Legal Operations

Discovery

Steve Schneider | Thomson Reuters

Corporate legal departments are continually under pressure to control their costs. As the expense of litigation continues to increase, it is becoming increasingly important for corporate counsel to manage and control the costs associated with e-discovery, which comprise the majority of their...

Career Development

Joe Calve | Corporate Counsel Business Journal

Altman Weil, a management consultancy dedicated exclusively to the legal industry, kicked off its “Law Firms in Transition” survey on the heels of the Great Recession. Now in its eighth edition, the survey, released earlier this month, reveals a frightening gap between lawyers and...

Cybersecurity

Russell Sommers, Dennis Schaefer | Baker Tilly

Headlines on data breaches can conjure images of a room full of “black hat” hackers actively working to penetrate your network and steal your data, hold your systems for ransom, and leave you helpless. It’s easy to imagine considering that breaches are reported nearly daily, and...