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Enjoyed a candid conversation at Buying Legal Council (BLC) today with Jason Smith, who has followed the CLM market in tremendous depth for decade...

Note: The views here are my own and most decidedly do not reflect the view of my employer or its Rate Review Committee. The graphic displays profit...

The Legal Operations Department of Tomorrow...Today.  David is a thoughtful and super-active idea generator/amplifier in the Legal Ops ecosystem. ...

A few weeks ago, I participated in a terrific CLOC NY Area Huddle, "Budgeting for Legal Ops Professionals." Organized by Chapter Leads Stacy Lettie...

In chapter 5 of Running Legal Like A Business by Connie Brenton and Susan Lambreth, PLI Press, 2021, author Daniel Coll, Sr. AGC of Legal Operation...

As 2021 moves towards its wrap, so will end the Association of Legal Administrators' 50th Anniversary Celebration and a special offer from Pure Ma...

While external benchmarks can be helpful in evaluating legal service provider rates, there is no better benchmark than what you pay your own legal ...

In this series on budgets, the one piece we have not yet delved into is the fully-loaded staff cost.  Ops in a Box, Legal Edition includes a worksh...

For the budget estimate update, if the total exceeds the total submitted at the last estimate, first check whether any unfilled positions or job va...

For legal departments the top two expenses are usually outside legal services and internal salaries and benefits, followed by technology.  Once you...

In the Consolidated Matter Budgets post, we touched on matters exceeding a budget threshold having more detailed budgets assigned by UTBMS code or ...

In this series, we will talk about both consolidated matter budgets and individual matter budgets.  As always, if you are an Ops in a Box, Legal Ed...