of technology, legal industry disruptor and an attorney who runs K Bennett Law LLC, a boutique virtual
general counsel law practice offering on -
demand and subscription operations and legal
services.
As a result, these
general counsel are
demanding better
service, an investment by the law firm in the relationship, assistance to avoid problems rather than to solve them when they arise, and transparency and certainty on pricing.
African Legal Support Facility's (ALSF's) chief legal
counsel Amir Shaikh was named General Counsel of the Year for his efforts in developing ALSF and helping grow demand for its legal services among African gover
counsel Amir Shaikh was named
General Counsel of the Year for his efforts in developing ALSF and helping grow demand for its legal services among African gover
Counsel of the Year for his efforts in developing ALSF and helping grow
demand for its legal
services among African governments.
At InfoTech Inc., provider of Wellness Checkpoint in Winnipeg, a health and productivity risk management
service that allows employers to make better decisions around what to offer their employees in terms of well - being
services, Mike Hicks, chief operating officer and
general counsel, is dealing with the demands of the company's European customers around the pending EU General Data Protection Regu
general counsel, is dealing with the
demands of the company's European customers around the pending EU
General Data Protection Regu
General Data Protection Regulation.
Our Energy and Natural Resources team is well - versed in the needs and
demands of these industries having placed
general counsel and other in - house attorneys across all sectors, including upstream, downstream, midstream,
services and equipment, utilities and alternative companies, and in markets around the world, including the Middle East, Africa, United Kingdom and European Union.
I think it inevitable that when
general counsel of major global businesses benefit from or even hear about new forms of far less costly
service in liberalized regimes, they will surely
demand similar
service in their own countries.