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Roundtable: Determining Your Legal Technology Needs

Editor: Technology can be expensive. How do you go about determining what the legal department needs by way of a permanent technology infrastructure and what can be brought in on an episodic or temporary basis? Examples? Behnia: Yes, technology can be expensive, but the best practice for...

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Roundtable: Considering Key Technologies And Priorities In Setting Up A Legal Department And Building Collaboration Between The Legal and IT Departments

Editor: What technologies would a new general counsel look to in setting up a legal department? What are the priorities? Harris: In addition to up-to-date office productivity software, for most legal departments an efficient matter management tool is a prerequisite. The next priority to consider...

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Roundtable: How To Decide On Getting A New Technology System And How To Evaluate Its Benefits

Editor: How should corporate counsel benchmark the benefits derived from their client's technology solutions? Tweardy-Riveros: The two most-used benchmarks to measure the benefits derived from new technology are Return on Investment (ROI) and carbon footprint. Web-based solutions that bring...

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Roundtable: Recent Improvement Of Technological Products; Strategies For Integrating Systems Across Global Operations

Editor: How have recent technological advancements improved the effectiveness of technology products for legal departments? Behnia: Sophisticated business applications such as matter management, ebilling, and GRC solutions have made major technological advancements in terms of ease-of-use. These...

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Making The Most Of Your Law Department's Technology Solutions

Editor: What are the characteristics of an ideal technology solution that helps a law department to deliver more effective and value-added services? Veraldi: Many technology solutions are being implemented without the understanding of the business objective or goal of the solution. Prior to...

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