Legal work rarely arrives neatly packaged. It appears in fragments—an email chain forwarded without context, a contract that surfaces late in the business process, a question that begins as routine and slowly reveals larger implications. Lawyers interpret, sort and translate these fragments into matters, agreements, investigations and advice.
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Leverage Legal Department Financial Management Tools to Decrease Legal Spend
In legal operations, a two-fold everyday challenge centers around billing and legal spend management. Legal departments experience high volumes of invoices from outside counsel that should receive thorough review. Legal departments without advanced e-billing software engage in this process manually, which can lead to non-compliance with outside counsel guidelines and over-payment of legal fees.
6 Goals for Digital Transformation in 2025
By Sean Heck
From improved operational efficiency to cost optimization to human empowerment, digital transformation comes with many advantages – and those that don’t adapt to the evolving technology landscape risk getting left behind.…
Epona Pairs With Microsoft 365 and SharePoint to Enhance Document Management Capabilities
By Marcel Lang
Marcel Lang, CEO of Epona, discusses the advantages of using Epona for document management, including greater content control, better security and major cost savings.…
TAR to HAR: How LLMs Are Ushering in Legal 3.0
By Tom Gricks
OpenText’s Tom Gricks reflects on the evolution of technology- assisted review and how large language models are redefining speed, accuracy, and strategy in legal discovery…
Speed and Precision: AI in Legal Operations
By Matt Lung
Matt Lung, head of legal, global technology and legal operations for LexisNexis, discusses the many ways generative AI can enhance research, drafting and risk management across the legal department.…
Transforming Legal Ops for the Modern Business Landscape
From major advances in CLM software to the advent of generative AI, there are more tech tools available to legal departments than ever before – and that means exciting opportunities for legal professionals who are committed to taking full advantage of the ongoing technological revolution.…
The Future of In-House Legal
By Mike Tobias
Mike Tobias is the Founder & CEO of mot-r, the Work Management System for General Counsel. Mike has led digital transformation and cloud-based product development teams serving the Fortune 500 for more than 30 years, and Legal departments for the past 12 years with an unrelenting focus on reducing the human cost of operational waste,…
Top 5 Workflows to Optimize Legal Operations in 2025
Not all workflows are created equal, but prioritizing the right ones can cut costs while improving compliance and efficiency.…
Reengineering the Legal Data Layer for Control, Scale, and Insight
Amid rising complexity and constrained resources, legal teams are adopting new frameworks that unify oversight, improve insights and unlock institutional knowledge.…