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Cybersecurity & Regulatory Concerns Cited as Corporate Legal Departments Strive for Efficiency, According to New Thomson Reuters Survey

Corporate legal departments, already stretched by limited resources, are confronting new, as well as traditional, challenges, according to the 2018 Thomson Reuters Corporate Legal Department…

Legal Executive Institute September 25, 2018

Automotive Industry Forum Preview: As the Auto Industry Transforms, It Grapples with Issues of Cybersecurity, IP & Connectivity

The American automotive industry in no longer making your father’s Oldsmobile — not by a long shot. Today, pushed by evolving consumer behaviors, transformative technologies,…

Gregg Wirth September 24, 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

Making Time for Compliance and Risk Management: A Perspective from Thomson Reuters’ Assistant GC Jamila Jean

Let’s say that you’re a busy executive, and there’s an upcoming appointment on your calendar to talk about risk and compliance issues. There’s a decent chance that…

Legal Executive Institute September 20, 2018

View from Canada: The Silent, Hidden Struggle in our Profession

As I sit here on my way to Montreal, I see that Sept. 10 is national suicide prevention day. It occurred to me that in…

Fernando Garcia September 20, 2018

Risk Management in the Cryptosphere: A Talk with Gibson Dunn’s Judith Alison Lee

Cryptocurrencies and its underlying blockchain technology is upending the traditional paradigm for financial institutions and regulators around risk management. This disruption includes unique challenges around identity…

Joseph Raczynski September 18, 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

The Benefits of Researching a Potential Defendant Ahead of Time (Part 2)

In the first part of this article, we discussed how a defendant’s prior criminal record could be searched and discovered before the case goes forward;…

Jeremy Byellin September 13, 2018

Law Firms Looking to Chief Strategy Officer Role to Engage Clients, Boost Business

Law firms are increasingly looking at a traditionally non-legal role — that of the chief strategy officer (CSO) — to help them better engage clients,…

Legal Executive Institute September 12, 2018

Two Surprises and a Story — The 2018 Midyear Report

At last check in January, the slow-moving transformation of legal services was accelerating. Demand growth for the average law firm was coming off another stagnant…

Justin Hines September 12, 2018

Gaveling the Glass Ceiling: Continuing to Transform Women’s Leadership in the Law

As I assume my new role as the executive sponsor for the Transforming Women’s Leadership in the Law (TWLL) initiative at Thomson Reuters, I want to take…

Deirdre Stanley September 11, 2018

An Indian Woman’s Perspective: Opportunities Abound for Careers in New Legal Services

The Legal Executive Institute is excited to feature Heena Bhambhlani, Director & Mumbai Head of Litigation Solutions at Thomson Reuters’ Legal Managed Services (formerly Pangea3).…

Legal Executive Institute September 07, 2018