Online Billing: Submitting Legal Invoices Electronically
Andrew T. Briscoe of Lexpert
Most legal invoices still get submitted the old fashion way, on paper. But some corporate law departments are beginning to request outside counsel law firms to submit their bills electronically. Is electronic billing just the latest fad, or is this an important new trend both law firms and law departments need to consider carefully?
Compensation For Corporate Counsel - 2002
Richard G. Stock of Lexpert
The last quarter of the year is when performance pay and total compensation are finalized for counsel in Canadian law departments.
Business Globalization
Daniel J. DiLucchio and Rees W. Morrison of Lexpert
For more and more US law departments, serving clients means serving clients based in foreign countries or handling matters outside the United States. For years, globalization has necessitated that larger law departments deal with international legal problems.
In Defense of Lawyers
Michael Lee Hanks of Law Office of Michael L. Hanks
This article is written with an admitted bias. I am a lawyer. Some of my best friends are lawyers, and I enjoy th.
Some Facts of Life
Richard G. Stock of Lexpert
The April meeting of the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association in Victoria afforded this writer the opportunity to survey a cross-section of General Counsel about the changes and challenges they face.
Three New Questions To Ask Before Outsourcing
Norman Clark of Lexpert
The growing interest in outsourcing has reached the corporate law department. Actually, law departments have pioneered outsourcing in many companies, having for years routinely referred important corporate legal matters to outside service providers. The outsourcing concept should be comfortable for law departments, but it's not.
Legal Department Priorities and Time Allocation: Who's In Charge?
Andrew Zangrilli of FindLaw M V
The slogan that corporate counsel live by is: THE COMPANY IS THE CLIENT. But with several--and oftentimes different--interests at the company, which particular party sets the company's legal priorities?
Careers in Law
Missouri Bar Center
This article details the various careers available to those who practice law.
Auditing in Legal Services
Richard G. Stock of Lexpert
Scott Fargason maintains that lawyers waste considerable resources. As a lawyer and a CPA in the U.S., he claims that "there is ample opportunity for auditors to dramatically improve the efficiency and effectiveness of in-house and external legal counsel." He has collaborated with The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) to produce a development and practice aid for the IIA, as part of its Preferred Practices Framework for Internal Auditing.
Concerned About How Your Obituary Will Read?
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC
Bonnie Kay Donahue woke up one morning six years ago and had a moment of epiphany. A successful bankruptcy attorne.