Building a Technology Road Map That Supports the Lawyers of the Future

By Nathan Cemenska - Wolters Kluwer's ELM Solutions

January 24, 2020

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As the demographics of law continue to skew younger, it’s important to implement efficient techsolutions that reflect the world millennials grew up in.…

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Mastering the Art of Pricing in Complex Litigation

By Kurt Glitzenstein - Fish & Richardson

January 17, 2020

Kurt Glitzenstein of Fish & Richardson discusses the firm’s integrated approach to Litigation Legal Operations.…

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Creating a Culture of Compliance

By Tabitha Meier - Barnes & Thornburg LLP & Greg Morical - Calumet Specialty Partners

January 10, 2020

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Greg Morical, vice president, general counsel and secretary of Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P., and Tabitha Meier, partner and co-chair of the compliance team at Barnes & Thornburg LLP, discuss the various ways outside counsel can help companies get their compliance programs up to snuff.…

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Getting Ready for the California Consumer Privacy Act

By Bethany Lukitsch - McGuireWoods

January 3, 2020

Bethany Lukitsch of McGuireWoods runs down what the new regulations mean for companies based in California and beyond. CCBJ: The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) takes effect January 1, placing new data protection and user requirements on businesses that collect or sell consumers’ personal information. What do the new regulations mean for companies doing business in California? Bethany Gayle Lukitsch: It’s important to keep in mind that this statute doesn’t just affect companies that are physically present…

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“Artificial” Inventorship? New Technologies Create Unique Challenges for the USPTO

By Carl Kukkonen - Jones Day, Emily Tait - Jones Day & Eli Temkin - Jones Day

December 27, 2019

Jones Day partners look at the questions that have arisen surrounding IP protections for technologies invented by artificial intelligence.…

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Integration Considerations for Achieving Strategic Objectives

By Rena Verma - FTI Consulting

December 13, 2019

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Rena Verma discusses trends in recent M&A activity and the growing assignment of Chief Transformation Officers to oversee the integration of various functional and operational units, along with the continued development of Integration Management Offices to ensure day-one readiness.…

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Expanding Your Legal Team? Start With Technology

By Will Reynolds - CEO of ContractWorks

December 6, 2019

Will Reynolds, CEO of ContractWorks, offers insights as to how to strategically implement technology to improve efficiencies and identify risks and opportunities within your department.…

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Using Legal Ops to Improve Law Firm Relationships

By Levi Remley - Barnes & Thornburg & Rick Eads - Barnes & Thornburg

November 22, 2019

The rise of legal operations as an occupation in corporations’ law departments has given rise to legal operations professionals in law firms, resulting in both groups creating synergies to further support better business acumen in their respective firms and law department hierarchies. This interview takes a look inside Barnes & Thornburg’s Legal Operations Department to view what law firms are doing to meet the needs of clients and their legal operations counterparts.…

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