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• Legal Operations

  4 Ways Legal Ops and Vendor Partnerships Benefit Both Parties

  All relationships require work, and the business relationship between legal ops teams and their vendors is no exception. Unfortunately, legal ops teams often rely on a single, pre-existing connec...

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• Legal Operations

  Legal Project Management: 7 Ways Legal Ops Can Level Up

  A legal team’s most valuable currency is time. At every company in every industry, legal teams look for ways to maximize this precious resource. Too often, tasks like document, matter, and invo...

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• Legal Tech

  Legal Ops: 6 Signs Your Electronic Billing System Isn’t As Powerful as You Think

  Electronic billing involves far more than just paying bills online. A truly powerful legal e-Billing system also provides spend management capabilities that give you full visibility into how and ...

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• In-House Counsel

  Best Law Books: The Ultimate Reading List for Legal Professionals

  Looking for the best law books to fill out your legal library? Whether you’re a legal ops professional, prospective law student, or anyone working in the legal industry, you’re sure to find s...

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• In-House Counsel

  Outside Counsel Guidelines: 7 Things You Might Have Missed

  Outside counsel guidelines (OCG) vary widely by company and sometimes span hundreds of pages, theoretically covering every possible situation that can arise between in-house and outside counsel. ...

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• Legal Operations

  Improve your IP Management Process by Avoiding These 4 Mistakes

  Intellectual property management can get complicated due to the sheer volume of paperwork, vendors, and invoices involved. Before you know it, you’re spending money on patent work without knowi...

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• Legal Tech

  Legal Document Management, Explained

  Implementing a legal document management system can mean the difference between a legal department that functions like a well-oiled machine and one that constantly stalls and breaks down. Let’s...

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• Industry Trends

  The 20 Best Legal Podcasts to Listen to in 2020

  While there are thousands of legal podcasts spanning hundreds of niche topics, the best legal podcasts combine great research, expert input, and engaging storytelling. We’ve done our own resear...

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• Legal Operations

  LegalOps Highlight: News, Trends and Legal Technology Vol. 9

  The LegalOps Highlight is a bi-weekly blog series that features relevant news, market trends and legal technology updates from the legal ecosystem. The content is curated from legal and business ...

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• SimpleLegal Updates

  SimpleLegal’s Document Revolution

  Documents play a key role in the lives of the legal team. From contracts to memorandums, being able to store, manage, and locate important documents are critical to the department’s success. Th...

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• Legal Operations

  Interview with Stephanie Corey of UpLevel Ops

  We’re sitting down with legal professionals to learn more about their roles and responsibilities, uncover useful insights and best practices, and discuss their view on the future of legal and l...

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• Legal Tech

  What is a LEDES File and Why Should Legal Teams Care?

  Have you ever heard the words “LEDES file” mentioned, and think to yourself – ‘what is that?’ Don’t worry, you’re not the only one! In this post, we’re sharing what a ...

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