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Pressure Points: How to Move Forward Successfully with Technology Leasing
The 2013 IT Budget Benchmark Report conducted by Corporate Executive Board (CEB) Global reveals CIOs across the globe expect a modest growth in total IT expenditure while capital expenditure growth will stay flat. See, www.executiveboard.com/it-blog/2013-it-budget. Despite CIOs' efforts to reduce maintenance and mandatory spending, this continues to represent nearly 70% of total IT expenditure. This trend is amplified in the 2012 ILTA/InsideLegal Technology Purchasing Survey (http://bit.ly/12nQwgj) where overall law firm technology spend ' as a percentage of total revenue and per attorney ' is still down from the pre-2009 economic downturn and firms across the board were spending less on technology as allocated per attorney.
However, according to a Gartner report just released on 10 critical tech trends for CIOs over the next five years, there is significant growth in IT complexity. Faster change cycles are being predicted with shorter development timelines and end-users increasing demands on IT.
The DOJ's Corporate Enforcement Policy: One Year Later
The DOJ's Criminal Division issued three declinations since the issuance of the revised CEP a year ago. Review of these cases gives insight into DOJ's implementation of the new policy in practice.
Use of Deferred Prosecution Agreements In White Collar Investigations
This article discusses the practical and policy reasons for the use of DPAs and NPAs in white-collar criminal investigations, and considers the NDAA's new reporting provision and its relationship with other efforts to enhance transparency in DOJ decision-making.
The DOJ's New Parameters for Evaluating Corporate Compliance Programs
The parameters set forth in the DOJ's memorandum have implications not only for the government's evaluation of compliance programs in the context of criminal charging decisions, but also for how defense counsel structure their conference-room advocacy seeking declinations or lesser sanctions in both criminal and civil investigations.
How AI Has Affected PR
When we consider how the use of AI affects legal PR and communications, we have to look at it as an industrywide global phenomenon. A recent online conference provided an overview of the latest AI trends in public relations, and specifically, the impact of AI on communications. Here are some of the key points and takeaways from several of the speakers, who provided current best practices, tips, concerns and case studies.