Monthly Archives: July 2012

Competitive Bidding for Legal Services

In 2008, GlaxoSmithKline’s then-head of litigation Bob Harchut was appointed “SPOC of the GELRT.” The associate general counsel was, in fact, exploring a new frontier for legal departments: competitive bidding. When legal departments use competitive bidding, or “reverse auctions,” they … Continue reading

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Entrepreneurs wanted: Law and Technology

America, Land of endless opportunities and entrepreneurs, or so, I thought. How come the English will bring entrepreneurial spirit to the delivery of legal services? In his keynote address at Law Tech Camp London last week, Richard Susskind said that the Legal Services Act will … Continue reading

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