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| Jeff Carr in his Race Car |
Jeff Carr announced his retirement from his GC role at FMC Technologies recently. For those who follow the legal change landscape, Jeff has been a consistent beacon, advocating for change for quite some time. His model at FMC is one of (if not THE) most successful client implementations
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A friend of mine pointed me to an article from Quidlibet Research, Inc.’s, Nina Cunningham, entitled “Leveraging the Assets of the Law Library.” I read it… then I read it again… then I read it again. Each time finding different things to agree, and disagree with. I
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The recent dialog about Procurement’s role in the purchasing of legal services has been nagging at my brain. I wrote a piece for a book on the subject and basically suggested in-house lawyers beat Procurement to the punch. The fallout of that effort was my series on the subject.
In part one and part two we looked at how Procurement has become involved in purchasing legal services, the challenges this presents and then an alternative approach to how it might be done more effectively.
Maintaining Alignment
To demonstrate this misalignment, consider our acquisition matter from Part 1. A client, perhaps overly concerned about risk on a
In Part 1 of this series, we looked at the recent history and current role of Procurement in the purchase of legal services. I suggested that Procurement is struggling in this new role and there may be a better approach. In Part 2, I suggest that approach. Again -comments are encouraged.
An Alternative
My counsel to in-house counsel when it
As part of a publication on the growing role of Procurement in the purchasing of legal services, I was asked to give a law firm point of view. Beyond the law firm view, I shared my own view and give advice as to how I would approach Procurement if I were a General Counsel (GC). For brevity’s sake, I