Inhouse Lawyers Lag Law Firms on AI Use
In-house lawyers typically pride themselves on being just as competent as their law firm counterparts – but do they lag law firms on AI use? “A new survey of inhouse legal team use of AI,…
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Negotiating Your Own Salary – Even If You Hate To
You can fight tooth and nail negotiating to protect your organization in a deal or in material litigation, but can you fight effectively when negotiating your own salary? “Almost everybody has this problem. You can…
What The Heck Is This New-Fangled Blockchain?
What the heck is blockchain? As Ali G would say, it involves “techmology”. Still awake? Read on, as one lawyer has attempted to cut through the muck and figure out what blockchain actually is: “You’ve…
Can’t Stand Networking Events? Pretend to Be Somebody Else
Soon lawyers will be clamoring for Oscar nods after their networking-event performances: “Networking events have a decidedly mixed reputation in business. Lots of people can’t bear them for all kinds of reasons: Introverts worry about…
Lawyers Procrastinate for Over an Hour a Day
But accountants procrastinate significantly more! Another arrow in the quiver to use against the bean-counters: “From chatting, surfing the web and engaging in social media, lawyers are prone to a bout of procrastination every day….
Legal Buyers Taking Charge
Once you grab hold of the reins, don’t ever let go: “The corporate segment of the legal marketplace is a buyer’s market, and they are driving change. Legal consumers were once content to proscribe cost-controls…
Richard Susskind Sees Rosy Future For Law – With Technology
Does the End of Lawyers author believe technology will help law have its Dunkirk moment? “For more than three decades, Richard Susskind has been one of the profession’s most prolific voices in support of implementing…
Lawyer Says He Missed Deposition Because Notice Went To Junk Email Folder
Raise your hand if you’ve had something legitimate go to your junk folder due to your email provider’s over-zealous filtering: “A Wisconsin lawyer has informed a federal court that he and his client missed a…
What In-House Attorneys Want From Outside Counsel
Are law firms listening? “I’ve attended many panels where in-house counsel share their likes and dislikes, but in the last year the tone has changed. In-house attorneys are increasingly dissatisfied, they tell us, because they…
Procrastination May Be Genetic
Procrastination may be genetic – wow! Now when will we get around to doing something about it…. “While procrastination seems like a character flaw, it evolved for a reason. “The genes progressed down generations because…