In-house and informed

In house legal departments and their senior lawyers are more important today than at any stage in legal profession history.
They are responsible for huge global budgets, they oversee major deals and fight large disputes on behalf of their multi-national corporations and they play an integral role in navigating the increasingly complex web of domestic and international regulation imposed on just about every business sector on the planet.
Clearly, they need to keep abreast of legal profession news generally, but – as the rapid growth of in-house-specific groups around the world demonstrates – they need to be updated on developments and tactics specific to running legal departments, many of which are as big as medium-sized global law firms.
From issues around alternative fee structures (is it finally time to write the obituary for the billable hour?), to law firm panel selection, to issues around the burgeoning legal process outsourcing sector, our weekly newsletter is designed to keep general counsel and their senior staff fully briefed on this rapidly changing environment.
Produced by the team at The Global Legal Post -- which continues to update the entire legal profession through its daily e-alerts, web site and magazine – this briefing doesn’t pretend to be totally comprehensive, but it will give busy senior in-house lawyers a weekly glimpse at developments that are vital to them and provide a path to more detailed information.
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