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Colin Levy Says Contracts Are Data — So Why Aren’t Legal Teams Listening?

Above The Law

Most in-house legal teams talk about contracts in terms of risk. Rarely do they talk about contracts in terms of data. In a recent episode of Notes to My (Legal) Self , legal tech leader Colin Levy offered a perspective that should make every in-house lawyer stop and think. Contracts really are how businesses run,” he said.

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Jeffery Kruse On What Legal Teams Get Wrong About Contracts And How To Fix It

Above The Law

(Image via Getty) In-house lawyers spend a lot of time talking about contract efficiency. But there’s one thing we don’t talk about enough, even though it might be the most important part of making contracts work better. And when it comes to improving contracts, that message matters more than ever. Questions pile up.

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Legal Staffing Lessons for Today’s Marketplace

Attorney at Work

Contract attorneys have made it possible for legal organizations to level up their teams’ expertise without increasing headcount. . In many cases, this meant that they, like their law firm counterparts, hired contract attorneys to fill in gaps, provide niche expertise and keep costs in check. Here are some lessons they learned.

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Papua New Guinea PM potentially linked to Australia businessman facing corruption investigation

JURIST

This was shortly before his company was awarded several high-profile government contracts to operate in Papua New Guinea. Matheson has a career that has been marked with controversy in Australia. Through his lawyers Matheson has denied all wrongdoing and stated the charges are “nothing short of obfuscatory.”

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You’re Selling Legal Tech All Wrong: Chad Aboud’s Playbook For Getting Buy-In

Above The Law

Watch the full episode here: The Legal Tech Trap: Thinking It’s About Legal One of the biggest mistakes in-house lawyers make is framing legal tech as something that solves legal problems. You might be thinking about faster contract review, fewer redlines, or better clause playbooks. For sales, it was deal velocity.

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Does Your Professional Life Feel Like A Raging Wildfire?

Above The Law

For in-house lawyers, the legal landscape has always been unpredictable. Embrace Uncertainty In-house lawyers learned to embrace uncertainty the hard way during the pandemic. That is the worst thing an in-house lawyer can do. The best in-house lawyers know when to act decisively and when to wait. Lets face it.

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Proskauer settles suit claiming 1 contract clause caused client’s $636M loss

ABA Journal

The ABA Journal is read by half of the nation's 1 million lawyers every month. It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue.

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