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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...

At the 6 month mark for Op in a Box, Legal Edition, I wanted to pause with heartfelt GRATITUDE to say THANK YOU!  The SUPPORT and ENCOURAGEMENT tha...

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...

I am a GINORMOUS fan of Atul Gawande’s The Checklist Manifesto.  With irrefutable data drawn from medicine and from commercial construction, he dem...

OCTOBER 12, 2020  In 1981, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) was founded to give a home to corporate attorneys who were not eligible at th...

As laid out in the evidence in my last post, we are at the end of the golden age of corporate law department as a large standalone service entity b...

Had a great time at SOLID. Enjoyed speaking on the hypothesis that the golden age of the corporate legal department is done and 5 practical steps y...