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How (and Why) To Become a T-Shaped Lawyer

As businesses expand, so too must those who work for them. As an attorney, you must also remain willing to evolve regardless of the...

Confidentiality Agreement vs. an NDA: Key Differences

Confidential information is critical to the operation of your company, and keeping proprietary information safe from competitors requires the implementation of various forms and...

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The Complete Guide to CLM Implementation

A recent survey shows that 68% of business professionals need to access contracts at least weekly. That same survey suggests it takes those professionals over two hours to locate...

7 Things to Learn by Analyzing Your Contract Data

Managing a company’s contracts is a core responsibility of the modern general counsel (GC) and their legal department. You might be responsible for drafting, negotiating, executing, and overseeing various...

The Definitive Guide to Legal Budgeting

You might think of corporate legal departments as a business within a business that provides legal services to the other business units within the company. Like any other business,...

7 KPIs Legal Departments Shouldn’t Take Their Eyes Off

According to a recent survey, CEOs prioritize having a GC who can act as a strategic business partner and a key cog in the company’s leadership. To reach this...

Why Your Legal Department’s Customer Service Matters and Ways to Improve It

The modern corporate legal department is more like a business within a business, providing legal advice and risk management services to the business’s stakeholders. As a business, how would...

How to Redline Using Microsoft Word in 2023

Knowing how to redline using Microsoft Word is a fundamental skill for GCs and corporate attorneys to show their changes when collaborating on a legal document. Your legal department...

Building a Legal Metrics Dashboard That Works for You

Corporate legal departments are a hotbed of valuable raw data that can give c-suites and business leadership advanced insights for future decision-making for reduced spend. The challenge for general...

5 Litigation Trends That Will Change the Market in 2023

Corporate legal departments are a major cog in the broader sector of law as key intermediaries between c-suites, private law firms, government agencies, and other legal groups. As a...

7 Overwhelming Reasons to Start Shopping for an ALSP

Alternative legal service providers (ALSPs) were born out of the increased demand for legal services in our highly regulated state, changes in how people work, and the simultaneous development...

5 Common Mistakes in Contract Management and How to Overcome Them

Contracts can be both a valuable asset and catastrophic liability for companies depending on who you ask. A big part of that conversation involves how a legal department stewards...

7 Characteristics of a High-Performing Legal Team

As a leader in legal innovation, we have had the immense pleasure of helping corporate legal departments reflect, grow, and succeed in their legal operations. That experience has afforded...

Legal Spend Analysis and the Benefits of Investing in Automation and Analytics

A core function of most general counsels is to manage the many outside counsels, vendors, and other legal administrators their legal departments use. Part of that management is paying...

5 Steps to Navigate Vendor Compliance Requirements

Today’s businesses rely on a vast network of vendors whose services play a critical role in a company achieving its goals. At the heart of these business relationships are...

5 Ways Exigent Does Legal Compliance and Regulation

Managing legal compliance and regulation efforts – mandated through legislation or otherwise – are essential for preserving a company’s opportunities for growth and minimizing risks of a financial penalty...

Turnover in Your Legal Department: How Can You Prepare?

Legal talent turnover and retention are critical concerns for GCs and their legal departments. You rely heavily on the experience and institutional knowledge of your attorneys and legal staff...