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Like so many private equity (PE) firms, invoices come in at the start of a deal and they are reasonable. There’s time to review them. But as the deal progresses, everyone is running around ...

At the end of a long week, you sit down to find a great movie to watch. It takes a solid five minutes for Netflix to boot up. Then, you can’t preview any movies within the application, so you s...

“I love repetitive administrative work!” — said no one, ever. And yet, office workers spend around 552 hours a year completing mundane administrative tasks. You may think that your fragment...

Whether you're new to legal ops or are an industry veteran, see which reports legal ops professionals are leveraging to drive decision making, demonstrate departmental value, and more!...

Picture this: An attorney spends five hours on a flight to take an out-of-town deposition for Client A. During that time, the attorney works on IP management research to use for projects for both...

Four years of undergrad. Three years of law school. Countless hours spent studying for the bar. And then — finally! — you’re a lawyer. Your legal education is complete. Right? Not exactly. ...

Legal billing guidelines are a binding agreement between a legal department and a law firm, ensuring payment in exchange for legal work. The guidelines establish rules for legal invoicing formats...

“Don’t reinvent the wheel, just realign it.” American author, Anthony J. D’Angelo, probably wasn’t referring to legal templates when he said that — but his advice still applies. Why s...

Known for its simplicity, yet robust and configurable capabilities, SimpleLegal is one of the must-have legal technologies for?legal departments of all shapes and sizes. Learn why SimpleLegal’...

What is business intelligence? It involves leveraging tools to turn data and analytics into actionable insights that facilitate more strategic business decisions. If that sounds like a bunch of j...

What if we told you that you could shave $924,900 from your legal spend each year? According to a combination of industry data and our internal research, the right spend management platform can h...

Adopting technology is becoming more commonplace in the legal industry. But with a growing number of in-house tools available, deciding which tools are best for your department is a challenging p...

Gain a clear view of where your legal team is, meet your goals, and align with your organizational needs. Get a preview of our Legal Operations maturity model and register to get our e-Book below...

Creating a change management plan is a lot like preparing to build a house: You can’t construct a sturdy structure without first creating a blueprint, and you won’t make much headway if you d...

All relationships require work, and the business relationship between legal ops teams and their vendors is no exception. Unfortunately, legal ops teams often rely on a single, pre-existing connec...

A legal team’s most valuable currency is time. At every company in every industry, legal teams look for ways to maximize this precious resource. Too often, tasks like document, matter, and invo...

Electronic billing involves far more than just paying bills online. A truly powerful legal e-Billing system also provides spend management capabilities that give you full visibility into how and ...

Looking for the best law books to fill out your legal library? Whether you’re a legal ops professional, prospective law student, or anyone working in the legal industry, you’re sure to find s...

Outside counsel guidelines (OCG) vary widely by company and sometimes span hundreds of pages, theoretically covering every possible situation that can arise between in-house and outside counsel. ...

Intellectual property management can get complicated due to the sheer volume of paperwork, vendors, and invoices involved. Before you know it, you’re spending money on patent work without knowi...

Implementing a legal document management system can mean the difference between a legal department that functions like a well-oiled machine and one that constantly stalls and breaks down. Let’s...

While there are thousands of legal podcasts spanning hundreds of niche topics, the best legal podcasts combine great research, expert input, and engaging storytelling. We’ve done our own resear...

The LegalOps Highlight is a bi-weekly blog series that features relevant news, market trends and legal technology updates from the legal ecosystem. The content is curated from legal and business ...

We’re sitting down with legal professionals to learn more about their roles and responsibilities, uncover useful insights and best practices, and discuss their view on the future of legal and l...

Have you ever heard the words “LEDES file” mentioned, and think to yourself – ‘what is that?’ Don’t worry, you’re not the only one! In this post, we’re sharing what a ...

The LegalOps Highlight is a bi-weekly blog series that features relevant news, market trends and legal technology updates from the legal ecosystem. The content is curated from legal and business ...

Our Legal Technology Glossary is now live! Check out some of the top technology terms being used in the legal industry and help your legal ops department stay up to date with the latest in legal ...

Outside counsel work could easily cost you millions every year — but do you really know how, where, and why that money is being spent with each vendor you work with? A legal platform with e-Bil...

When done well, contract lifecycle management (CLM)* can significantly increase productivity and lower costs. However, if handled poorly, it can just as easily cause serious delays and open you u...

If you work with a lot of outside counsel, the type of legal billing software you choose will have a sizable impact on the overall efficiency of your billing process. Choosing software that strea...

If you want to be the best run department in your organization, you need to learn how to work backwards. This may sound a bit strange, but when you’re armed with legal analytics, you can look b...

The LegalOps Highlight is a bi-weekly blog series that features relevant news, market trends and legal technology updates from the legal ecosystem. The content is curated from legal and business ...

Want to uplevel your legal ops career in 2020? Perhaps you’re interested in expanding your legal ops function and want to know how your peers are tackling the challenge head on? Learn what’s ...

The LegalOps Highlight is a bi-weekly blog series that features relevant news, market trends and legal technology updates from the legal ecosystem. The content is curated from legal and business ...

Uniform Task-Based Management System (UTBMS) codes make detailed spend reporting possible by ensuring that each task and expense is categorized. That way, when you notice in Q1 that spending is o...

    The LegalOps Highlight is a bi-weekly blog series that features relevant news, market trends and legal technology updates from the legal ecosystem. The content is curated from legal...

The LegalOps Highlight is a bi-weekly blog series that features relevant news, market trends and legal technology updates from the legal ecosystem. The content is curated from legal and business ...

Get the Ultimate Legal Operations Success Kit for 2020! Over 20 resources to help you and your department exceed in legal ops....

SimpleLegal and Onit partnered with leading analyst firm IDC to present a webinar on the future of legal ops, highlighting market trends, change management, and predictions. Read on for a recap o...

Legal professionals from Crocs and Fitbit share their experiences and expert advice on how to build a strong business case for legal technology internally....

Nathan Wenzel, CEO of SimpleLegal, presents at ACC Xchange 2019 on how to align legal processes for success. ...

Legal Ops professionals from Veritas and Snowflake discuss best practices for billing guidelines, getting buy-in from peers and outside counsel as well solutions to common issues....

Creating billing guidelines is often one of the first steps a legal department takes when trying to get a hold of out-of-control legal spend. But how can a legal department ensure that their guid...

The LegalOps Highlight is a bi-weekly blog series that features relevant news, market trends and legal technology updates from the legal ecosystem. The content is curated from legal and business ...

The LegalOps Highlight is a bi-weekly blog series that features relevant news, market trends and legal technology updates from the legal ecosystem. The content is curated from legal and business ...

One of the main benefits of modern legal technology is being able to implement and scale processes that help the legal team stay more efficient and productive. With its latest product update, Sim...

Learn the risks of staying on an outdated solution for e-Billing and matter management and how to migrate to a modern solution like SimpleLegal in 3 steps....

In this joint white paper by Onit and SimpleLegal, learn how legal ops is driving disruption and influencing operational change within the legal department....

Legal ops leaders share how their teams approached and tackled accruals management during an informative panel at ACC (Association of Corporate Counsel) Legal Ops conference in 2018....

The legal profession has seen an incredible rise in legal operations. The advent of sophisticated and modern legal technology, coupled with the steady progression towards running a transparent, d...

Last week, CLOC (Corporate Operations Legal Consortium) announced the results of their 2nd Annual State of the Industry Survey. This year’s survey included respondents from 200+ companies of di...

Change is hard regardless of how it’s packaged. While we can all relate to this both personally and professionally, in recent years, it’s a concept that’s proved especially true for legal o...

This white paper shares the building blocks of successful change management plans from questions to ask before making major changes to best practices for ensuring the success of your program....

We’re sitting down with legal professionals to learn more about their roles and responsibilities, uncover useful insights and best practices, and discuss their views on the future of legal and ...

When starting a new role, overcoming the learning curve along with the desire to make a lasting impression can put a lot of pressure on you. And with the responsibilities of the legal ops role va...

Data continues to play an increasingly important role for in-house legal teams, most notably allowing general counsel and chief legal officers (CLOs) to speak the language of data – to quantify...

Having worked with other legacy systems for e-Billing and matter management, the legal team at Instacart knew they needed a more modern solution to replace their highly manual invoicing process. ...

We just got back from attending another fantastic CLOC Institute in Las Vegas. We’ve had the honor of sponsoring CLOC four years in a row and we can’t tell you how amazing it has been to watc...

We're sharing how general counsel can be more than just legal advisers, instead emerging as strategic business partners that inform executives and the c-suite....

General counsel who traditionally reigned over risk, ethics, and compliance are now being asked to think about budget, technology, and operational efficiency. A handful of studies demonstrate the...

At SimpleLegal, we love anything related to legal operations, so it’s no surprise that we’re thrilled to be a fourth year sponsor of the 2019 CLOC Institute – one of the largest legal ops c...

A successful legal knowledge management (KM) program increases legal department productivity, eliminates time spent doing duplicate work, and delivers consistency by leveraging intellectual and k...

Last week, we partnered with Morae Global to host a panel discussion on the digital transformation currently taking shape within corporate legal departments across the world. Starting bright and ...

We’re sitting down with legal professionals to learn more about their roles and responsibilities, uncover useful insights and best practices, and discuss their view on the future of legal and l...

Evolve the Law gathers legal leaders to discuss the rise of legal ops, how to achieve quick wins for your department, and the role of technology both now and in the future....

We recently had the pleasure of speaking to Dan Wright, who shared his path of being the first in-house legal hire at AppDynamics – serving as their General Counsel – to taking on a more stra...

We just wrapped up our ‘Best Practices for Selling the Investment in Legal Technology Internally’ webinar – what a great discussion! If you couldn’t make the webinar, we wanted to summari...

Whether you're new to the role or just brushing up on your terminology, check out our dictionary of legal operations terms every legal ops and in-house professional should know....

This white paper is a complete guide to all things legal operations with insight into key responsibilities, hiring and growing the team, working cross-functionally, and more....

Reports and dashboards are an important part of modern legal operations. This whitepaper lists 9 essential reports that every GC is looking for, and what data is needed to build them....

Learn how Instacart was able to save 10% in legal spend with the SimpleLegal Legal Operations platform....

Kickstart your hiring efforts with our sample legal operations manager job description and customize to your unique needs....

Learn how Crocs leverages the SimpleLegal platform to support their complex invoicing workflows and global requirements....

Maximizing outside counsel performance is part trial and error and part effective management. Whether you are just starting with law firms or have dozens (if not hundreds) of vendors, here are fo...

Learn how KidKraft's legal team improved cross-functional alignment and enhanced their budgeting and reporting processes by using SimpleLegal as their system of record....

Learn how ATTIC saw an immediate reduction in spend as well as time spent reviewing invoices after implementing SimpleLegal....

Fueled by fast-paced growth and demand for greater efficiency in the legal department, there’s no doubt that legal operations is here to stay. Whether you are a legal operations professional, t...

SimpleLegal and the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) partnered to host an informative webinar titled Legal Ops 101: A Framework for Modern Legal Departments. Moderated by Nathan Wenzel, CEO...

Learn how AdRoll leveraged SimpleLegal to establish a true system of record for their legal department and significantly improve visibility into legal spend....

2019 is an exciting year to be in legal operations. It may feel like we say that every year, but with the?international growth of legal operations,?increase in legal service providers and resou...

Watch this session, presented at CLOC 2018, to learn about the benefits of connecting your legal ops technologies and the different types of integrations....

Struggling to get internal buy in on the investment of a new legal technology? Use this template to sell the need to key stakeholders and help bring modern legal operations to your organization....

This whitepaper highlights 5 steps for in-house teams starting or evaluating a vendor management program....

In this webinar, we discuss why change management is important and what key components are necessary in a successful change management plan....

Download this whitepaper to learn how to talk to finance, attorneys, and law firms on the importance of accruals. We've even included sample meeting agendas!...

This questionnaire helps legal teams identify whether or not they are in need of a legal operations platform. Download it today and see for yourself!...

Looking to create, update, or better enforce your billing guidelines? This whitepaper outlines best practices as well as sample text to help you get the most out of yours....

Do you think about your law firms when selecting an e-Billing provider? This whitepaper highlights 8 criteria to consider to ensure adoption by your law firms as well as your legal department....

Learn how Pacific Seafood eliminated manual processes and was able to make more data-driven and informed decisions by leveraging SimpleLegal....

This white paper is packed with industry statistics and surveys responses from your peers, shares predictions for how these trends will impact the already fast-paced growth of legal operations...

Data is only as good as the insights you get out of it. Thanks to the widespread availability of software, extracting value from the massive amounts of data received by the legal department (spec...

In this webinar hosted with ACC (Association of Corporate Counsel), seasoned legal operations professionals share best practices for growing and optimizing the legal ops function....

Circle looked to SimpleLegal for an easy-to-use, cost-efficient, and flexible solution that would grow with their department....

What a night! SimpleLegal hosted a panel discussion at our headquarters in Mountain View, CA to discuss?Where Legal Technology is Headed (for better or worse). We brought in local legal operatio...

Developing billing guidelines is an important step towards ensuring your department is fiscally responsible and that unique business processes are being followed both internally and externally. Y...

The billing process naturally introduces tension between in-house legal teams and law firms. Surprise fees that lack justification, unauthorized charges, invoices submitted weeks or months after ...

When looking at job descriptions for legal operations positions, many include at least one requirement along the lines of, “are collaborative, and enjoy working with teams such as engineering, ...

We’re sitting down with legal professionals to learn more about their roles and responsibilities, uncover useful insights and best practices, and discuss their view on the future and evolution ...

Whether you are new to legal operations, new to legal in general, or just want an opportunity to brush up on your terminology, SimpleLegal’s Ultimate Dictionary of Legal Operations Terms (and t...

Today’s post is the third installment of our working cross-functionally blog series! We’ve explored the relationship between legal operations and sales, legal operations and IT, and will be h...

We don’t need legal operations yet. We’re too small for a formal legal operations manager. We’ll wait until our department has matured before considering legal operations. We don’t have b...

Earlier this year, SimpleLegal sponsored the annual CLOC Institute in Las Vegas. The event attracted thousands of legal operations professionals who were ready to learn from industry thought lead...

Our CEO, Nathan Wenzel, joined host and founder of QuantumJurist, Inc., Ian Connett, on the Evolve Law Podcast to talk all things legal operations. In addition to sharing a little background on S...

Today, we’re sharing the second installment of our working cross-functionally blog series on how legal operations can enhance their relationships with IT. If you didn’t catch part one, which ...

A legal operations team is the heart of an organization, which makes working with other departments and business functions a high priority. To help guide in-house legal departments, we brought to...

We’re sitting down with legal professionals to learn more about their roles and responsibilities, uncover useful insights and best practices, and discuss their view on the future of legal and l...

Another fantastic CLOC Institute has come and gone! This year’s conference showcased the continued growth of the CLOC organization as well as the legal operations function; both of which show n...

Legal billing guidelines, also known as outside counsel billing guidelines, are a great way for legal departments to communicate their expectations of their law firms and vendors. However, withou...

The highly anticipated agenda for the 2018 CLOC Institute is almost finalized! As a Platinum Sponsor and perennial CLOC attendee, we know firsthand that there are ample ways to fill your conferen...

A couple weeks ago, we published the first post in this series which focused on the intangible benefits of alternative fee arrangements (AFAs). Today’s post will highlight the process for deter...

e-Billing is quickly becoming the technology of choice for legal departments – and for good reason. The solution acts as a system of record, enabling a legal team to efficiently manage the cont...

It’s been roughly ten years since best-selling author, Scott Turow, penned the cover story for the American Bar Association journal titled, ‘The Billable Hour Must Die.’ During this time Tu...

Legal accruals and how to manage them is a common topic brought up in conversations with our customers. On our blog, we’ve shared a brief introduction to accruals management and have discussed ...

The first weeks of the new year are buzzing with resolutions, but resolutions don’t have to be limited to personal or health-related goals. We see great opportunity for the legal operations rol...

2017 was an exciting year for SimpleLegal. With all of the positive changes, it can be easy to forget about the many milestones that have gotten us to where we are today. We raised a successful f...

At SimpleLegal, we’re excited by and proud to be a part of the growing legal operations movement. To celebrate that growth, we’re sharing some of the top legal ops trends and statistics of 20...

e-Billing software has been touted as the foundational legal technology for in-house counsel. It provides a way for legal departments to understand where and how their dollars are being allocated...

We’re sitting down with legal professionals to learn more about their roles and responsibilities, uncover useful insights and best practices, and discuss their view on the future of legal and l...

Last week, the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium (CLOC)?released their First Annual State of the Industry Survey where more than one-third of CLOC member companies were polled to shed light ...

In a session discussing the hidden potential of data at last month’s ACC Annual Meeting, we learned that only 39% of legal departments say they collect and analyze data – only 6.6% of those d...

Many in-house legal teams are familiar with accruals, also known as unbilled estimates or the amounts that law firms estimate for work in progress. Unfortunately, unbilled estimates are difficult...

Last week, SimpleLegal sponsored the ACC Annual Meeting where thousands of in-house counsel, legal technology providers, and ACC members from around the nation gathered in Washington, DC. Among t...

In a Altman Weil survey of large and midsize law firms, 95% said they use Alternative Fee Arrangements (AFAs). Two-thirds of these firms report their use of AFAs is primarily reactive in response...

Yesterday, we attended the EvolveLaw Tech Savvy In-House Counsel event with a group of legal thought leaders looking to dive deeper into how in-house counsel and legal operations are using techno...

We love data at SimpleLegal and have seen countless benefits, from cost savings to more informed decision making, for corporate legal departments and legal operations teams that have access to th...

Since the publication of the GC Open Letter, announcing a real-time exercise to test industry assumptions to better understand how to improve the legal market, there’s been a lot of chatter aro...

One of the biggest challenges that legal operations departments are still trying to figure out is Knowledge Management (KM). How do legal operations teams easily capture, find, and share everythi...

As a matter management, legal spend, and e-Billing solution designed for in-house legal teams, we work directly with a variety of different sized corporate legal departments. One role within the ...

In part I of our accruals management series, we summarized why accruals are important, and how legal operations departments tend to be more equipped to own the accruals process than finance depar...

Last month, hundreds of legal operations professionals gathered at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, taking part in the 2nd annual CLOC Institute, the largest legal operations event in history. The orga...

“Just because it’s obvious doesn’t mean it’s easy. A lot of legal operations are complex, for sure. But a lot of what we do is putting common sense into motion.” These resonant words fr...

CLOC, the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium, recently released the session schedule for the upcoming CLOC Institute being held in Las Vegas. There are more than 70 informative sessions that t...

This post isn’t just for corporate legal teams, but for any organization thinking they are too small or early to adopt enterprise software. A lot of conversations in the legal space are aro...

Part of the challenge as a general counsel is getting the best work out of your outside counsel for the best value. Even with good intentions, it doesn’t always pan out this way. Your prioritie...

As a general counsel, you rely on your outside counsel and in-house expertise to direct your company in the right direction. You’ll read through dozens of case studies, a mountain of text, and ...

Corporate law departments are spending more on in-house resources than on law firms or external legal service providers, with the percentage of general counsel stating their companies need dedica...

What is Legal Ops? Previously, only large legal departments had a formal Legal Operations Department. But now, a formal Legal Operations group reporting into the General Counsel is becoming much ...