Leading Law Departments
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For security, provide WFH lawyers with company laptops. BYOD takes a backseat to corporate security. 'Tracking physical inventory: In the current situation, it is more important than before for the companies to issue at least a laptop (and other smart devices as necessary) to every employee and requiring all employees to perform any remote work using a company-issued device only.'
Click here for the full text from Fox Rothschild's Roshni Ghosh.
Lawyers see themselves as more artists than scientists. One view of why law department lawyers resist tracking numbers. '[T]he biggest reason is a belief within the legal department that they do work of a special nature incapable of being expressed in numbers and even if it can be, the effort involved in capturing the data doesn't justify the results.'
Click here for the full text from PwC Law (Australia).
A thoughtful view on the slow adoption of AI to the law practice. 'But many law firms that counted on AI to raise their innovation initiatives to the next level have seen little or no return on their investments. Why is that?
Some commentators claim AI adoption has been slow because lawyers view the technology as a threat to their billable hours. I don't believe that's true. In my experience, lawyers will happily adopt a new technology that meets four criteria:
1. It addresses an important problem;
2. It presents an effective solution to that problem;
3. It fits into the lawyer's overall workflow; and
4. It's affordable.
Sadly, most legal AI applications [exceptions noted for e-discovery and contract management] fail to meet at least one of these criteria.'
Click here for the full text from O'Melveny & Meyers' Jeff Rovner.
An IP insights company emerges in the pandemic. Brainbase, a new entrant in the field of IP management software, sounds impressive from this article. Along with dashboards, it describes itself as offering 'analytical tools for comparing IP asset performance by property, territory, partner, category and distribution channel; automated invoice generation and contract management; and artificial intelligence tools to identify potential opportunities for exploiting IP.' The image of a dashboard appears here.
Click here for the full text from Today's General Counsel.
Two players in the project management space. A piece by SimpleLegal explains four basic kinds of software law departments should consider. The fourth addresses project management. 'Legal needs to collaborate with nearly every other department in their organization. Sometimes this is ongoing; other times, it's project-based. Tracking tasks is critically important to being a good internal service provider.' Later, the piece adds 'Many legal teams turned to established task management systems such as Trello and Asana to minimize paper memos and improve cross-departmental collaboration.'
Click here for the full text from SimpleLegal's Nathan Wenzel.
Among the findings from the latest CounselLink report, what struck me were the modest effective billing rates by practice area. The image conveys much of the data for partners, associates and paralegals, but the report also adds an insightful 'volatility' metric.
Click here to download the full report.
Pace hasn't slowed during the pandemic. 'A survey by LOD (Lawyers on Demand) of 383 inhouse legal and compliance professionals from over 250 companies found that 59% believed the Covid-19 crisis has increased their workload, despite the economic slowdown and drop in business activity across many sectors. Of this group, 65% said they were finding it difficult to 'predict how long their workload will remain at this elevated level'.'
Click here for the full text from Lawyers on Demand.
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Top News
- Protecting IP Assets In A Remote Work World Inhouse Blog, July 24, 2020
- Metrics Matter: Defending the Value of Your Law Department Corporate Counsel Business Journal: Blog, July 23, 2020
- Artificial intelligence: Minding the gap between hype & performance Legal Executive Institute: Blog, July 23, 2020
- How OCR Tools Work for Contract Management Linksquares Blog, July 23, 2020
- Wunderkind Disrupting IP Management Today's General Counsel: Career, July 21, 2020
- 4 In-House Tools Every Legal Team Needs (With Data-Backed Examples) SimpleLegal Blog, July 20, 2020
- Law Firm Discounting and AFAs on the Rise Corporate Counsel Business Journal: Blog, July 20, 2020
- Inhouse Workloads Increasing Due To Crisis Inhouse Blog, July 20, 2020
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- Artificial intelligence: Minding the gap between hype and performance PinHawk Librarian News - John DiGilio, Constance Ard, July 24, 2020
- Thomson Reuters Quietly Unveils Premium Legal News Service, But Is More To Come? PinHawk Librarian News - John DiGilio, Constance Ard, July 24, 2020
- BOL: Payroll Tax Cuts as Stimulus? PinHawk Legal Admin - Bill Lipner, July 23, 2020
- RFPs PinHawk Law Firm Marketing - Joe Lamport, July 23, 2020
- Fee Pressure PinHawk Law Firm Marketing - Joe Lamport, July 23, 2020
- Fee Extraction PinHawk Law Firm Marketing - Joe Lamport, July 23, 2020
- Too much PinHawk Law Technology - Jeff Brandt, July 23, 2020
- Weaponizing data PinHawk Law Technology - Jeff Brandt, July 23, 2020
- Admit it. PinHawk Law Technology - Jeff Brandt, July 23, 2020
- Packed Wednesday: focus on the courts PinHawk Librarian News - John DiGilio, Constance Ard, July 23, 2020
- BOL: Getting Lawyers Organized PinHawk Legal Admin - Bill Lipner, July 22, 2020
- Antipatterns PinHawk Law Technology - Jeff Brandt, July 22, 2020
- When the dumpster is on fire, everything burns PinHawk Law Technology - Jeff Brandt, July 22, 2020
- Leadership PinHawk Legal Admin - Bill Lipner, July 21, 2020
- Electronically stored information PinHawk Law Technology - Jeff Brandt, July 21, 2020
- The debate is real. Is there a real answer? PinHawk Law Technology - Jeff Brandt, July 21, 2020
- Virtual trials = better trials? PinHawk Law Technology - Jeff Brandt, July 21, 2020
- BOL: RFPs are Back PinHawk Legal Admin - Bill Lipner, July 20, 2020
- BOL: Adaptability PinHawk Legal Admin - Bill Lipner, July 20, 2020
- At Ropes and Gray, TikTok’s time is up PinHawk Law Technology - Jeff Brandt, July 20, 2020
- You can’t do it PinHawk Law Technology - Jeff Brandt, July 20, 2020
- Let’s start with something simpler like IE PinHawk Law Technology - Jeff Brandt, July 20, 2020
- Pitfalls 3 PinHawk Law Technology - Jeff Brandt, July 20, 2020
- A good post PinHawk Law Technology - Jeff Brandt, July 20, 2020
- The Increasingly Essential Role of the Law Librarian PinHawk Librarian News - John DiGilio, Constance Ard, July 20, 2020
- Cadwalader Cabinet Gets FullText Case Law with FastCase PinHawk Librarian News - John DiGilio, Constance Ard, July 20, 2020
- Recharge and rebalance PinHawk Law Technology - Jeff Brandt, July 20, 2020
- The Sticky Service Challenge for Law Libraries PinHawk Librarian News - John DiGilio, Constance Ard, July 20, 2020
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Coronavirus
- Billions at Stake? MDL Panel to Hear Arguments on COVID-19 Business-Interruption Insurance Claims Law.com: In-House Weekly, July 24, 2020
- COVID-19 Pandemic Makes Estate Planning an Urgent Priority for Many Clients Law.com: In-House Weekly, July 24, 2020
- Judge Halts Asbestos Trial, Citing 'Frightening Frequency' of COVID-19 Cases Law.com: In-House Weekly, July 24, 2020
- Judge Halts Asbestos Trial, Citing 'Frightening Frequency' of COVID-19 Cases Law.com: In-House Weekly, July 24, 2020
- Another Wave of Australian Capital Raisings Coming as COVID-19 Fallout Continues Law.com: In-House Weekly, July 23, 2020
- How Bar Exam Uncertainty Impacts Law Firms; Some Firms Reverse Coronavirus Cuts; The Fight Over Curbing COVID Liability: The Morning Minute Law.com: In-House Weekly, July 23, 2020
- Working With Coronavirus: How In-House Leaders Cope With More Pressure, Few Resources Law.com: In-House Weekly, July 23, 2020
- COVID-19 Classes Patently-O - Dennis Crouch, July 23, 2020
- Case Study: How ECM Agility Helped Overcome the Impacts of COVID-19 Mitratech: Press Releases, July 23, 2020
- Inside Track: COVID-19 Adds Pressure to Legal Departments Already Working 'More with Less' Law.com: In-House Weekly, July 22, 2020
- Political Battle Lines Form Over COVID-19 Liability Shield for Businesses Plus: How the Roundup Damages Reduction Boosts Claimants Law.com: In-House Weekly, July 22, 2020
- COVID Can't Keep Law Firms Out of California; Lobbying Booms in Q2; Best Practices for Virtual Arguments: The Morning Minute Law.com: In-House Weekly, July 22, 2020
- Compliance Hot Spots: Covid-19 Era Lobbying | Leadership at DC's U.S. Attorney Office in Focus | SBA and Transparency | Who Got the Work | Skadden Grows CFIUS Team Law.com: In-House Weekly, July 22, 2020
- Covid-19: Accelerating “ESG” Focus for Credit Ratings CorporateCounsel.net Blog, July 22, 2020
- New Federal and State COVID-19 Legislation: A Q&A From the Plaintiff and Defense Perspective Inside Counsel, July 21, 2020
- The COVID-19 Fallout: Slow Growth, Fee Evaluations, Tech Investments and More Law.com: In-House Weekly, July 20, 2020
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In the News
- Products and Applications Duff and Phelps: Publications, July 25, 2020
- Dave & Marty: The “Fond Farewell” Episodes, Part 1 CorporateCounsel.net Blog, July 24, 2020
- The rising profile of the Corporate Security Executive Legal Executive Institute: Blog, July 24, 2020
- Here Are the Reports Your CFO Wants to See From The Legal Department Brightflag: Insights, July 24, 2020
- So Far, a Narrow View of the Pandemic as a Force Majeure Event Inside Counsel, July 24, 2020
- Proxy Advisors: SEC Amends Proxy Rules to Address Voting Advice! CorporateCounsel.net Blog, July 23, 2020
- Artificial intelligence: Minding the gap between hype & performance Legal Executive Institute: Blog, July 23, 2020
- Covid-19: Accelerating “ESG” Focus for Credit Ratings CorporateCounsel.net Blog, July 22, 2020
- A Look at Client-Side AI-Powered Legal Spend Analytics Tools Prism Legal, July 22, 2020
- Pearson Recognized by the Association of Corporate Counsel for Legal Transformation with Partners Onit and Morae Morae Global, July 22, 2020
- The current status of the (virtual) courts Legal Executive Institute: Blog, July 22, 2020
- Law, life & passion at the core of one midsize law firm’s culture & philosophy Legal Executive Institute: Blog, July 21, 2020
- Important Updates on the 2020 Women, Influence & Power in Law Conference Inside Counsel, July 21, 2020
- “Stakeholder” Governance: Ideals vs. Data CorporateCounsel.net Blog, July 21, 2020
- Ten Things: An Index to All the Posts (November 2014 to June 2020) Sterling Miller, July 21, 2020
- New Federal and State COVID-19 Legislation: A Q&A From the Plaintiff and Defense Perspective Inside Counsel, July 21, 2020
- A Freedom within a Framework Approach to Solving for Global Privacy Compliance Morae Global, July 20, 2020
- App development platforms as a legal service offering Legal Executive Institute: Blog, July 20, 2020
- What a “Stakeholder” Board Could Look Like CorporateCounsel.net Blog, July 20, 2020
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In the News
- Axiom doubles down on customer-centric business, financial, and tech leadership Axiom Law, July 24, 2020
- Maybe Computers Don’t Know What Fair Use Is Either Today's General Counsel: Career, July 24, 2020
- Security Service Hacked, Companies In The Dark Today's General Counsel: Career, July 24, 2020
- “Influencer” Cop in LA Sued By Daughter Of Man She Shot Today's General Counsel: Career, July 23, 2020
- Cybersecurity Legislation Introduced Today's General Counsel: Career, July 23, 2020
- Nobody Likes Rachel Today's General Counsel: Career, July 21, 2020
- Wunderkind Disrupting IP Management Today's General Counsel: Career, July 21, 2020
- More Lawsuits Hit Tech Giants Under Illinois’ Strict Privacy Law Today's General Counsel: Career, July 20, 2020
- Vet That Investor Today's General Counsel: Career, July 20, 2020
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In the News
- Case Study: How ECM Agility Helped Overcome the Impacts of COVID-19 Mitratech: Press Releases, July 23, 2020
- Optimizing Customer Experiences & Technology ROI in Insurance (and Elsewhere) Mitratech: Press Releases, July 22, 2020
- Webinar: 5 Top Ways to Future-Proof Your Legal Technology Stack Mitratech: Press Releases, July 22, 2020
- More Tasks, Fewer Resources Impact Corporate Law Buying Legal Council, July 20, 2020
- Webinar: Getting the Most Out of eCounsel and Mitratech Mitratech: Press Releases, July 20, 2020
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In the News
- How Technology Shrinks Our Fictional Divide and Fosters Positive Change Parley Pro Blog, July 25, 2020
- Parley Pro Welcomes Travis! Parley Pro Blog, July 24, 2020
- Sovereign Immunity for the Involuntary State Plaintiff; But Infringement Lawsuit Continues Without the Patent Owner Patently-O - Dennis Crouch, July 24, 2020
- New Article “Avoiding Responsibility: The Case for Amending the Duty to Disclose Prior Art in Patent Law” Patently-O - Dennis Crouch, July 24, 2020
- COVID-19 Classes Patently-O - Dennis Crouch, July 23, 2020
- Friday Funnies: Exterro's Meme Series - Ready for DSARs Edition Exterro Blog, July 23, 2020
- Agiloft Partner Periscope Holdings Inks Deal with the State of Arkansas Agiloft Blog, July 23, 2020
- Sanctions against the Attorney Patently-O - Dennis Crouch, July 23, 2020
- How OCR Tools Work for Contract Management Linksquares Blog, July 23, 2020
- Hot Pocket or Hot Potato?: Parallel Infringement + Antitrust Lawsuits Patently-O - Dennis Crouch, July 22, 2020
- Federal Circuit: Amended Claims in IPR Should be Subject to Full Examination (Including 101) Patently-O - Dennis Crouch, July 22, 2020
- 2020 Update on U.S. Women Inventor-Patentees Patently-O - Dennis Crouch, July 21, 2020
- doeLEGAL – A NetCrunch Success Story doe Legal, July 21, 2020
- Reconsidering DESCRIPTIVE.COM trademark registrations after BOOKING.COM Patently-O - Dennis Crouch, July 21, 2020
- Piecing Together the eDiscovery “Puzzle” is More Challenging Than Ever: Part 3 Exterro Blog, July 21, 2020
- Women in Technology Series – Featuring Amy Nelson Consilio, July 21, 2020
- Enabling Data Privacy Berkeley Research Group: News, July 20, 2020
- Flash-of-Genius as Evidence of Eligibility Patently-O - Dennis Crouch, July 20, 2020
- How Much Time is Bad Contract Management Software Costing You? Linksquares Blog, July 20, 2020
- Got a CLM Hangover? Malbek Blog, July 20, 2020
- Arthrex Remands: Treat or Trick? Patently-O - Dennis Crouch, July 19, 2020
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