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Alternative Fee Arrangement (AFA) | Legal Operations

Hitting the Mark With Your AFAs

AFAs are not necessarily the magical solution to issues with hourly billing.

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Legal Operations

Drive Value With Data Analytics

  Jeffrey Solomon of ELM Solutions explains how well-deployed data analytics can help in-house counsel better serve their companies by managing matters more strategically. CCBJ: You have been working in the enterprise legal management space for a long time. Can you tell us a bit about your...

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Legal Operations

Out of the Weeds: How Data Visualization Drives Better Decisions

  Wolters Kluwer’s ELM Solutions’ Margie Sleboda and Nathan Cemenska discuss the powerful world of dashboard software and how it can help companies analyze and improve legal spend and operations. CCBJ: We frequently talk about how to use data and analytics in the modern corporate...

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Legal Operations

Will It Be Easy to Implement and Upgrade Your ELM Solution?

Legal departments should consider service and methodologies, as well as the technology itself. When corporate legal departments consider their options for enterprise legal management (ELM) systems and providers, it’s easy to focus on dazzling product demos. However, an ELM technology provider...

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General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

7 Steps to Compliance in Brave New GDPR World

Legal departments need to prepare for the new, sweeping EU data-privacy rules.  The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which takes effect on May 25, 2018, sets a high standard for data privacy that affects all companies that do business in the European Union (EU) or with its citizens....

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Legal Operations

Corporate Legal Departments, Expected to Be More Like Other Units, Face a Sea Change

Jonah Paransky of Wolters Kluwer’s ELM Solutions explains how law departments will deliver value with operational rigor. His remarks have been edited for length and style. CCBJ: How has the corporate legal department’s role expanded beyond its traditional responsibilities? Jonah...

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Legal Operations

Spend Management Solutions: Four to Focus on in 2018

There are four aspects of matter and spend management technology that legal department leaders should take a fresh look at. Spend and matter management technology is a core part of many legal department operations and is not new to most larger companies. But the fact that these tools are an...

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