All In-house articles – Page 11
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Pay trainees a 'fair' salary, Law Society urges
Law Society announces a 2.6% increase in recommended minimum salaries.
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GCs tell firms: diversify or lose out
HP legal chief says tech giant’s ‘diversity holdback’ scheme is working as panel firms change behaviour.
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Accountants winning in 'rapidly expanding' alternative legal services market
Nearly a quarter of large firms say they have lost work to one of the Big Four.
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GCs threaten to pull their millions from 'largely male and white' firms
Law firm partners are told that hiring a diversity and inclusion officer is not enough.
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'Sigh of relief' as GCs escape City accountability regime
Financial Conduct Authority says legal privilege would have restricted it from carrying out usual supervisory processes.
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US consultancy snaps up in-house adviser Halebury
Combined business will supply lawyers and other experts for in-house teams and law firms on global basis.
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Space law reform is out of this world
Updating a cold-war era treaty will be more difficult than agreeing it in the first place.
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Last post: Royal Mail legal chief en route to easyJet
Maaike De Bie is a leading figure in demonstrating the value of in-house lawyers.
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New contract battleground for AI in law
AI system will be used to spot areas of risk in large collections of supplier contracts.
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City firm's AI tool 'will help in-house counsel decide on disputes'
Clear/Cut programme will allow for extensive review that would be ’prohibitively large and costly’ to evaluate with humans.
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In-house lawyers expect artificial intelligence to cut firms' bills
75% of GCs expect to benefit from lower fees, improved quality and faster turnaround times – report.
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Revealed: firms that are allowed to operate outside solicitor rules
The SRA’s ‘safe space’ was extended in July - and the regulator has now started to publish details of applicants successful since then.
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Landmark privilege win: appeal court rules against SFO in ENRC case
Advice whose purpose is to avoid or settle legal proceedings is as much protected by litigation privilege as advice given for the purpose of defence.
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80% of top firms sign up to bill-viewing platform
LawTech business Apperio raises £7.5m for expansion.
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Whitehall to offer commercial career path to trainees
Initiative to tackle skills shortage caused by gap in earnings between Government Legal Department and the City.
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Solicitor placed in charge of English cricket integrity
Meena Botros will ensure domestic cricket meets the ‘highest regulatory standards’.
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7.01pm? Don't email unless it's urgent
Royal Mail's GC doesn't message colleagues in the evening or at weekends. All lawyers should follow suit.
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Royal Mail GC: data demonstrates your value
Hard data can help a general counsel (GC) demonstrate their legal team’s value to a business as well as cut its costs, Royal Mail’s GC told the Law Society’s flagship conference for in-house lawyers last week. Maaike de Bie In conversation with Stephen Denyer, the Society’s ...
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No 'one-size-fits-all' approach to resolving human rights conflicts, GCs told
Remote working enabled one female employee to work on a project in a country where women's right to work was an issue.
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Demand for business law rising but top-200 go niche as competition intensifies
Demand for commercial legal advice will rise over the next 18 months, according to an annual market bellwether*, but some sectors are becoming crowded with law firm teams created to serve specific industries. Of 180 large and SME businesses surveyed by IRN Research, most expect their demands for legal services ...