Eight out of 10 corporate legal departments are unprepared to support their organisations’ digital initiatives, according to a Gartner report out today (12 December) which analysed the impact of legal engagement and governance strategies on business outcomes. We should add that this doesn’t come as a huge surprise.
Gartner studied 1,715 digital projects across industries, geographies and types, interviewed or surveyed 100+ general counsel and privacy officers, and surveyed over 100 legal stakeholders on information governance.
“What we learned is critical for legal and compliance leaders to know: What your lawyers do before a digital project matters even more than what they do while on a digital project,” the report finds.
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