The rise of corporate legal operations has been described as a “fundamental shift” (Law.com) and a “fundamental transformation” (Forbes). It’s easy to get overwhelmed when industry thought leaders...
The Movember Foundation chose Xakia to coordinate communication among lawyers on three continents and its seasonal secondees. Situation Movember is the world’s leading charity changing the face of...
For Noora Sulaibeekh, performance is paramount. As the general counsel of Batelco, the leading telecommunications provider in Bahrain, Sulaibeekh consistently measures her team’s performance and...
These unprecedented events. This uncertain time. The new normal. They are tired phrases by now, but the clichés ring true: We are working in a new reality. As we have discussed, Legal Departments now...
It’s not your imagination: Everything is harder right now. Workloads are up. In a global survey by Morrison Foerster, 63 percent of general counsel said their Legal Department is busier now. Work...
The myriad moving pieces of any legal project – who’s doing what, when, what’s next – are hard enough before COVID-19 led to lock-down orders worldwide. Now lawyers are scrambling to work from...
Nearly half of in-house lawyers feel stressed either most or all of the time, according to research from Law360. Stressors in the profession are myriad, to be sure, but for many Legal Departments,...
The coronavirus has the world on high alert: Headlines are rife with event cancellations, school closings and quarantines. Some corporations have shuttered offices, among them KKR & Co. in London;...
Legal Departments are so often buried in work that it’s hard, if not impossible, to pause and contemplate strategic projects. However, without a strategic plan, your Legal Department will be trapped...
The trend is clear. A 2017 Mahlab report found 89 percent of general counsel say their senior executive leaders see them as ‘trusted advisors’. As management asks general counsel to safeguard bottom...
Nearly half of corporate Legal Departments are working without a formal plan, according to Xakia’s Legal Operations Health Check. This survey polled in-house lawyers and legal operations personnel on...
You put in the work. You talked to your stakeholders, met with your team and completed a Legal Department Strategic Plan. The hard part’s done, right? Not necessarily. According to Harvard Business...
"Legal departments need help, but hopes for additional personnel are largely pipe dreams. That leaves technology as the key—but organisations shouldn’t rush in blindly." The Australian Corporate...
The new year is just weeks away – and for the more than 70 percent of companies whose fiscal year follows the calendar year, it’s a new beginning in more ways than one. If you’re among the half of...
"International tech firm with Kansas City roots transforms storage, analysis, and application of critical legal information for in-house counsel." Xakia's Senior VP, USA, Anne Post, recently sat...
Over half of Legal Departments lack clear view of spending There was a time when legal teams had some wiggle room with budgets — their costs to some extent could vary with the issues that arose. But...
More money, more problems? For small Legal Departments, the opposite may be true: While their budgets may have fewer zeroes than their larger counterparts, the pressure to deliver with fewer people...
Create a Legal Technology Roadmap in Three Steps This white paper includes: Why you should have a technology roadmap How to define the composition of your road map How to build your...
Since Xakia launched the Legal Operations Health Check, in-house counsel on five continents have completed the online assessment. Two months later, their responses provide a quantitative look at the...
Most legal departments will invest in new technology projects this year – but a significant portion of those might be doomed to fail. Indeed, as Forbes reported, 25 percent of technology projects...
The LegalTech revolution seems to favor larger departments – though it’s teams of 10 lawyers or fewer who stand to benefit the most from the time savings it promises. On average, 57.6 percent of law...
In-House LegalTech: 10 Questions to Ask Before You Go to the CIO When it comes to implementing your legal tech roadmap, the Information Technology Department is a key ally: It can supply funding,...
How do you ensure your legal and company information is kept securely, and appropriate measures are taken to protect against data loss? This 8-point checklist will ensure you can get some immediate...
Looking back on the industrial revolution, legend has it that automobile magnate Henry Ford once opined, “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” In this...
If you’re like Team Xakia, you left the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium’s 2018 Institute with a head full of ideas. Now that you’ve returned, rested and rehydrated – and jumped back into the...
Feats, Failures and the Critical Conversation You’re Not Having Since we launched Xakia’s Legal Operations Health Check earlier this month, we’ve enjoyed studying the responses and patterns from the...
The study of legal operations is nothing if not comprehensive: The Corporate Legal Consortium charts 12 core competencies, and the Association of Corporate Counsel’s Legal Operations Maturity Model...
Who should receive them? What to include? How do they help your team? Access this webinar to learn: How to craft meaningful reports for three audiences: Legal Department and its leadership team ...
How Data Can Align Your Department with Business Goals Companies that include the legal function in corporate strategy can achieve long-term competitive advantage and even higher stock market...
This white paper is suitable for companies of any size to begin implementing successful corporate legal operations initiatives in four simple steps. ...
