This examination of the “State of the Union” for insurance defense counsel was commissioned by the CLM and performed by Suite 200 Solutions. It follows on the heels of the CLM’s 2023 Litigation Management Study that surveyed senior claims and litigation executives, and is a follow-up to the CLM’s 2020 Defense Counsel Study, which was the first defense counsel study commissioned by the CLM.

As the world’s economies continue to reach across borders, US counsel representing companies of all sizes are more frequently required to gather data from other countries. This paper provides those counsel with practical guidance regarding the logistical and operational challenges that arise in a typical matter requiring cross-border discovery.

Collecting Data From Mobile Devices and Their Applications Are you reading this on your mobile device? Mobile devices are used every day for business and personal communications by a large quantity of the

2019 - 2020 Law Department Benchmarking Report Consilio is a leader in legal operations surveys with annual reports on the industry and industry-specific survey reports, such as the 2018 Pharma survey report.

CLM Follow-up Study: Covid-19 Impact on Claim Frequency The CLM (Claims and Litigation Management Alliance) is the industry's largest professional trade association for claims and litigation professionals. With more than 45,000 members, the

Why Now Is the Time for Legal Teams to Invest in Self-Service eDiscovery for Smaller Matters In-house legal departments and law firms often have a steady flow of small-scale matters, including, but not

eDiscovery in a Post-COVID World The COVID-19 pandemic transformed how businesses and their employees work almost overnight. For those of us handling litigation and regulatory matters, the pandemic demanded substantial changes to how

The Ethical Challenges of Remote Work: Four Critical Duties Lawyers Must Uphold By Maureen O'Neill, Esq., Senior Vice President, Strategic Engagement CIPP/US, CIPP/E As the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the United States,

Preparing for, Surviving and Thriving in a Consolidating Pharmaceutical Industry By Jamie Weissglass The pharmaceutical industry is experiencing heightened merger and acquisition activity, due in large part to rising competition, increasing regulatory

The Relevant Needle in the ESI Haystack Make the needle easier to find by making the haystack smaller By Daniel Rupprecht, Director, eDiscovery Consulting An analogy often invoked when discussing data

Recovering Deleted WhatsApp Messages Introduction WhatsApp, the popular instant messaging system, was reported to be the most downloaded Android app in the world in 2018 with nearly 750 million downloads.

How to Prepare for the CCPA: Know Your Data Maureen O'Neill, Esq. In a highly globalized market where big data proliferation has run unchecked, organizations are increasingly vulnerable to mismanagement of their

Technology Assisted Review (TAR) Guidelines The Technology Assisted Review (TAR) Guidelines is the work product of more than 50 experienced practitioners and experts, who devoted substantial time and effort to improve the law.

11th Annual Law Department Operations Survey The Blickstein Group, in cooperation with Consilio, has been surveying Legal Ops and other law department professionals, focusing solely on the operations function and seeking to provide benchmarks that

Law Department Operations Survey - 10th Anniversary Report The Blickstein Group, in cooperation with Consilio, has been surveying Legal Ops and other law department professionals, focusing solely on the operations function and seeking

2017 Law Department Benchmarking Report A Focus on Law Department Operations Performance Our 2017 Law Department Benchmarking Survey in association with the Texas General Counsel Forum covered expanded topics, going broader

Managing the Risks of Data Production in the Wake of the GDPR In the United States, preserving potentially relevant information for litigation is the law of the land. With this focus on eDiscovery

Whitepaper: Rise of Law Firm Hacks Leads to More Scrutiny From Corporate Clients Third-Party Cybersecurity Assessments Help Manage Risk Karen Hornbeck, Consilio Last year was a lightning rod for law firm

Making Contracting Easier for Legal Contracts are what make any business go, but first, they have to get to the finish line: execution. Unfortunately, in many organizations, agreements get bogged down in

eDiscovery Costs & Budgeting - Creating Order out of Chaos In this whitepaper Senior Director, Matthew Davis discusses eDiscovery cost challenges and how to control costs early on in the process. This piece