In a series of monthly interviews, LawGeex speaks to top In-House Counsel adopting legal technology to enhance productivity. Here, we speak to Chris Newby, General Counsel and Chief Operating Officer at AIG EMEA How is AIG’s in-house team organized? Size and reporting function? I have 70 lawyers in EMEA. I am based in London acting as General … Continued
It was a week in which Twitter announced the most retweeted post in its history (one man’s plea for a year’s supply of Wendy’s chicken nuggets accrued 3,433,000 retweets, beating that Oscars selfie in 2014). But in the legal world, Las Vegas and the Corporate Legal Operations Institute (#CLOC2017) was trending. Following our top ten tweets roundup (from … Continued
In-house legal departments aren’t often considered the most dynamic or innovative parts of companies. Inside Counsel recognize the stereotype, We’re all familiar with the pervasive stereotypes that have dogged corporate legal departments over the past few decades—an impediment to closing deals, a center of obstinacy, a bottleneck, the “department of no.” Corporate legal departments are often … Continued
A new California law will change the way that thousands of corporate counsel draft company contracts. Many companies with employees in California have tried to have their contracts governed by the laws of other states or countries and to have disputes heard in those other locations. For example, a company might specify that a contract … Continued
Following up on the great feedback we got from Law Practice Manager (LawGeex “Ups the Game” in Automated Document Review), we are ecstatic to get an amazing review and perfect score from Disrupt Legal. The blog’s author is Mary Redzic, the In-House Counsel for the Bay Area’s Vionic Group LLC. She reported on how she took … Continued
