Staying ahead of new legal developments and
incorporating them into your operations is a key function for
lawyers and legal departments. However, the process of doing so
usually feels disorganized, time consuming and difficult. In this
post we look at best practices for monitoring legal developments,
assessing their impact, having plans to address them, and ensuring
that they become part of the way you and your clients
work.
A Legal Change Methodology
A component of change management, risk and compliance in any
organization is identifying changes in legal requirements and
ensuring that the policies, practices and procedures in the
organization are updated to keep pace with those legal changes.
Over the past year, we published on our website information
regarding almost 100 new legal developments ranging from regulatory
guidance and proposed legislation, such as CSA guidance on various
matters, to landmark cases and significant legislation such as the
new CBCA
