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Coordinating Overseas Review with Bilingual Lawyers
Coordinating Overseas Review with Bilingual Lawyers A Global 50 law firm required London-based bilingual German and English speaking contract lawyers—with prior review experience in anti-bribery and corporate compliance-related matters—to work on a project with
Managing a Multimillion Document Review
Managing a Multimillion Document Review A multinational food producer required the review of millions of processed documents in response to a U.S. Federal Government subpoena. By leveraging Consilio’s Comprehensive Managed Review service with
GC Focus: Contract Management System vs. Document Management System: Which Technology Is Right for Your Law Department?
GC Focus: Contract Management System vs. Document Management System: Which Technology Is Right for Your Law Department? So you want to better manage your organization’s contracts and are ready to invest in technology
GC Focus: Contract Analytics – What Can They Do for You?
GC Focus: Contract Analytics – What Can They Do for You? Organizations are looking to improve their contract management, both with respect to existing agreements and contract creation for new agreements and templates.
GC Focus: How Does Your Outside Counsel Manage Your Litigation?
GC Focus: How Does Your Outside Counsel Manage Your Litigation? Of course you don’t want to micromanage how your outside counsel handles your organization’s litigation – after all, you hired them for their
GC Focus: Predicting the Future of Legal Analytics
GC Focus: Predicting the Future of Legal Analytics It is pretty clear that legal analytics are here to stay in law department management, and the ways analytics can be used are likely to
GC Focus: Aligning the Law Department with the Corporate Vision
GC Focus: Aligning the Law Department with the Corporate Vision As organizations grow or the competitive landscape shifts, the corporate vision can evolve. Unfortunately, there is often a disconnection between a corporation’s new
GC Focus: Where Are Your Priorities?
GC Focus: Where Are Your Priorities? Our last issue discussed transforming the law department in order to align it with the corporate vision. This issue focuses on a critical aspect of that transformation
Eye on Discovery: It’s Not Such a Small E-Discovery World After All
Eye on Discovery: It's Not Such a Small E-Discovery World After All A global economy brings with it global litigation—and global e-discovery. Regulatory investigations involving global data are also on the rise, with
Eye on Discovery: How to Avoid Hart (-Scott-Rodino) Burn With Second Requests
Eye on Discovery: How to Avoid Hart (-Scott-Rodino) Burn With Second Requests Since the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) last revisited its merger review process back in 2006, many new tools have emerged on
Eye On Discovery: The Eight Commandments of Data Preservation
Eye On Discovery: The Eight Commandments of Data Preservation Since the addition of the e-discovery amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in 2006, sanctions for spoliation have risen markedly. This trend seems
Saving Dollars, Euros and Yen: Understand and Control Discovery Costs in Cross-Border Litigation
Webinar: Saving Dollars, Euros and Yen: Understand and Control Discovery Costs in Cross-Border Litigation This webinar covers strategies for effective cost control in cross border regulatory investigations & litigation.
The Snowden Effect – How the Landscape of Cross-Border Discovery is Impacted by Recent Events
Webinar: The Snowden Effect - How the Landscape of Cross-Border Discovery is Impacted by Recent Events Presented as part of the ALM Virtual Corporate Counsel Forum, this one-hour webinar, will examine how
eDiscovery comment: Establishing Effective Cost Controls in Litigation & Regulatory Investigations
eDiscovery comment: Establishing Effective Cost Controls in Litigation & Regulatory Investigations The continuing and rapid increase in the volumes of electronic documents generated and stored by companies means the issue of elevated costs
Rolling the dice: the April 2013 eDisclosure conundrum
Rolling the dice: the April 2013 eDisclosure conundrum Garry Bernstein or Consilio assesses the consequences of the Jackson reforms on eDisclosure. Read the full article here.
Law Business Review: “Playing by the Rules” by Drew Macaulay
Law Business Review: "Playing by the Rules" by Drew Macaulay April 2011 With the introduction later this year of the Bribery Act, and increased vigilance around competition, lawyers are under pressure to negotiate
Argyle Conversations: Interview with Anne Chwat, EVP & General Counsel, Burger King, by Jon Shaman
Argyle Conversations: Interview with Anne Chwat, EVP & General Counsel, Burger King, by Jon Shaman March 2011 Anne Chwat and Jon Shaman met to discuss legal best practices during IPOs. "The first question