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The Future of Opportunity for the Legal Ecosystem

New eBook with 150 pages on the future of the legal ecosystem. With contributions from legal industry experts around the world. Read it...

Negotiation: Finding Cost-Savings and Common Ground

By Stephanie Corey. Navigating the complex world of legal negotiation can be daunting, but there are strategic ways to approach the...

Force Majeure Clauses and Frustration: Why the COVID-19 pandemic is a wake-up call

By Shakvaan Wijetunga. What is a force majeure clause? A force majeure clause is a method of allocating the risk of a disruptive event....

Does English Really Increase Upward Social Mobility for Legal Professionals?

By Davida Ademuyiwa. It goes without saying that without advanced communication skills in English, your career prospects as a legal...

The Rise of Legal Operations in EMEA

By Catherine J. Moynihan & Robin Snasdell. Legal operations is a growing trend in international law departments. As a function, it...

World Legal Summit Special Edition

Table of Contents | WLS Special Edition: Introduction, WLS Team World Legal Summit Overview Informed Technology Development for a...

Cut costs, reduce marketing, ‘do not do’ business development: law firms in 2020

One of my clients, the managing partners in a large law firm- „we shine with the light of our clients”. The light of some law firms’...

LegalBusinessWorld eMagazine 2020 - ed. #4

Table of Contents | eMagazine 2020 - ed. #4: The Creation of Innovation: How to Build a Cohesive and Sustainable Innovation Team and...

Good Intentions: The Idea and Execution of Diversity Management

The pharmaceutical company Novartis expects their external legal counsels to take diversity management more seriously. That sounds like a...

Client retention hampered by decreasing client loyalty

Let me bust three myths today: (1) Successful lawyers are primarily dealmakers and thus do not depend on the cultivation of...