Heads of legal increasingly taking charge on cyber matters, research shows

A new survey has revealed that more chief legal officers are putting their hands up to lead on matters pertaining to...

25 March 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Time and cost savings from GenAI beget ‘focus on more challenging, rewarding, and higher-value work’

New findings highlight the “transformative impact” that generative AI has on the spending habits of in-house legal...

15 October 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

GenAI helping law departments cut costs, research says

New findings highlight the “transformative impact” that generative AI has on the spending habits of in-house legal...

08 October 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators names new Australian president

An international arbitrator and barrister has been appointed as the president of the Australian branch of the Chartered...

13 August 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Qantas GC named to ACC global board of directors

The group general counsel and company secretary of the national carrier has been appointed as a director on the global...

26 October 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

In-house trends revealed for first half of 2023

A new report has revealed the top concerns for in-house counsel across the country during the first six months of the...

20 June 2023

By Lauren Croft

84% of CLOs help determine cyber strategy

New research from the Association of Corporate Counsel Foundation shows that the overwhelming majority of in-house...

08 November 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

Tech skills most in-demand for legal counsel, says survey

Nearly half of corporate legal professionals consider technology-related skills as the most needed for emerging legal...

01 November 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

Aussie elected ACC global board chair

For the second year in a row, an Australian has been elected as the chair of the global board of directors for the...

25 October 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

Legal professional protection for in-house lawyers becoming a global trend

The European arm of the Association of Corporate Counsel has welcomed the decision of Switzerland’s National Council...

12 July 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

Effective legal entity management now ‘a focal point’, says new report

More effective and efficient business outcomes will arise for those legal departments implementing legal entity...

23 March 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

The legal challenges in the media law space

The pandemic, along with business models that are changing and evolving, has “thrown up a lot of interesting legal...

04 January 2022

By Lauren Croft

‘We are lawyers, but we’re also very good business leaders’

In-house lawyers and GCs need to be prepared to become business leaders in addition to legal experts, according to the...

14 December 2021

By Lauren Croft

Aussie counsel elected ACC global chair

The head of legal at an Australian sawn timber production company has been elected as the new global chair for the...

08 November 2021

By Jerome Doraisamy

How does your law department compare to others?

New research gives insights into how legal team leaders can benchmark against, or consider alternative approaches to,...

06 July 2021

By Jerome Doraisamy

Too many law departments are failing to preserve data

New research shows a concerning number of legal teams whose eDiscovery readiness and existing strategies to collect,...

08 June 2021

By Jerome Doraisamy

What technologies are law departments using?

New research shows the implementation rates for different types of tech by law departments across the

25 May 2021

By Jerome Doraisamy

How many in-house teams formally review law firm performance?

New findings from CLOC and ACC reveal the volume of law departments that actively evaluate the law firms that they...

18 May 2021

By Jerome Doraisamy

GCs must ‘authentically speak’ about D&I journeys

In the wake of findings that diversity and inclusion is the top priority for law departments, general counsel have a...

18 May 2021

By Jerome Doraisamy