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The Art of Hiring
April 27, 2014
Law departments develop their own methods for hiring and preparing their lawyers. Google, IBM and Microsoft have adopted...
April 27, 2014
Law departments develop their own methods for hiring and preparing their lawyers. Google, IBM and Microsoft have adopted...
How Do Law Departments Select Vendors?
April 14, 2014
In an era of consolidation, half of the law departments at large companies concentrate their e-discovery spending with two to four outside providers, while another 39 percent spread their work across more than five. Only 11 percent have a single dedicated provider. Although 58 percent would not comment on the companies with whom they work, 42 percent revealed relationships with certain organizations. These were some of the results we found in November 2013 when my company, Ari Kaplan Advisors,...
April 14, 2014
In an era of consolidation, half of the law departments at large companies concentrate their e-discovery spending with two to four outside providers, while another 39 percent spread their work across more than five. Only 11 percent have a single dedicated provider. Although 58 percent would not comment on the companies with whom they work, 42 percent revealed relationships with certain organizations. These were some of the results we found in November 2013 when my company, Ari Kaplan Advisors,...
ACC Survey Sees GC Salaries Up, Outside Spend Down
December 6, 2013
A new survey by Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), a global bar association with 33,000 in-house counsel members, and Empsight International, a human resources consulting firm that collects in-house attorney compensation data, indicates that general counsel salaries are increasing at a fairly predictable rate, while many law departments are cutting back on outside legal spend. The 2013 Law Department Compensation Survey was conducted in the spring of 2013 and drew responses from more than...
December 6, 2013
A new survey by Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), a global bar association with 33,000 in-house counsel members, and Empsight International, a human resources consulting firm that collects in-house attorney compensation data, indicates that general counsel salaries are increasing at a fairly predictable rate, while many law departments are cutting back on outside legal spend. The 2013 Law Department Compensation Survey was conducted in the spring of 2013 and drew responses from more than...
2013 Law Department Metrics Benchmarking Survey
December 1, 2013
It's been a long, difficult few years for U.S. corporate legal departments. In the wake the financial crisis and the Great Recession, many general counsel had to make painful cuts to their ranks and tighten their purse strings. But that might just be over. In fact, the 2013 version of an annual survey from Corporate Counsel and affiliate ALM Legal Intelligence (ALI) indicates that many law departments have shifted gears successfully from recession mode to recovery mode, as certain benchmarks...
December 1, 2013
It's been a long, difficult few years for U.S. corporate legal departments. In the wake the financial crisis and the Great Recession, many general counsel had to make painful cuts to their ranks and tighten their purse strings. But that might just be over. In fact, the 2013 version of an annual survey from Corporate Counsel and affiliate ALM Legal Intelligence (ALI) indicates that many law departments have shifted gears successfully from recession mode to recovery mode, as certain benchmarks...
Law Departments Taking Matters Into Their Own Hands
October 28, 2013
In-house attorneys are turning away from outside counsel and becoming increasingly self-reliant when it comes to serving...
October 28, 2013
In-house attorneys are turning away from outside counsel and becoming increasingly self-reliant when it comes to serving...
Law Departments Trading Large Firms for ‘Large Enough’
October 23, 2013
When choosing outside firms to handle legal matters, a new survey indicates corporate law departments are not necessarily knocking on the doors of the largest 50 U.S. law firms, instead going to those that are a somewhat smaller—but still “large enough.” The “CounselLink Enterprise Legal Management Trends Report,”conducted by LexisNexis division CounselLink, looked at data collected from more than two million legal invoices, covering 300,000 matters. The report concluded that corporate...
October 23, 2013
When choosing outside firms to handle legal matters, a new survey indicates corporate law departments are not necessarily knocking on the doors of the largest 50 U.S. law firms, instead going to those that are a somewhat smaller—but still “large enough.” The “CounselLink Enterprise Legal Management Trends Report,”conducted by LexisNexis division CounselLink, looked at data collected from more than two million legal invoices, covering 300,000 matters. The report concluded that corporate...
Survey Shows Law Departments on More Stable Footing
October 7, 2013
The latest edition of a key annual law department survey indicates that the fortunes of in-house attorneys are looking a bit brighter again, after departments weathered the difficulties of the financial crisis. The “2013 HBR Law Department Survey,” conducted by HBR Consulting, collected information from 280 companies, domestic and global, to provide a picture of the trends impacting law departments. The survey revealed a 3 percent increase worldwide in companies’ total legal spending in 2012....
October 7, 2013
The latest edition of a key annual law department survey indicates that the fortunes of in-house attorneys are looking a bit brighter again, after departments weathered the difficulties of the financial crisis. The “2013 HBR Law Department Survey,” conducted by HBR Consulting, collected information from 280 companies, domestic and global, to provide a picture of the trends impacting law departments. The survey revealed a 3 percent increase worldwide in companies’ total legal spending in 2012....
Law Departments Are Keeping E-Discovery Inside the Firewall
September 3, 2013
At the International Legal Technology Association annual conference at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, a crowd of about 50 Law Department Peer Group members gathered at 8:30 a.m. on Aug. 20 for a 90-minute round-table discussion at the Law Department E-Discovery Roundtable Breakfast. Discussion topics for the off-the-record, closed session were selected with the help of the group's vice president Tom Morrissey, a senior director at Purdue Pharmaceuticals, who polled participants prior to the conference...
September 3, 2013
At the International Legal Technology Association annual conference at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, a crowd of about 50 Law Department Peer Group members gathered at 8:30 a.m. on Aug. 20 for a 90-minute round-table discussion at the Law Department E-Discovery Roundtable Breakfast. Discussion topics for the off-the-record, closed session were selected with the help of the group's vice president Tom Morrissey, a senior director at Purdue Pharmaceuticals, who polled participants prior to the conference...
Law Department Management: Just shy of 1,000 law departments in Release 4.0 of GC Metrics benchmark study
January 13, 2013
Law Department Management: Just shy of 1,000 law departments in Release 4.0 of GC Metrics benchmark study http://goo.gl/E6aYk
January 13, 2013
Law Department Management: Just shy of 1,000 law departments in Release 4.0 of GC Metrics benchmark study http://goo.gl/E6aYk
