State of the UK Legal Market 2021: New report highlights the need for greater value & stronger relationships
Clients in the United Kingdom are increasingly looking for law firms willing to invest in building long-term trusted relationships and a deep understanding of their business operations, according to one of the key...
2021 Report on the State of the Midsize Legal Market: Resilience among midsize law firms may offer competitive advantages
Despite daunting challenges, midsize law firms flexed their creativity and agility to prove themselves surprisingly resilient in 2020, according to the new 2021 Report on the State of the Midsize Legal Market, from the...
How are chief talent officers managing law firm talent in a remote work environment?
At a recent gathering of law firm talent officers and directors from around the world, one key question seemed to hang in the air: “We can all work remotely now, but how do we teach employees to work remotely well?” The group had come together at the Chief Talent Officer Roundtable to analyze what the future holds for talent management and firm management in the post-pandemic, remote working environment. And by taking a look at how...
3 common traits drive firms to the top of buyers’ minds, new Regional Brand Indexes reveal
When Thomson Reuters Acritas released its Global Law Firm Brand Index back in January, two key themes emerged and were identified as successful factors in how firms have worked with their clients and reacted to the...
Simplify GRC management with 30-day trial edition of IBM OpenPages Regulatory Compliance Management
The pandemic and its economic disruptions have shown us the world can change in a matter of hours. To keep the public safe, regulatory bodies have scrambled to introduce new measures, often with little notice. According...
Growing ALSP market becoming less “alternative”, says new report
The market for alternative legal service providers (ALSPs) has become an important and growing part of the legal landscape. ALSPs provide both corporate counsel and law firms clients with specialized expertise and tech-savvy, often at lower costs that allow clients to then focus on higher priority work. Further, clients are increasing relying on ALSPs for a wider swath of work types, which has enabled in-house departments and law firms...
Tech Moves: Airbnb HR leader joins Convoy; OutSystems hires Microsoft vets; Highspot’s new chief scientist; and more
Sunita Solao. (Convoy Photo) —Digital freight startup Convoy announced Sunita Solao, previously an HR leader at Airbnb, as vice president of people and a new member of the company’s executive team. “Finding the...
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As the pandemic creates supply chain chaos, Craft raises $10M to apply some intelligence
During the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chains have suddenly become hot. Who knew that would ever happen? The race to secure PPE, ventilators and minor things like food was and still is an enormous issue. But perhaps,...
If Ernst & Young auditors had done this one thing, they might have uncovered Wirecard’s $2 billion fraud years sooner
Among the most startling revelations of the alleged accounting fraud that has led to the collapse of German fintech company Wirecard is that the company’s auditors, Ernst & Young, may have failed, for three years...
