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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...

Most legal teams have explored outsourcing opportunities to some degree over the last decade to help with overflows of administrative work. However, the ability to truly add value and keep the legal team happy goes beyond reducing the...

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.

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....

The first two installments in this series explained the evolution of the Intellectual Property Business Management (IPBM) model, noting that it is not a platform or “collaboration portal,” but rather a paradigm designed from the ground up to...

There has been chatter in Canada for nearly two years about initiating comprehensive legislative reform to the country’s data privacy landscape. The process recently ramped up this June with the introduction of a bill to pass the Digital Charter...

Having described the modern Intellectual Property Business Management (IPBM) model in our prior post, we now focus on a key driver in the shift toward IPBM - the challenge of cultivating and protecting innovation . Nurturing the participation of...