United States: External Counsel Management

Legal teams expanding globally face mounting complexity in managing multilingual content across contracts, compliance documents, and corporate communications. This comprehensive checklist evaluates your organization's readiness across nine critical operational areas—from strategy and workflow standardization to compliance controls and vendor management—helping you identify gaps before they become risks and determine whether your current approach can support future global growth.

Legal project management has emerged as a critical response to mounting pressure on legal departments and outside counsel. By applying structured project management principles to legal matters, LPM brings cost control, accountability, and operational discipline to work that has traditionally lacked all three. As client demands for transparency intensify and alternative fee arrangements become standard, understanding how LPM transforms legal service delivery has become essential for both in-house teams and l

Pryor Cashman has named David C. Rose to serve as the firm's next Managing Partner, effective February 1, 2025. He succeeds current Managing Partner Ronald H. Shechtman...

Kristina Lambright is Senior Director of Strategic Growth at Perkins Coie LLP. She has had a fascinating legal career, serving various roles within the industry. After practicing in commercial litigation...

In one of the most closely watched races in the country, Chicago's mayoral runoff election will see Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson sworn in on May 15 as the city's 57th mayor.

This is my first publication as editor of Mainbrace. Truth be told, when I was asked to be editor, I thought it was a joke, laughed and asked "seriously?" In short, I was concerned I was not up to the task.