A new study conducted by the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) in conjunction with InsideLegal suggests a majority of law firms, 53%, report an increase to their technology budgets in 2016. In spite of this, survey respondents cite issues of security...
Month: August 2016
In Their Own Words, Customers Share CounselLink Business Benefits
They say every good relationship begins with open communication. This is especially true when it comes to a managing a customer relationship. At CounselLink, our customer philosophy is more than simply a vendor/customer relationship. In contrast, we view these...
New Federal Directive Clarifies U.S. Cyber Incident Coordination
Last week’s news reports that hackers had breached the New York Times was the latest reminder of the existential threat that all private-sector businesses face from cyber attacks. In the legal community, cyber incidents have taken place at nearly all major U.S. law...
Create a Winning Firm: 6 Numbers to Have on the Radar
Attorneys who own their own firms can learn a thing or two from Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland Athletics, featured in the award-winning movie “Moneyball.” Say what? In a recent Attorney at Work article titled: Build a Major League Small Law Firm Using...
Law Firms Finding Business Gains in Migration to Cloud
When the very notion of accessing software applications on the cloud hit the legal profession – let alone cloud-based data storage and retrieval – most law firms reacted in a predictably risk-averse manner: That’s interesting, but what is the data security exposure to...
Legal Department Metrics, Reports, and Analysis: A CounselLink / CLOC Discussion – Part 1
I just returned from San Francisco where I was fortunate enough to be invited to facilitate a discussion with the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium (CLOC) on legal department metrics. My colleague, Kris Satkunas, Director of Analytics Consulting for CounselLink,...