Heard about effectiveness and efficiency in the context
of corporate law departments recently?
In the last several years, pretty much every survey out there — including CLOC's own 2018 State
of Corporate Law Departments survey (with Thomson Reuters and Acritas)-- has shown a pretty dramatic increase in law department hiring, salaries, and size of department relative to the size of the company for the last several years.
«We can't forget that in Canada, compared to the United States, 50 per cent
of corporate law departments have fewer than five lawyers.
Previously, Miriam conducted senior level searches on behalf
of corporate law departments in a wide range of industries, all over the country.
Sixty - five percent
of corporate law departments have a formal review process for evaluating law firms and 60 % conduct such reviews on an annual basis.
Other interesting results from the survey indicated that 27 %
of corporate law departments have also reduced their in - house lawyer staff so far in 2009, and another 9 % consider it «likely» or «possible» that they will do so in the remainder of the year.
Based on our years of experience working with hundreds
of corporate law departments to establish effective processes for matter management, budgeting and analytics, it's clear that those willing to invest the time, energy and oversight required to succeed consider the effort worthwhile.
A discussion about KM drivers aligns well with a recent industry development, the rise
of corporate law department legal operations professionals...
Not exact matches
Forty - four major
law firms and 55
corporate legal
departments are teaming up to boost diversity in the legal profession by drawing on two inspirational figures: the late Dan Rooney, beloved owner
of the Pittsburgh Steelers, and Arabella Mansfield, a 19th century women's rights activist who became the first American woman admitted into the legal profession in 1869.
«But many companies are deploying robots in an unreflected manner, without knowing beforehand what these changes mean for either employees,
corporate culture, or customer relationships,» Professor Ruth Stock - Homburg, Institute
of Marketing & Human Resource Management,
Department of Law and Economics
of TU Darmstadt, warns.
I asked Howard Gardner, the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor
of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School
of Education, and Alan Behr, a partner at the Phillips Nizer
law firm and a member of its Corporate & Business Law Department and Intellectual Property Practice, to share their perspectiv
law firm and a member
of its
Corporate & Business
Law Department and Intellectual Property Practice, to share their perspectiv
Law Department and Intellectual Property Practice, to share their perspectives.
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Upon graduation from the University
of Wisconsin
Law School, Mr. Stout moved to New York and became an associate in the
corporate department of a large wall street firm.
Under PM's Vice President
of Corporate Affairs Ellen Merlo, the
department was responsible for the formation
of the smokers rights front group the National Smokers Alliance, a fake «grassroots» group set up to protest public smoking
laws, cigarette tax increases and other public health measures.
At ALEC's coal - sponsored meeting, where state legislators and
corporate representatives meet to create template state
laws ranging from attacks on clean energy to privatization
of public schools, Indiana's Commissioner
of the
Department of Environmental Management Tom Easterly laid out a plan to stall the US EPA global warming action in a power point clearly addressed to coal industry representatives at ALEC's meeting.
He headed the legal technology
department at Microsoft for many years, driving innovation and efficiency into one
of the world's largest
corporate law departments.
Chief legal officers and
corporate law department leaders appeared more eager than their
law firm counterparts to divulge compensation data this year, with 117
of them participating in the survey.
The notable ones added this year included Australia's leading
corporate & IP
law firm Mitry Lawyers, and Attorney General's
Department (AGD)
of Australia.
Indicative, too,
of the somewhat mercurial state
of the profession, the survey shows only 45 per cent
of law firm respondents plan to increase their associates» salaries in 2013, whereas 77 per cent
of corporate legal
departments say they will bump up their lawyers» earnings.
The positivity will soon be felt in
corporate law departments as well, with 77 per cent
of the 117 chief legal officers and
corporate law department heads that responded reporting plans to raise their lawyers» average salaries next year.
Corporate legal
departments also generally offer greater benefits and perks than
law firm respondents, although that may be a reflection more
of the size
of an organization than
of anything else as smaller
law firms don't tend to offer many perks or extensive benefits.
As ISP's and
corporate IT
departments employ more sophisticated filtering tools to block spam and other unwanted email from reaching the inboxes
of their employees, the risk increases that your
law firm's own legitimate email alerts and newsletters will be blocked and won't reach your clients.
Before joining Catalyst, Willis was director
of product development at DiscoverReady, where he worked closely with
corporate legal
departments and
law firms to build solutions to meet their discovery and other data management needs.
Since starting her firm in 1998, Ellen has coached many hundreds
of attorneys throughout the world at all levels
of experience and seniority in
law firms,
corporate legal
departments, government, not - for - profits and the judiciary.
These initiatives have the potential to materially improve the billing customer service experience that
law firms deliver to their
corporate legal
department clients, i.e., eliminate billing surprises to clients, which is a personal mission
of mine!
Whether as part
of a large
law firm practice or in
corporate legal
departments, each
of us has worked in depth with the issues relating to life insurance, annuities, property and casualty, life settlements and premium finance, financial guaranty, title and healthcare lines.
Prior to the official start
of LegalTech New York 2015 this morning, a few dozen legal professionals from large
corporate law departments and major
law firms gathered at the «LTNY 2015 Kick - Off Breakfast» to discuss the keys to success... Read More»
Within
law firms and
corporate law departments, online CLE and training courses have grown in popularity, in part because
of the convenience and accessibility
of online classes.
MCC: What are some
of the solutions that Neota Logic is offering or has recently developed for
corporate law departments?
Solliday
Law represents clients on a variety
of tax issues, including analysis
of individual,
corporate and partnership transactions, and matters involving the Internal Revenue Service («IRS») and the Arizona
Department of Revenue.
Prior to joining Russ, August & Kabat, Mr. Clary practiced in the
corporate department of a prominent Bay Area
law firm.
Every major
law firm and
corporate legal
department lives daily under the looming threat
of an imminent cybersecurity crisis.
As legal professionals face the increasingly sophisticated demands
of today's complex legal practices,
Law Firms and
Corporate Legal
Departments are seeking practical and pragmatic technology solutions to be successful.
With the ever increasing footprint
of global
law firms and
corporate in - house
departments, the value
of what an internationally trained lawyer or a globally minded legal professional can bring has never been greater.
In 1992, she had an opportunity to join the in - house
law department of National Medical Enterprises (now Tenet Healthcare Corporation) where she was able to put her
corporate and banking experience to good use within the health care industry.
On October 4th, Bloomberg
Law will host leading
corporate counsel in New York to discuss the role
of the legal
department in company culture.
After
law school, he clerked for Judge Charles R. Wilson on the U.S. Court
of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, and then joined the Mergers and Acquisitions group in the
Corporate Department at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP in New York.
What's the most significant difference between the legal tech needs
of corporate legal
departments and
law firms?
«
Law firms and
corporate legal
departments are hiring selectively — they want the right skills match and the right fit for their work environment,» said Chris Volkert, executive director
of Robert Half Legal.
If you want to look to where real change is going to happen in terms
of the structure and performance
of legal
departments and
law firms in the next five years, consider the work being done at the
Corporate Legal Operations Consortium.
This decision relied substantially on its previous holding in Peoples
Department Stores Inc. (Trustee
of) v. Wise, where the Court emphasized how Canadian
corporate law differed from other jurisdictions,
James Ferguson, partner and head
of family at Boodle Hatfield, whose main
departments are property, private client and tax,
corporate, family and litigation, said: «Emily joins the family team at an exciting time — the demand for high quality, international family
law is growing — and her appointment will further enhance the firm's domestic and international reputation in advising on big ticket and complex family breakdowns.»
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.
More and more, legal technologists are beginning to acknowledge that
corporate legal
departments, not
law firms, are driving adoption
of newer e-discovery practices.
MCC's founder, Al Driver, former General Counsel
of one
of the world's leading retailers, was committed to partnering with the world's leading
corporate law department leaders and outside counsel from elite
law firms to deliver the essential information needed to be a successful general counsel.
Working alongside the Baker Botts London
Corporate department demonstrates Carey Olsen's ability to deliver relevant local law expertise and solutions and the transaction support needed in complex cross-border deals,» said the firm's lead Jersey - based partner Guy Coltman, who is also the head of Carey Olsen's Jersey corpor
Corporate department demonstrates Carey Olsen's ability to deliver relevant local
law expertise and solutions and the transaction support needed in complex cross-border deals,» said the firm's lead Jersey - based partner Guy Coltman, who is also the head
of Carey Olsen's Jersey
corporatecorporate team.
Integreon is unique in having more than a decade
of experience building and supporting a wide range
of review systems for the world's leading
law firms and
corporate legal
departments.
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.
When considering a candidate for an in - house legal counsel position, Chinese corporations tend to seek a wide array
of qualifications, including experience working in an international
law firm, a top Chinese
law firm, or a multinational
corporate department.
Serving
law firms and
corporate legal
departments worldwide since 1999, DSi (formerly Document Solutions, Inc.) is a litigation support services company that provides a wide variety
of eDiscovery and digital forensics services.