What resources do you use to manage your department’s workload (e.g., outsourcing, offshoring, LPOs, specialized service providers, IT solutions, etc.)? What metrics do you measure and report on in your department to assess the value of legal services provided to your company, both in-house legal services and external law firm services? Have you experimented with or considered asking your in-house legal team to record time spent on tasks, either on a temporary or permanent basis? What practices (including cloud-based solutions) do you recommend to other CLOs in managing outsourced providers in order to achieve the highest possible value for the law department?
Law departments are desperate to leverage technology that will help them improve processes with automation, and ultimately speed up their workflow. Unfortunately, without the right solutions in place, attempts at collaboration are leading to groups of people having incorrect access to sensitive information. Find out what you could be risking.
This Check Card lists preliminary to-dos and tips for the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Seeing the client as a “client” and not just as another fellow employee can greatly help in-house counsel gain the servant’s perspective. After all, by definition, a client is one who demands “service.” This article offers tips on how in-house counsel can be more client-centered.
For the inaugural issue, author D. Casey Flaherty introduces himself and what he hopes to accomplish in his column. He positions himself as an advocate of technology but does not see it as a substitute for lawyers in their role as trusted advisors.
In September's Careerpath, Bill Mordan examines whether lawyers should be held to more scientific standards.
This article discusses strategies to help ease the negative effects of stress on a lean legal team in the United States.
This sample briefing outlines the process for drafting, reviewing, and approving contracts.
This session discusses how to handle a project, give guidance on how to identify and focus on strategic or key topics, and provide you with the ten golden rules for in-house lawyers when it comes to project management.
In many management books, articles and seminars, the terms “coach,” “manager” and “leader” tend to be used interchangeably. But in reality, the words suggest very different approaches to interacting with and supervising staff.
License Agreement (France)
This is a sample software license agreement.
This sample compliance plan is intended to sensitize company personnel to potential legal problems and concerns so that those problems and concerns can be promptly identified and investigated, and then addressed or corrected.
February 15, 2007
This is a sample guarantee agreement between a guarantor and a guarantee trustee.
Learn what training and information your law department should provide to its business-side clients so they can do their jobs and minimize the time the law department spends on routine, reactive issues. Learn also how to teach your attorneys to train their clients.
This is a sample master purchase agreement.
This is a sample convertible promissory note where the borrower is a Nevada based corporation.
Cover the basics of investigating internal complaints, preparing and responding to government inspections or investigations, and avoiding retaliation claims; Discuss how your peers use incentives to improve employees’ conduct, best practices for termination and severance agreements; and Discuss key practical tips for managing employment litigation.
This is a sample master license agreement between vendor and corporation.
A quick reference guide for comparing terms favorable to a buyer and a seller.
Getting Away from the Hourly Rate - An Efficient Team Maximizes Value Part 3
This article provides steps for preparing for the inevitable arbitration.
Read Phil Strauss' wisdom on calling on the past chapter presidents for help in running an ACC Chapter.
Duck duck goose. You might think that this is a game that ceases after kindergarten. Not really! Somewhat more sophisticated multilayered variations of chasing and choosing games continue in transactional happenings.
Seven lawyer interview questions to pose to make sure that the interviewee has the skills, experience, and character traits that fit your needs.
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