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Reducing Headcount May Not Be the Best, or Only, Option to Weather an Uncertain Economic Climate Image

Reducing Headcount May Not Be the Best, or Only, Option to Weather an Uncertain Economic Climate

Valerie Chan

One of the lessons we learned — or should have — from the pandemic was that, from a market share perspective, if companies are not visible and in front of customers, it is hard for them to retain existing clients and prop up market share

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Won't You Stay? Using Stay Interviews To Gain Employee Feedback Image

Won't You Stay? Using Stay Interviews To Gain Employee Feedback

Scott Wooldridge

Stay interviews are designed to give employees a chance to give feedback and insight into their experience at work so that companies can better meet their needs and concerns.

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ChatGPT or Me?

Susan Freeman

A Generative AI Primer for Law Firm Marketers ChatGPT can provide a new channel for client engagement and interaction, which can help improve the client experience and drive client acquisition. It also has its pros and cons.

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GC Panel Reveals Challenges and How Outside Firms Can Help Image

GC Panel Reveals Challenges and How Outside Firms Can Help

Eric Dewey

While General Counsel are becoming involved in more areas of the business, especially as a result of COVID, their core responsibility remains enterprise risk.

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Help! My Clients Want My Firm to Start Using ChatGPT! Image

Help! My Clients Want My Firm to Start Using ChatGPT!

By Dan Felz, Wim Nauwelaerts, Paul Greaves & Josh Fox

Part One of a Two-Part Article Corporate legal departments are increasingly receiving requests from business clients to use ChatGPT or similar AI-powered tools in their operations. These requests can be urgent, with business clients demanding enablement from legal. This article is in two parts: Part One briefly details what "generative AI" tools like ChatGPT are and provides an overview of key legal considerations, including by looking forward to upcoming AI-specific legislation in the EU and the U.S.

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Investing In Practice Management Can Pay Off for Partners, Talent and Clients Image

Investing In Practice Management Can Pay Off for Partners, Talent and Clients

By Mark Masson, Ed Estrada & Jay Russell

While the practice leaders, partners and lawyers in a practice know their clients best, they focus most of their time and energy on being legal experts. This is where practice, operations, and firm-level leadership need to provide focus, process and resources to help their legal experts deliver their unique value to clients.

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Legal Industry 'Ripe for Disruption' Image

Legal Industry 'Ripe for Disruption'

Cassandre Coyer & Justin Henry

While the law firm model has historically rewarded inefficiencies, recent trends show that model is reaching its expiration date.

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Strategies to Improve Security and Optimize Your Technology Spend Image

Strategies to Improve Security and Optimize Your Technology Spend

Mike Henderson, Whitney Jones, & Bill Pitcairn

Uncertain and challenging markets are times when firms and organizations of all types conserve cash. If this can be achieved without cutting needed projects, equipment or services to ensure successful returns to the office, then this is clearly an ideal financial strategy. In fact, leasing and financing not only helps firms conserve cash, but when done right, helps firms also maximize their IT budgets.

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Financial Strategies that Improve Security and Optimize Your Technology Spend Image

Financial Strategies that Improve Security and Optimize Your Technology Spend

Mike Henderson, Whitney Jones, & Bill Pitcairn

Shifting large IT purchases over to a predictable monthly expense is a pricing model that has taken over most industries with the introduction of cloud services, and this can be a particularly useful model during challenging markets.

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Legal Operations Success In an Uncertain Economy

Ari Kaplan

In the uncertain economy that is characterizing the first quarter of the year, there remains a significant emphasis on demonstrating value to secure new resources.

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