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In this episode of Real Talk, Megan Monson chats with Lowenstein attorneys Melissa K. Parres and Bonnie E. Schipper about the valuable, transferrable skills women learn from playing competitive sports. Melissa and Bonnie...more
Corporate legal departments are busy. They face new privacy regulations, ever-shifting trade policies, developments in artificial intelligence, and an unending stream of breaking news. It is difficult to keep up, and lately,...more
Almost one year ago, Chancellor Kathaleen St. J. McCormick ruled that a board of directors of a Delaware corporation must at a "bare minimum" approve an "essentially complete" version of the merger agreement. Sjunde...more
In Yinghe Investment (Canada) Ltd. v CCM Investment Group Ltd., 2024 BCCA 285 (CCM Investment), the BC Court of Appeal upheld the chambers judge’s decision, ruling that: (1) an annual general meeting (AGM) and subsequent...more
Managing high volumes of Subpoenas, Law Enforcement Responses, Garnishments, Levies, Liens, and DSARs can be a daunting challenge in the fast-paced world of legal operations. These requests can present complex issues of...more
For good reason, many companies focus their legal and compliance work on matters that require immediate attention, like active litigation and pressing regulatory issues. But matters that come to the company’s attention before...more
Coming out of COVID, law firms are redefining themselves and adapting new models of operations. At McGlinchey, we fine-tuned our operations under an initiative called #McGlincheyForward. And part of that effort is focused on...more
In a recent presentation by Ward and Smith attorney Angela Doughty, in-house counsel received an overview of Artificial Intelligence (AI), how it can be used for various legal tasks such as research, discovery, and contract...more
When AI innovator OpenAI released ChatGPT in November of 2022, it sent shockwaves through the world, from tech leaders to academia. Quickly, stories surfaced of people using ChatGPT to “cheat,” from students turning in papers...more
It is clear in-house legal teams are looking to cut costs. But are they considering all their options to counter the increasing rates charged by AmLaw 100 to midsize law firms? Two-thirds of corporate counsel plan to...more
ESG is today’s political football. As Americans take sides and root for their home teams, companies find themselves at the crux of a battlefield that pitches corporate values, strategy, and reputation against a shifting and...more
Kick off your 2024 budget planning with some cost-optimizing priorities. The majority of General Counsel expect workload to outpace budget over the next few years (according to EY), which means corporate legal teams have...more
Artificial intelligence, economic uncertainty, overextended resources, shrinking budgets, renewed governmental regulatory oversight … do these sound like headaches for your legal department? If so, you’re not alone. A recent...more
Two-thirds of corporate counsel will bring work in-house next year to reduce costs: That’s the major takeaway from an industry survey from Everlaw and the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) released this fall....more
GPT-4, the “engine” behind ChatGPT, just passed—well, really, aced— the Uniform Bar Exam. It scored in the 90th percentile (i.e., it did better than 90% of test takers), and, while the threshold to pass the bar varies based...more
In Did You Mean to Buy That? Advice For Billing Non-Compliance, our team addressed three myths on outside counsel billing and shared practical advice on ways to confront reality and achieve better billing practices. For many...more
As the legal landscape evolves at unprecedented speed, the role of legal operations within a business continues to transform. Legal departments are under increasing pressure to serve the business and reduce costs. This looks...more
We are excited to be the first to pair market-leading Enterprise Legal Management (ELM) and Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) platforms to enable the seamless exchange of data between legal matters and contracts....more
Legal departments exist within the overall businesses they serve. With that has come a recognition that the business of doing law is a core component of how in-house legal services are delivered, and ample guidance must be...more
Illumination Zone: Doug Kaminski, Chief Strategy Officer of EDRM Trusted Partner, Cobra Legal Solutions, who rebranded to Purpose Legal, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about his experience at CLOC, what was hot, what he...more
Traditionally, managing risks to a business was thought to be the responsibility of a company’s legal team. Nowadays, that isn’t always the case. While 29% of survey respondents in our 2022 Risk and Compliance Benchmark...more
In our decades working with complex organizations on their Ethics & Compliance (E&C) programs, my colleagues and I have seen a wide variety of structures. While we readily concede there is no one way to structure an E&C...more
Join Rachel O’Shea and Stefanie Bier from Microsoft and Matt McCartney the president of ACEDS Central Texas as they discuss the priorities and goals of the corporate legal department and how the Microsoft Purview platform can...more
Section 1100 (d) of the California Family Code provides that, subject to two exceptions, "a spouse who is operating or managing a business or an interest in a business that is all or substantially all community personal...more
Corporate legal departments have been transformed over the past decade, and the only thing certain is that change will continue. It can be incredibly difficult to keep up with all of the trends, so we’re bringing them to you...more