Law is seldom associated with entrepreneurs. Lawyers are a cautious bunch focused on precedent, risk containment, and tend to be reactive–not innovative. Entrepreneurs are a different breed. They create new... read more →
‘Legal innovation’ is no longer an oxymoron. The staid, precedent bound, legal guild is slowly morphing into something different. The contours of the new legal order are still being shaped and the... read more →
Legal operations (legal ops) is a hot topic these days. The Corporate Legal Operations Consortium (CLOC) recently held its annual jamboree in Las Vegas, drawing approximately two thousand acolytes from... read more →
The past decade has produced dizzying change. The confluence of the global financial crisis, technological advances, and globalization has changed how people live and work. Disruption has replaced stasis as... read more →
Procurement is changing the legal industry. It is driving another nail into the legal guild’s coffin by altering the long-standing practice of lawyers selling corporate legal services to lawyers. This... read more →
The reports of the old boy network’s death are greatly exaggerated. Women have been fighting for equal rights since the early days of the Republic. In 1776, Abigail Adams petitioned... read more →
Law is a profession and an industry. Lawyers in the U.S., the world’s largest legal market, regulate both. Regulation of the practice of law and the business of law should... read more →
Legal tech is attracting plenty of interest, money, press, and hype. It is law’s shiny new object that has transfixed the industry. Artificial intelligence, blockchain, and a daily rollout of... read more →
Law is no longer exclusively about lawyers. Technology, the global financial crisis, and globalization have created a new buy/sell dynamic that has disrupted industries from ride-hailing to hospitality –even getting... read more →
It’s budget season for General Counsel, and that means expanded portfolios, stagnant or shrinking budgets, managing new risks, and heightened C-Suite expectation to defend the enterprise and advance business initiatives.... read more →