For busy individuals, tax year end can be a good time to bring your personal finances to the top of the pile, at least momentarily taking stock and ensuring not only that you are prepared for the short term, but that longer-term financial goals are also being addressed.
If a business is to capitalise on the potential asset they hold in the shape of a good legal claim, at a time when boards are increasingly focused on managing legal spend, it is vital that a general counsel can identify the most cost-effective way to engage their external lawyers and protect the business against …
James Miller, RPC’s managing partner, looks at what makes the high performers in this year’s GC Powerlist Vision, purpose, focus. In my experience as a managing partner, these are essential ingredients for high performance organisations; essential ingredients for high performance teams; and essential ingredients for high performance individuals.
Many congratulations indeed on being selected for the GC Powerlist UK for 2019. We at 3 Verulam Buildings (3VB) are proud to be associated with this authoritative list of ‘the most influential in-house lawyers in business today’, which is the accolade you now carry!
The business case for greater gender diversity has only increased the need for transformation in executive and functional head roles. Yet women are still far from being equally represented in the top legal position at FTSE companies. Progress has been made in the FTSE 100, but in FTSE 250 companies there is a lack of …
One set of February figures just published showing the worst retail footfall on record – as revealed by one GC in the room – this panel discussion at Enterprise GC proved a timely reminder of the challenges faced by the retail sector and all those who sail with her. And with these challenges comes a …
Continue reading “Enterprise GC view: Retail in a cold climate – learning from the high street”
Stone Group’s Paul Flack explains how to reduce maintenance costs without sacrificing support quality How much are you spending to support all the equipment in your company? Depending on your company size, IT hardware support costs can potentially consume up to two-thirds of the IT budget. So how can you drastically reduce the costs of …
Continue reading “Legal technology sponsored briefing: Four ways to slash IT support costs”
Andrew Stanton of Palisade Secure outlines the steps law firms should be taking to reduce threats According to a 2017 PwC law firm survey, 60% of law firms reported an information security incident in the last year, up from 42% in 2014. The financial and reputational damage of a cyber incident is significant.
Brian Stuart of FTI Consulting details the challenges facing legal teams and how they can be overcome Technology in the legal industry has advanced to such a degree that the global e-discovery landscape today would be unrecognisable to a lawyer from five years ago. New licensing deals offered by the mature software vendors (eg …
Continue reading “Legal technology sponsored briefing: Cross-border e-discovery in an age of change”
It is no secret speech recognition is a valuable channel to drive efficiency and advance your firm’s performance Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the way people produce and access information. Speech recognition and the understanding of language by software are key to the future of information management. The voice technology market is changing fast, …
