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In recent years there has been a noticeable shift in the legal community from hesitation around using emerging technologies to embracing modern tools that can optimize process and improve cost management. Legal teams that were once set in their...

The increasing sophistication of analytics tools available to lawyers coupled with the skills of the outsourced team containing technologists and lawyers raises the question of whether focusing on the review of “documents” still makes sense. In...

The talent war remains strong in the legal industry as many lawyers are making career choices through a different lens. Over the past few years, there has been a shift to prioritizing work-life balance and an organization’s value-driven...

Currencies have evolved since the introduction of global blockchain technology twenty years ago. Blockchain is a complex technology that powers the creation of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and facilitates other digital distributed ledger...

Contract management has been giving the legal industry headaches for years. Many legal teams struggle with managing or analyzing contracts effectively – partly because of the volume to sort through but also because of the lack of proper processes...

Yet another international data transfer update recently materialized. On October 7, President Biden signed an executive order directing the steps to implement a new data privacy framework. This would apply to the flow of personal information...

The term “risk” gets tossed around constantly in the corporate world. But who is responsible for defining and managing risk? This answer is not black and white, as risk type and appetite will look different for every organization. What should be a...

As Chief IP Counsel and in-house legal teams contend with the increasing pressures facing their organizations in the wake of COVID-19, there is an urgent need to rethink legal operations. While the move to digitize and automate the legal function...

The world of eDiscovery is constantly evolving in the face of new tech trends and legal innovation. This often introduces new collection, preservation, and production challenges that require further analysis and updated best practices. It is...

A key component of IP operational maturity that we have been describing in this series is the recognition of the vital role data plays in operational success. Today’s business environment demands high performance while consistently reducing costs....