Legal Operations

PMI Slips in Q4 as Productivity Softens and Demand Growth Is Offset by Other Shortcomings

Through the first three quarters of 2018, the large law firm market enjoyed average growth in demand, rates, and productivity. The fourth quarter, however, was…

Joe Blackwood February 12, 2019

Law Firm Rate Setting (Part 2): Hard-Learned Lessons

In Part 1 of this series, we looked at lessons around law firm rate setting that the top-performing firms in our recent Dynamic Law Firm Study had…

Bill Josten November 29, 2018

General Counsel Q&A: Law Firms Must “Shoulder the Problem” and Not Be Defensive in Their Guidance, Says Kevin M. Connor of AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc.

Kevin M. Connor, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., recently spoke with Thomson Reuters’ Practical Law The Journal: Transactions…

Legal Executive Institute October 31, 2018

The 17th Annual Law Firm COO & CFO Forum Preview: How the Clients’ Voice is Driving Change

“Nothing is so powerful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.” —    Victor Frankenstein Thus, in melancholic tone, muses Victor Frankenstein, the…

Legal Executive Institute October 16, 2018

LDO Forum Preview: In-House Departments Examine Ways to Improve Legal Operations Processes

Corporate legal departments face increasing cost pressures as their volume of legal work continues to grow despite plateauing departmental budgets. As a solution, more legal…

Legal Executive Institute September 21, 2018

New Report Shows How Corporate Law Departments in Hong Kong Are Dealing with Asian Market Growth & Regulatory Pressure

Corporate law departments in Hong Kong are dealing with increasing work-flow due mostly to the strong growth in many Asian markets and more international activity.…

Legal Executive Institute September 17, 2018

“Descend, Bold Traveler…”: Previewing the 2018 Emerging Legal Technology Forum

“Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to…

Nicholas Giannini July 30, 2018

Are Luddite Judges Really a Problem?

In April, many tech writers were enraged to learn that the US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit had sentenced a man to 15…

Tad Simons July 17, 2018

Taking the Temperature on Culture: A Fluid Exchange of Banking & Behavioural Science

LONDON — Culture is at the top of the agenda for many financial institutions — particularly with regard to risk. And this comes at a time…

David Curran July 16, 2018

UPFRONT & PERSONAL: A Talk with Steve Harmon, Deputy General Counsel at Cisco Systems

We continue our monthly feature, “Upfront & Personal”, a column created by Rose Ors that brings “the person behind the title” to the forefront in…

Rose D. Ors July 16, 2018

The Value of Consistency: RPL = Volume + Value (Part 2)

This is the second installment in this series of blog posts, in which we will use Peer Monitor data to examine the characteristics of firms…

Justin Hines July 10, 2018

General Counsel Q&A: Law Firms Need to “Think and Act Like Entrepreneurs,” Says Mark A. Smolik of DHL Supply Chain Americas

Mark A. Smolik, Chief Legal & Compliance Officer of DHL Supply Chain Americas, recently spoke with Thomson Reuters’ Practical Law The Journal: Transactions & Business…

Legal Executive Institute July 03, 2018