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Normally one will have two documents virtually identical in content in order to implement a transparent process applied in a fair and consistent ma...

An annual mailing to your active legal services vendors in the first few weeks of January with your legal billing and rates submission policies is ...

Ring in the New Year with a fresh start for #legalops…. Launching your 2021 strategic plan? In need of operations help aids but without budget to ...

In 2007, before ACC invited a small number of not-an-attorney legal professionals to join their ranks, before CLOC was formed, the Association of L...

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...

Our #1 question received is “What’s Inside Ops in a Box, Legal Edition?” Join me to open a magical kit and take a look here. After removing the shr...

This season, I am THANKFUL for many, many things. Here are a few - Hearst, a company with a strong legacy of doing the right thing by its employee...

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...