Subscribers responded to our first few posts with great
recommendations and suggestions for further reading. Our post on
legal technologies became one of the most-read Stikeman Elliott
posts ever, while our post on the gap between risk and crisis
elicited a lot of "I've been there!" reactions from
readers.
Aligning Legal Department Strategy with Corporate Strategy
As a future topic to explore, Jonathan Boulakia, Chief
Legal Officer of Chartwell Retirement Residences,
suggested that we look at the challenge of aligning the legal
department strategy with the overall corporate strategy. He noted
that this can be particularly difficult for law department leaders
at the outset when they're finding their feet in a new
environment. We've flagged this as a topic to cover in the
coming months. In the meantime, Amy Hu, Director, Legal at
Goldcorp Inc., noted the same challenge and offered some
insights from Sterling Miller's blog, "10 Things You Need to Know As
