CLOC leader says legal ops can play key role during downturns

Legal operations teams can help their organizations realize efficiencies and maximize resources amid tight budgets, Intel’s Mike Haven says.

By Lyle Moran • Dec. 15, 2022

What does it take to be good at cybersecurity?

Few large enterprises meet Deloitte’s standards for high cyber maturity. The 21% that do recognize benefits not typically associated with security.

By Matt Kapko • Dec. 15, 2022

How Branch reduced NDA turnaround times from weeks to hours

The mobile software company said its use of Ironclad’s Clickwrap product has significantly streamlined its non-disclosure agreement work.

By Lyle Moran • Dec. 14, 2022

How TechGC has cultivated a strong community of legal leaders

The growing group provides general counsel with forums to discuss pressing issues and develop deep relationships that help advance their careers.

By Lyle Moran • Dec. 13, 2022

Legal chiefs advise against slashing tech spending

Some leaders said technology can help reduce in-house teams' workloads amid tight economic times and provide professional development benefits.

By Lyle Moran • Dec. 9, 2022

How to serve as both general counsel and chief evangelist

ContractPodAi’s Jerry Levine said his dual positions offer him a platform to highlight technology’s key role in advancing the legal profession.

By Lyle Moran • Dec. 7, 2022

Tech sector sends mixed messages on workforce stability

Is the tech sector laying off staff or hiring new workers? Yes and yes.

By Matt Ashare • Dec. 6, 2022

The legal team of one: A trail map to success

Legal leaders should strategically drive business growth, not just handle legal issues.

By Tim Parilla • Dec. 2, 2022

9 of the year’s biggest in-house legal stories

These are the topics that have resonated the most with readers this year. 

By Legal Dive Staff • Dec. 2, 2022

Tech surveillance can stave off insider threats, but employers need guardrails

In some cases, electronic surveillance practices could infringe on worker rights covered under the National Labor Relations Act.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Dec. 1, 2022

Embracing the paradigm shift: Enterprise legal management and AI

AI is not coming for lawyers’ jobs but the most innovative legal departments are bolstering their arsenal with AI-enabled workflow management solutions.

By Nick Whitehouse • Nov. 28, 2022

Companies lose surprising number of devices when employees leave

Lost phones and laptops, among other things, and unauthorized access to cloud platforms create a liability risk and a legal headache, a report says.

By Robert Freedman • Nov. 18, 2022

How Hearst uses Priori’s outside counsel decision-making platform

Legal ops professionals at Hearst said the extensive data provided about its external counsel speed up the process of finding the right lawyers for specific tasks.

By Lyle Moran • Nov. 16, 2022

Small wins help general counsel get CLM buy-in

Naysayers can be your biggest champions for implementing a contract lifecycle management system if you show them how it helps them spend time in the way they prefer, a CLM legal chief says.  

By Robert Freedman • Nov. 14, 2022

Using digital dispute resolution to manage risk better

The data you collect can point to patterns you otherwise couldn’t see, specialists in the field say.

By Robert Freedman • Oct. 21, 2022

Streaming platform features in-house leaders providing industry insights

Prominent GCs and CLOs appear in educational series on Luminate+ covering pressing issues and trends facing legal departments.

By Lyle Moran • Oct. 18, 2022

Everlaw’s CLO wants to bring the customer’s voice to the C-suite

The former Google lawyer also plans to continue to embrace her authentic self and encourage her legal team members at the ediscovery provider to do the same.

By Lyle Moran • Oct. 17, 2022

C-suite allies needed to tackle automation hesitancy: panel

An advocacy campaign that highlights important use cases can be a critical enabler. Spotify, for example, packages automation case studies in user-friendly videos.

By Suman Bhattacharyya • Oct. 11, 2022

How legal teams can use AI-powered contract playbooks

CLM provider Ironclad says its new feature is designed to help in-house legal departments more efficiently review and negotiate contracts.

By Lyle Moran • Oct. 10, 2022

Technical solutions attorney helps company tie legal tech to in-house needs

A lawyer focused on transactional work shifted to a technical services attorney role assisting law departments with contract management.

By Robert Freedman • Oct. 10, 2022

Recent trends make the case for digitizing legal matter management

Inflation, remote work and synchronous tools are driving the rationale for in-house automation.

By Jared Hostmeyer • Oct. 7, 2022

Legal departments want to hire tech-savvy law firms

Companies increasingly desire outside counsel that effectively use legal technology to boost efficiency and productivity, a recent report found. 

By Lyle Moran • Oct. 5, 2022

Data management a key focus of legal department transformation efforts

Automation is also a major area of investment for in-house teams pursuing change, according to a report from the ACC and DISCO.

By Lyle Moran • Sept. 27, 2022

How general counsel can help prevent data breaches

A new tool from Commvault is designed to trick bad actors into accessing fake resources before they compromise real information.

By Lyle Moran • Sept. 23, 2022

Thomson Reuters unveils new Westlaw product

Westlaw Precision features a variety of new features to help attorneys vastly improve their legal research efforts.

By Lyle Moran • Sept. 16, 2022