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Legal Operations
News about the emerging art of running a legal department to maximize productivity and minimize costs. Our coverage often features ops innovators and the projects they are tackling.
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AI Helped a Big Insurer in Australia Reduce Legal Costs by $20M
By Trudy Knockless | February 3, 2025
“What if, instead of just sending a case to a law firm and hoping for the best, you could hand them a playbook outlining the most effective way to handle it? That’s exactly what we did," said Murtuza Vohra, managing director at Morae Global.
1 minute read
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Clifford Chance Opens Polish Operational Hub, Its Third Worldwide
By Rick Mitchell | June 24, 2024
The firm also has a hub in Newcastle, England, and an Indian hub with two offices.
2 minute read
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French In-House Counsel May Finally Get Limited Confidentiality Protection for Internal Consultations
By Rick Mitchell | May 24, 2024
France has adopted bills that would give in-house legal professionals limited confidentiality protection but the French Conference of Bar Association Presidents—which encompasses about half of the country's lawyers—opposes the proposals.
8 minute read
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Mega-Deals and AML, How To Stay Compliant
By Andrew Hawkins | May 10, 2024
In light of the SRA's AML 'crackdown', Shieldpay's CEO Andrew Hawkins talks about the challenge posed by compliance for law firms and the risk breaches can bring in terms of financial sanctions and reputational damage.
5 minute read
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Clifford Chance Rolls Out Microsoft-Partnered AI Strategy Across Whole Firm
By Habiba Cullen-Jafar | February 28, 2024
Generative AI-powered tools will now be available to the firm's near-7,000 people for help on tasks such as summarising documents.
4 minute read
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'It Will Be a Rollercoaster Year': Legal Tech Predictions 2024
By Jack Womack | January 11, 2024
Deepfakes, cyber attacks, and training the next generation of lawyers—top legal tech professionals expect big things in 2024, including big challenges.
6 minute read
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International Entrant IPH is Shaking Up Canada's IP Bar
By Gail J. Cohen | January 2, 2024
A third Canadian firm has joined the intellectual property group while some full-service national firms are amping up their IP teams.
4 minute read
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What You Missed While You Were Away
By Kasvi Sehgal | January 1, 2024
From big wins, strategy talks and a look at the lawyers in the dock, here's a round up of the stories you should know about as you get started in 2024.
4 minute read
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Allen & Overy Collaborates with Microsoft to Debut AI Contract Tool
By Jack Womack | December 22, 2023
Over 1,000 of the firm's lawyers are already using the tool internally, and five clients have already agreed terms for a January launch, the firm said.
2 minute read
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Al Tamimi Adopts Legal AI Harvey
By Peter Shaw-Smith | November 8, 2023
The law firm will be one of the first in the region to enhance the platform's Arabic-language proficiency.
2 minute read
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How AI Helped a Big Insurer Reduce Legal Costs by $20M
By Trudy Knockless | February 3, 2025
“What if, instead of just sending a case to a law firm and hoping for the best, you could hand them a playbook outlining the most effective way to handle it? That’s exactly what we did," said Murtuza Vohra, managing director at Morae Global.
1 minute read
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De-Mystifying the Ethics of the Attorney Transition Process, Part 2
By Jon Cochran | January 31, 2025
This part addresses hitches that can arise during the transition period as well as what marketing restrictions apply to the lawyer after they’ve moved to their new firm.
1 minute read
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In-House AI Adoption Stalls Despite Rising Business Pressures
By Trudy Knockless | January 29, 2025
"There’s a real opportunity for legal to step into a leadership role here, advising the business on the safe and effective use of AI rather than just serving as the final checkpoint before approval,” said Tom Dunlop, CEO of Summize, a maker of AI contract-review software.
1 minute read
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Optimizing Legal Services: The Shift Toward Digital Document Centers
By Anthony Davies | January 23, 2025
As technologies like AI and blockchain continue to mature, firms that have already adopted digital-first practices will be well-positioned to leverage these advancements. In the coming years, digital document centers could evolve to include predictive analytics, real-time collaboration tools, and even smarter automation.
1 minute read
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From Reluctant Lawyer to Legal Trailblazer: Agiloft's GC on Redefining In-House Counsel With Innovation and Tech
By Trudy Knockless | January 21, 2025
Laura Richardson, the general counsel of Agiloft, sat down with Corporate Counsel for a candid conversation about her unconventional career path, the transformative power of legal operations, and how technology is reshaping in-house legal teams.
1 minute read
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Legal Tech's Predictions for Legal Ops & In-House in 2025
By Rhys Dipshan | January 10, 2025
A look at how experts see in-house teams responding to new technology opportunities and challenges in 2025, from how gen AI could change the nature of their work to shifts in how they procure legal services, and more.
1 minute read
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‘Be Comfortable With the Uncomfortable’
By Heather Nevitt | January 9, 2025
new and somewhat unpredictable administration is shaping regulatory priorities, labor initiatives, and immigration policies—creating a dynamic landscape that may leave business leaders navigating uncharted waters with some uncertainty.
1 minute read
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Legal Tech's Predictions for Knowledge Management in 2025
By Rhys Dipshan | January 9, 2025
A look at how experts see knowledge management evolving up in 2025, from the potential opportunities it faces in the age of gen AI, to the problems the technology could cause for KM teams, and more.
1 minute read
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The Use of Private Investigators
By Peter Vaira | January 7, 2025
Present day private investigators are well trained investigators using modern equipment to locate witnesses, documents, and other physical evidence for use in civil and criminal cases. Modern day private investigators are skilled at questioning possible witnesses to determine who may assist in winning a lawsuit or who can essentially harm a lawsuit. Understanding what a potential witness may say at trial are among the many uses for a private investigator.
1 minute read
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People in the News—Jan. 2, 2025—Eastburn and Gray, Klehr Harrison
By Victoria Pfefferle-Gillot | January 2, 2025
Eastburn and Gray attorney Abigail C. S. Bukowski was recently named to the board of directors of the Bucks County Bar Association (BCBA).
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