Profiles in Partnership: Team ChemistryWhen companies and their outside lawyers are able to work together with good humor and mutual respect, then all those aspects of the relationship that performance metrics try to measure tend to fall in line as well. This month's Profile in Partnership article shows just such a relationship, between Jeffry Koenig, the chief litigation counsel at Cytec Industries Inc., and his team of lawyers at Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC.
Read more... Peak Performance | Key Insights for In-House CounselThese days, if law departments aren't continually improving, they're losing ground. Whether that means boosting efficiency, building better teams or finding new ways to control cost, the fundamental challenge is constant, and the best in-house counsel never lose sight of it.The 2010 LexisNexis® User Group Meeting - CounselLink® & LegalPrecision® convened several top in-house and outside counsel in May to discuss the ways legal departments can improve performance and reduce cost. The insights they offered are worth passing on, and Counsel to Counsel was there to share the highlights.
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