Players on the Move
September 01, 2019
A look at moves among attorneys, law firms, companies and other players in entertainment law.
GDPR & CCPA Are Just the Beginning
September 01, 2019
How Middle Market Companies Can Shore Up Their Data Privacy
The most significant overhaul to the EU's data privacy policies in over 20 years, with extraterritorial reach, forced American businesses to remediate, and in some cases, overhaul their data privacy governance programs. But the GPDR was just the beginning. Organizations seeking compliance with the growing number of data privacy regulations will need to remain vigilant, especially for organizations that rely heavily on personal data.
The State of the U.S. Privacy Job Market, 2019: Part Two
September 01, 2019
A Reflection on the Year Behind, the Years Ahead, and Why Privacy Means So Much to Us
Part Two of a Two-Part Article
Part two of The State of the U.S. Privacy Job Market, 2019 will outline what is happening within service providers, consultancies, and vendors will touch briefly on government agencies and will predict the near-future state of the U.S. privacy job market.
Legal Tech: Litigation Support, E-discovery and the Recovery of Costs
September 01, 2019
The Data Explosion vs. Recovery Model Stagnation
For law firms, the pace of exponential growth of data is a substantial problem — mainly due to the fact that the law firm business model of processing, hosting and storing this avalanche of client data, however, has not evolved as quickly as the data itself.
Legal Tech: What GCs Want from Legal Technology
September 01, 2019
Legal Tech Companies Have to Get Out of Their Own Way In Vying for Law Department Adoption
The legal technology industry has some significant hurdles to overcome in its increased push to sell into legal departments, general counsel say, admitting they themselves are part of the problem.
Litigation Support, E-discovery and the Recovery of Costs
September 01, 2019
The Data Explosion vs. Recovery Model Stagnation
Firms are struggling with a legacy practice of writing off litigation support/e-discovery and related costs but have been challenged to identify and implement recovery models or managed services models that are both acceptable to the firm and to their clients. On top of all of this, many firms simply fail to dispose of the data at the matter closing and costs continue to accumulate year over year. Mattern has launched the first ever e-Discovery and Litigation Support Cost Recovery Survey to gather that needed data to help drive firms' better business decisions.
Leadership for the Strong
September 01, 2019
There are a few things about being an effective leader that books and professors don't seem to directly address. Here are some tips to help partners who lead operational teams, offices, practices, departments, or the firm itself, to implement for leadership impact.
When Being a Star Rainmaker Is Not Enough
September 01, 2019
Why EQ Leads to Even Better Business Results
It is not uncommon for law firms to face negative business outcomes caused by the behavior of a star rainmaker who is unaware of the impact that they have on others. And that's what emotional intelligence (EQ) is about and why it's so important to lead to better business results. What can law firms do to help their star partners increase their emotional intelligence to avoid potentially disastrous business outcomes for themselves and their firms?
In The Courts
September 01, 2019
Maryland Jury Convicts Former CEO of Israeli Company for Role In $145 Million Binary Options Fraud
The Data-Driven Law Firm: The Next Frontier
September 01, 2019
The next generation of elite law firms may have little in common with today's leading global providers of legal services. Whereas historically top-performing law firms combine stellar talent with marquee clients, brand reputation and client-focused excellence to rise to the top, future leading law firms are equally likely to rise to power using a distinctly different recipe: namely, a mixture of market savvy, strategic agility and operational effectiveness powered by data.