Sentences with phrase «house counsel saw»

While some in - house counsel saw benefits in using AI — particularly reducing time and saving costs — they were only a minority of the survey's respondents.

In today's world, the management of information is key and in - house counsel sees value in the culling of information done by outside parties presenting information to clients in a usable format.

As Wilkins astutely points out, the next generation of in - house counsel see their fellow corporate executives — the business unit leaders that comprise the law department's internal clients — as their peer group.

Not exact matches

Andrew Wright, a professor at Savannah Law School who was an associate in the White House counsel's office under President Barack Obama, said he was «glad to see the Trump administration acknowledging the legitimacy of the findings of our intelligence community and the Mueller grand jury: that Russians illegally interfered with our elections.»

2 Samuel 17:23 — And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled [his] ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.

«What we're seeing today is Republican members of the House putting on masterpiece political theater, in spite of real facts and in complete disregard for the health of the people of Appalachia,» said Joan Mulhern, senior legislative counsel at Earthjustice.

I was particularly curious to see just how frequently in - house counsel used the three.

He sees it as being the No. 1 skill of in - house counsel who are looking at keeping their feet under them as they navigate the shifting sands of cybersecurity and ever - adapting legislation.

I see, thanks to Howard Bashman, that there are now at least two places online suggesting that White House Counsel Harriet Miers withdraw her nomination to the Supreme Court.

That litigation may have softened in recent months is evident on another front in the Fulbright survey: only 22 % of in - house counsel said they expect to see the number of legal disputes their companies face increase over the next 12 months; a year ago, 33 % said they were anticipating a rise in lawsuits involving their company.

In - house counsel are also making far greater use of legal process outsourcing (see below).

In fact, it seems that lawyers have grown so dependent on rules that, apparently, Reebok's former general counsel, Jack Douglass, saw the need to create Reebok Rules for Lawyers, which guides in - house counsel on how to deal with their corporate clients.

«It is great to see the breadth of analytics applications increasing dramatically year - over-year among in - house counsel looking to apply more process efficiencies and cost savings to their legal operations.

But it's rare to see a case that raises this issue where outside, independent, private lawyers — and not in - house counsel — provided the relevant advice.

See, In - House Counsel Should Make Outside Litigation Counsel Feel Safe and 7 Reasons In - House Counsel Should Want a Mock Trial and Introducing a New Litigation Consulting Service: the Micro-Mock ™.

In - house counsel can now log in and can see what's happening across their cases at any time.»

The new chairman of the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association says he is looking ahead to a year that will see the organization move on from the controversy of early 2011 to provide improved services to in - house counsel across the cCounsel Association says he is looking ahead to a year that will see the organization move on from the controversy of early 2011 to provide improved services to in - house counsel across the ccounsel across the country.

(See Professor Eric Goldman's excellent post on the recent Ninth Circuit decision /» hairball» that is Fair Housing Counsel v. Roommates.com.)

An in - house lawyer can scan the database to find which counsel have acted on similar matters and see their win rate.

Lee Ranson, managing partner at Eversheds, said: «The global financial crisis brought in - house counsel to centre stage in many organisations, and as a result we're seeing an «Americanisation» of the GC role, with in - house teams expected to offer overall strategic advice at the right hand of the CEO.

You'd want to consider that the Supreme Court of the Netherlands ruled (see here and here)-- after the Akzos case — that legal privilege does in fact generally exist for in - house counsel under Dutch law.

They saw how we manage our business, from the management of instructions, through triage, case management, to analytics and the underlying data, and they said that they would like to replicate and tailor our model to their own in - house counsel functions.

See In - House Counsel Should Make Outside Litigation Counsel Feel Safe

There's a lot of talk about it, without a whole lot of talking to actual in house counsel and outside lawyers about what they're seeing about it.

[20:34] To Ari's point, it really is bringing corporate counsel and outside counsel back together, because what we see is small teams of expert attorneys — whether it's a subject matter expert, in - house counsel, and a litigation expert outside counsel, those are the teams of individuals.

Yet another proffered reason: these firms are doing new and innovative things, and it's finally paying off (although, as we will see in a moment, many in - house counsel pour cold water on this one).

«Relativity Assisted Review allows us to deliver detailed statistics that prove the efficacy of the technology and process, making it easy for in - house and outside counsel to see the value.

Standing in the way of change, beyond veiled profit motives, seems to be simple inertia, with 51 per cent of in - house lawyers reporting no difference in the quality of work under AFAs, while external counsel see little profit motive for adapting.

I see a future environment where Firms will buy or build different in - house AI engines, and clients will measure their legal counsel by how easy that engine is to deal with.

CAMPBELL: The difficulty in talking about the big cases, I look at the little cases, and part of my concern is that where you may see some of the court decisions that become problematic for the areas in which you are involved because, think of the companies, and they may be reasonable size but not huge, that don't have an in - house IT person, don't have an in - house counsel and maybe cloud computing for servers, and they have got a major piece of litigation and they don't have a policy.

Obviously, in - house counsel asking you to test some arcane point of law might see language different from a business client seeking guidance on a transactional matter.

The nomination of White House Counsel Harriet Miers (see the LA Times» factsheet for more on her background) is raising more than just eyebrows from fans and foes alike.

We want to know, for example, what are the top three things in - house counsel would want to see this transition year program address.»

On the upside, this was the first year I heard in - house counsel tell me they are seeing law firms making real efforts to do business differently.

We as in - house counsel especially understand the value and importance of such principles, so I do not expect that there will be as much opposition from this segment of the bar as we have seen from the private practice bar.

With a significant international client base, especially in the technology and consumer products sectors, Valerie sees her role as bridging the gap between in - house counsel and a traditional external law firm — by thinking more like her clients, and not just as an outside lawyer.

As you'll see from his bio, MacEwen's a nimble JD / MBA who has applied his left - and right - brain abilities to everything from dot - com CEO to in - house counsel on Wall Street.

You see, outside litigation counsel really want to please in - house counsel.

We've seen some success in helping Israeli law firms and in - house counsel choose the right legaltech solutions and adopt them; but there is still lots of room for improvement!

Our in - house practice has seen steady recent growth and covers search mandates at a senior level, from sole in - house counsel to general counsel and chief compliance officers.

Or not — one of the reasons I'd like to see the police involved in a case like this is that they have at least some expertise in dealing with these fact patterns — I don't imagine this is something that your typicaly in - house counsel or labour lawyer deals with on a regular basis).

He saw in - house counsel as isolated from their peers at other companies and believed they would benefit from a networking forum.

[4] You will see that the results of surveys of in - house counsel presented in Chapter 2 will serve as strong reminders that the tension created by the way legal services are billed continues today.

The law firms who believe in - house counsel want to see them with marble tables and cappuccinos made to order are really fooling themselves,» said Veta Richardson, president and CEO of the Association of Corporate Ccounsel want to see them with marble tables and cappuccinos made to order are really fooling themselves,» said Veta Richardson, president and CEO of the Association of Corporate CounselCounsel.

First, how incredible it is to see a room so full of capable, knowledgeable and accomplished external counsel, in - house counsel and other leaders of industry who are no longer actively practising law.

As the role and influence of in - house counsel grows, the role is moving beyond being seen as an in - house lawyer toward being seen as the guardian of the company's short - and long - term sustainability.

The pro bono program saw in - house counsel help foster families complete necessary paperwork to finalize the adoptions.

But, law firm partners are often pleased to see their associates accept in - house counsel roles with their clients as a means to enhance the client relationship.

[14] See, e.g., Wultz, 304 F.R.D. 384 (finding that communications with Chinese in - house counsel who are not required to be licensed to practise law were not privileged even where the company had retained outside counsel because there was no evidence that any external US counsel actually directed or was otherwise consulted for legal advice regarding the investigation).

The Investment Management sector has seen some interesting activity in the last six months and an uptick in movement of senior in - house legal counsel.