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If I were to guess, your legal department is managed by Boomers and Gen-Xers, but many of the lawyers in your group are millennials.

Computers and technology have changed every aspect of the modern law practice. Email, for instance, has completely transformed the practice of law. Electronic communication is instantaneous, continuous, and ubiquitous.

Leadership probably wasn't one of the classes you took in law school or one of the topics you studied for the bar examination.

July is a big month for holidays. There is Independence Day, of course. Many of our colleagues around the globe have their own celebrations too: Canada Day, Bastille Day, Ivan Kupala Day.

In recent years, several large law firms have gained attention by centralizing their back-office functions offsite...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) quickly took us all by storm. AI has rapidly become part of everyday life, and the legal profession is no exception. While I personally do not use AI all too frequently, attorneys are using AI to streamline research, draft correspondence, and improve efficiency.

The idea of cybersecurity may be foreign—or even frightening—to many attorneys. However, as evidenced in Part One of this series ("Cybersecurity: You Can't Afford to Ignore It Anymore," April 25) law firms appear to be the next great target for hackers. In light of that, as a risk management prevention tool, attorneys and firms need to be aware of how to protect themselves.

Private equity firms and their portfolio companies are facing a critical threat to value creation: an exodus of accounting talent that shows no signs of abating.

Here are summaries of ethics opinions issued in December 2015. The opinions were issued by the NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics.

Online lawyer referral services ("Online LRS") – sometimes called "online marketing services" or "lead generators" – are proliferating, and many solo and small-firm lawyers want to get on board.

Legal Knowledge Management (or "KM") helps law firms win and keep business. For law departments, it supports more efficient and effective operation.

Here are summaries of ethics opinions issued March through June 2015. The opinions were issued by the NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics and the NYC Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics.

Legal Process Management applies continuous improvement and change management principles to legal processes, maximizing both the micro- and macro-effects of those changes with the end goal of providing greater value to the client.

If we are increasingly willing to consign our fortunes to the advice of artificially intelligent financial advisers and place our mortal survival in the hands of robo surgeons and driverless cars...

ABA House of Delegates Resolution 105 (Resolution 105), which was narrowly approved by the ABA House of Delegates (HOD) at the mid-year meeting in February 2016...

The lawyer who could handle everything was once seen as indispensable. But that model is getting harder to keep up with. Law firms are under pressure to move faster, manage risk, and deliver a better client experience without compromising quality.

In light of recent changes to the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, what are a lawyer’s ethical duties arising from new technology? And what should a lawyer know about technology?