What are digital carbon footprints? CARBON FOOTPRINTS According to NORA, there were 15 billion-dollar climate disasters in the first nine months of 2022 alone. Billion dollar disasters such as these have increased in frequency from an average of one per 82 days going back to the 1980, to just 18 days. As a result, many of us have become much more climate change aware. We also realise that certain aspects of our lives—such as our choice of travel, what we eat, and how we heat our homes—have an impact on the climate. This impact is known as our “carbon footprint” and represents the amount of car ..read more

Jalubro strengthens senior team as demand for it’s services and solutions continue to grow Colin Welford joins leadership team as COO Rob Lankester, RLegal Engineering, joins Jalubro as chief legal engineer London, UK, 27 July 2022: Jalubro, a provider of digital solutions to the legal sector, announced today that after a continued period of growth, it has strengthened its leadership team with two key appointments. Colin Welford becomes Chief Operating Officer bringing over 25 years’ business operations, consulting, and project lifecycle experience from across the financial and technology se ..read more

Creating a digital, legal workplace is now essential for modern legal departments. Legal leaders need to balance remote and collaborative work with increasing their legal team’s effectiveness and, crucially, deliver cost savings. Data from Thomson Reuters highlights that controlling outside counsel costs and using technology to simplify workflows are high on the list of priorities for legal departments. Spend and matter management technology doesn’t just help you negotiate a better hourly rate or create a panel of approved firms. When implemented properly, the right solution can foster a posi ..read more

The 2020 State of Corporate Law Departments (SCLD) report demonstrated that, during the unprecedented last year, the need and merit of embedding technology into your legal processes was more pronounced than ever. Legal department demand for external counsel fell by 2.5% in 2020, as many cases and deals stalled. More than 40% of law departments put in place dispute prevention measures as safeguarding the company quickly became top priority. On top of this, nearly 5 times as many law departments suffered budget cuts as saw budget increases. The SCLD report also highlighted that utilizing techno ..read more

We are proud to announce today that we are expanding our operations and services to the US, as part of our continued growth strategy. Jalubro Consulting US Inc. is another exciting step forward in our international expansion, advancing our mission to digitally transform operations globally and deploy cutting-edge solutions to help teams do things faster, better and cheaper.  The US market is integral to Jalubro’s global growth strategy, and we are looking forward to showcasing our innovative solutions and services.    Several key hires will be made in the coming weeks to meet de ..read more

Digitalisation for legal services. Basic concepts. When talking about digitalisation, it is important to be clear about the concepts that revolve around the incorporation of information technologies. It is not the same to have a digital documentation repository, a database that allows the study of progress in services or to have artificial intelligence capable of offering legal output without the intervention of human beings. Is not the same. Therefore, a distinction should be made between three related concepts: basic digitalisation, advanced digitalisation and digital transformation. The fir ..read more

Why Legal Departments Need a Legal Data Analytics Strategy? As a consultant who has worked with legal departments across industries for many years, one commonality I have consistently observed is that all legal departments are in possession of an incredible amount of data. That data may be located in a number of disparate locations ranging from documents and invoices to emails, matter files, and databases – making effective use of the information feel overwhelming. This is why it is so important that legal departments embrace and develop a data strategy. According to bestselling author Bernard ..read more

6 Tips for Turbo-charging Legal Departments with Data As a Chief General Counsel, you have seen massive shifts in the legal domain. Contract drafts and review, research around case law, due diligence information or even simple operational information around spend, invoicing or counsel hire – your team is creating, editing or sharing phenomenal amounts of data. Legal firms are becoming increasingly paperless and transactions are getting digitalised. This has increased the data footprint even further. It’s a virtuous cycle, more data helps in converting traditional, analogue transactions to the ..read more

You may be forgiven for thinking that an article discussing the need for digital transformation could be slightly outdated. After all, we’re well into the third decade of digitisation. However, despite considerable discussion about, and acceptance of, the need for digital transformation within the corporate counsel environment, uncertainty remains about what technology to implement and how to adopt it. Digital transformation has failed to gain the same traction in the legal sector that it has in other industries. In part, this might result from there being little room for error within our sec ..read more

Outside Counsel Guidelines (OCGs) help define the relationship between a corporate legal department and its partner firms. Aside from the What, When and How of the invoicing mechanics, many also cover the scope of the invoices themselves – setting out the restrictions and prohibitions on fees and expenses which must be followed to ensure invoices get approved first-time, by in-house reviewers. These guidelines should be seen as being more than just a set of rules though, they are an important tool to help get invoices paid faster. Whether implementing OCGs for the first time, or replacing an ..read more