This Value Practice resource summarizes how the law department at Mozilla uses a customized, and free, software development tool to manage workflow, communicate with clients and track results.
Read how Textron’s law department became a team by abandoning business-as-usual and implementing a Six Sigma program. After a series of Six Sigma-delivered revelations, Textron counsel redefined their priorities and saw a 20 percent raise in customer satisfaction in just one year. Explore this case study and apply your own Six Sigma program.
In-house counsel are under even more pressure to demonstrate not only their value, but the value of the outside firms they chose to work with. You must reduce costs, but not at the expense of securing high quality outside counsel. High quality does not mean big firms. This article explores using law firm networks.
Sales are everything in growing IT companies. This realization, plus seven crucial tips, can help new in-house counsel at IT companies become productive, valuable contributors more quickly.
As the first in-house counsel for a business in Europe, you will face all of the same challenges a fully staffed legal department faces on a daily basis. You'll be required to be business expert, psychologist, strategist, educator, cultural translator, great communicator and legal advisor, all rolled into one. By focusing on a few major elements - expectations, routine, workplace and tools - you can minimize ramp-up time while keeping your eye on the end game.
This Value Practice piece describes how Johnson & Johnson divides litigation matters into components, negotiates per unit figures, and monitors progress.
This ACC Value Practice highlights communications practices implemented by the AmerisourceBergen law department to enhance value-add and encourage positive lawyer-client interactions.
How are good compliance and due diligence programs the safeguard of a successful company? They protect against potential legal liability and financial hardship. They preserve the sanctity of a corporate reputation. There's another upside to this type of programming: done correctly, it can also cut company costs.
This ACC Value Practice piece highlights the Zurich North America law department’s practices relating to performance/value assessments for outside counsel, billing and convergence