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• Legal Operations

  LegalOps Highlight: News, Trends and LegalTech Updates Vol. 2

  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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• Industry Trends

  3 Things We’re Looking Forward to at the 2019 ACC Annual Meeting

  We’re right around the corner from ACC Annual 2019, the world’s largest gathering of in-house counsel. This year’s event will be held at the Phoenix Convention Center on October 27-30, and ...

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• Industry Trends

  End of the Year Legal Conferences for In-House Counsel (2019)

  With so many legal conferences taking place throughout the year, we know it can be hard to figure out which to prioritize and attend. To help navigate your options, we’ve highlighted some of th...

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• Industry Trends

  5 Quotes that Sum Up CLOC 2019 from an Attendee’s Perspective

  We just got back from attending another fantastic CLOC Institute in Las Vegas. We’ve had the honor of sponsoring CLOC four years in a row and we can’t tell you how amazing it has been to watc...

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• Industry Trends

  Reimagined ACC XChange Focuses on Ops, Process, and Leadership Training

  We just got back from attending the first XChange in Minneapolis, the Association of Corporate Counsel’s (ACC) reimagined conference that combined their annual Mid-Year Meeting and Legal Operat...

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• Industry Trends

  CLOC 2019: Can’t Miss Sessions

  At SimpleLegal, we love anything related to legal operations, so it’s no surprise that we’re thrilled to be a fourth year sponsor of the 2019 CLOC Institute – one of the largest legal ops c...

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• Industry Trends

  ACC Xchange 2019: What Legal Ops Professionals Can Expect

  We’re two weeks away from the inaugural ACC Xchange being held in Minneapolis, MN. This reimagined conference combines the Association of Corporate Counsel’s Mid-Year Meeting and Legal Operat...

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• In-House Counsel

  5 Valuable Insights from Evolve the Law’s Legal Tech Roundtable

  I just had the pleasure of attending the Evolve the Law ‘Emerging Legal Departments: Legal Tech 101 Roundtable’ in Sunnyvale where Bay Area legal departments networked over breakfast and part...

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• Legal Operations

  5 Legal Operations Trends to Pay Attention to This Year

  Fueled by fast-paced growth and demand for greater efficiency in the legal department, there’s no doubt that legal operations is here to stay. Whether you are a legal operations professional, t...

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• Legal Operations

  Statistics Point to Another Strong Year for Legal Operations in 2019

  2019 is an exciting year to be in legal operations. It may feel like we say that every year, but with the international growth of legal operations, increase in legal service providers and resou...

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• Industry Trends

  3 Lessons Learned at the 2018 ACC Annual Meeting

  We just got back from the ACC (Association of Corporate Counsel) Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas and despite the lack of coffee, we had a great time sponsoring the event! Most notably, we had the...

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• Industry Trends

  4 Ways to Get the Most Out of the CLOC Australia Conference

  Legal operations is gaining traction within corporate legal departments – and not just in the United States, but around the world. To support the demand for legal operations knowledge and build...

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• Industry Trends

  ACC Legal Ops: 5 Accruals Management Best Practices from Fitbit and Veritas

  Last week, Chicago hosted hundreds of legal operations professionals at the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Legal Operations Conference. Here at SimpleLegal, we love legal operations, so ...

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• Industry Trends

  Set Your Legal Department Up for Success with a Foundational Billing Process

  Having a legal e-Billing and matter management system to track and analyze invoices from outside counsel is no longer a luxury, but a necessity for legal departments of all sizes. The challenge f...

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• Industry Trends

  CLOC2018:
  3 Undeniable Observations from the Largest Legal Operations Conference

  Another fantastic CLOC Institute has come and gone! This year’s conference showcased the continued growth of the CLOC organization as well as the legal operations function; both of which show n...

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• Industry Trends

  Top Sessions to Attend at CLOC 2018

  The highly anticipated agenda for the 2018 CLOC Institute is almost finalized! As a Platinum Sponsor and perennial CLOC attendee, we know firsthand that there are ample ways to fill your conferen...

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• Legal Operations

  Legal Operations in 2017: A Story by Numbers

  At SimpleLegal, we’re excited by and proud to be a part of the growing legal operations movement. To celebrate that growth, we’re sharing some of the top legal ops trends and statistics of 20...

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• Industry Trends

  All About Legal Ops: CLOC Releases 2017 State of the Industry Survey

  Last week, the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium (CLOC) released their First Annual State of the Industry Survey where more than one-third of CLOC member companies were polled to shed light ...

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• Industry Trends

  3 Ways to Make Data a Valuable Lever for In-House Legal

  In a session discussing the hidden potential of data at last month’s ACC Annual Meeting, we learned that only 39% of legal departments say they collect and analyze data – only 6.6% of those d...

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• Industry Trends

  How to Achieve Legal Operations Excellence: 3 Pitfalls to Avoid

  Last week, SimpleLegal sponsored the ACC Annual Meeting where thousands of in-house counsel, legal technology providers, and ACC members from around the nation gathered in Washington, DC. Among t...

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• Industry Trends

  Event Recap: ACC Annual Meeting 2017

  Last week, we sponsored the ACC Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, and we must say, the event was a tremendous success. Not only were there many repeat Annual Meeting attendees, there were just as...

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• Industry Trends

  Hang Out with SimpleLegal in October: ACC & SVAGC

  This October, SimpleLegal is proud to sponsor two in-house counsel events the week of October 16th: The ACC Annual Conference in Washington, DC (meet us at ACC) and the 29th Annual SVAGC All Hand...

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• Industry Trends

  5 Things I Wish Someone Told Me When I First Started

  This article first appeared on HuffPost by Brad Micklin with Yitzi Weiner I had the pleasure to interview Nathan Wenzel. Nathan took a more methodical and consultative approach to founding his st...

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• Industry Trends

  Managing the Relationship Between Legal and Technology

  Yesterday, we attended the EvolveLaw Tech Savvy In-House Counsel event with a group of legal thought leaders looking to dive deeper into how in-house counsel and legal operations are using techno...

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• Industry Trends

  Top ACC Sessions for Forward-Thinking Corporate Counsel

  If you’re interested in seeing what’s new in the legal tech marketplace and the benefits of integrating modern technology into your legal operations process, register for the upcoming ACC Ann...

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• Industry Trends

  Can’t Miss Podcast on the Value of Data for Legal Operations with Outlier’s Sean Byrnes

  We love data at SimpleLegal and have seen countless benefits, from cost savings to more informed decision making, for corporate legal departments and legal operations teams that have access to th...

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• Industry Trends

  Free Ticket to Silicon Valley EvolveLaw Tech Savvy In-House Counsel

  As a proud member of EvolveLaw, we can’t wait to see how their recently announced partnership with Above the Law will continue to drive innovation and adoption of technology within the legal in...

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• Industry Trends

  #CLOC2017: Data is a Crucial Driver in Selecting Outside Counsel

  “Just because it’s obvious doesn’t mean it’s easy. A lot of legal operations are complex, for sure. But a lot of what we do is putting common sense into motion.” These resonant words fr...

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• Industry Trends

  Sessions to Attend at CLOC 2017: Key Themes at This Year’s Conference

  CLOC, the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium, recently released the session schedule for the upcoming CLOC Institute being held in Las Vegas. There are more than 70 informative sessions that t...

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• Industry Trends

  In Review: Streamlined IP Management at IPforward 2017

  Last week, more than one hundred intellectual property (IP) professionals gathered in Silicon Valley for the 3rd annual IPforward conference. Put on by IPfolio, the one-day conference provides a ...

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• Industry Trends

  Feature Interview:
  Why Legal Ops Roles are on the Rise with Zenefits’ Felicia Chang

  It’s clear to in-house professionals that there’s a new legal role that’s proving critical to departmental success – and that role is legal operations. What is so appealing about ...

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• Industry Trends

  Feature Interview:
  In-House Roles & Responsibilities with AdRoll’s Stephanie King

  General counsel are often tagged as the always risk-averse ‘fun police,’ quashing ideas and innovation that even smell like they may operate close to the boundaries of what is legal. As a gen...

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• Legal Tech

  Exciting Times in Legal Tech

  It’s an exciting time in legal technology. New companies are creating modern, easy-to-use software for in-house legal teams. General Counsel have more choice and more control at lower price...

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