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A Legal Profession Catch 22 Stymies Cost Efficiency for Now, But the C-Suite Can Fix This Problem

The Point You have two important, but different, types of resources to address legal issues facing your business: 1. LAWYERS: For advice that requires legal judgment to guide business decisions, your company needs accomplished individual attorneys (see July 27, 2022 post). You can’t get legal judgment from an automated platform.…

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An Effective Corporate Law Function Uses the Right Tool for the Specific Task — Not Just In-House Counsel and Law Firms

The Point There’s a lot more to the corporate law function than what lawyers do. But most of the legal profession doesn’t recognize that, and client companies suffer the resulting costs of Legal’s labor-intensive, technology-averse work methods. This Matters to Your Business Jeff Carr is a legendary general counsel who…

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General Counsels’ Insecurities Can Lead Them to Choose Big Law Firms for Self-Protection. Ben Heineman, Jr.: “Big is bad — with very few exceptions”.

The Point An earlier generation was raised on the saying: “Nobody ever got fired for choosing IBM”. It still holds sway among too many general counsels I’ve known in their strong prejudice favoring AmLaw 100 or AmLaw 200 law firms as a hedge against second-guessing if something goes wrong on…

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