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The Coronavirus Is Creating A Mental Health Crisis In America’s Workforce Workers’ mental health is being tested like never before. Here’s how some companies are stepping up.
5/27/2020
HuffPost
Corporate Legal and IT Departments Agree to Disagree on Cybersecurity Preparedness A data breach response survey from Special Counsel shows that corporate legal and IT personnel have very different views on the typical response time and overall cost associated with a cyber incident. This article includes commentary from Aaron Duncan, Vice President of Discovery Services at Special Counsel around the findings from the survey, his insights into what the disconnect between legal and IT departments are, and what companies can do to bridge the knowledge gap between IT and legal.
4/21/2020
Law.com
Breaking Through Autonomy Barriers Melissa Frederickson, Division Director for Law Firm Management at Special Counsel is featured in the latest April issue of Legal Management Magazine, discussing the focus on finding the right people to assist in furthering the business side of law firms and new business positions, and those focused on the employee experience.
4/13/2020
Association of Legal Administrators
What It's Like To Join A Law Firm In The COVID-19 Era Parker + Lynch Legal's Erika Heyder-Seeley discusses ways that law firms are adapting their hiring and onboarding process amidst COVID-19.
4/03/2020
Law360
GCs Swing Into Action As Cos. Hope To Avoid Virus Outbreaks Parker + Lynch Legal's Jenny Schwope weighs in on the importance of companies taking proactive measures to prevent illnesses from spreading in the workplace.
3/06/2020
North American Staffing 100 List by SIA Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA), the global advisor on staffing and workforce solutions, has unveiled its ninth annual list of North American staffing leaders, celebrating 100 notable individuals whose impact on the workforce solutions ecosystem elevates the industry and drives its evolution.
2/19/2020
Staffing Industry
Rise of cloud services has credit unions on edge Credit unions have a lot of angst about moving data into the cloud but they may be utilizing this technology more than they realize. Most organizations, particularly financial institutions, are using more cloud services than they realize because many vendors are transmitting data through the cloud.
11/13/2019
Credit Union Journal
Law to Fact Podcast Features SCI Author and RecruiterPam Davidson, SCI Director of Legal Recruiting and author of '100 Days to Your Next Job for Law Students and New JDs' discusses her new book on the podcast Law to Fact, hosted by Professor Leslie Tenzer
11/04/2019
Law to Fact
Capital One Breach: Whose Liability Is It Anyway? Capital One suffered a breach of data that was stored on Amazon Web Services' infrastructure and stolen by a former AWS employee. But it's far from clear whether Amazon shoulders any liability in the incident.
08/1/2019
What Legal Teams Need to Know About RansomwareRansomware (or extortionware) is a type of malicious software that encrypts user-generated files or entire file systems with an unbreakable cipher.
07/24/2019
How Millennials are Changing Law Firms, Legal DepartmentsAs attorneys fresh out of law school begin to enter firms and legal departments, they're bringing change with them.
7/8/2019
The Legal Industry Enters the Gig Economy Age How firms and legal departments can benefit from temporary, part-time or freelance employees.
6/14/19
Legal Management
Moving In-House? It’s Full Of Surprises, GCs Say While general counsel must provide sound legal advice to a company, they also play a key role outside of the law realm, and some say going in-house was eye-opening because they knew little about the corporate world.
4/12/19
Law 360
How Law Schools Can Encourage More Exposure to Legal Operations. Law schools would do well to include some basic teaching of database management, knowledge management, data analytics and project management into their curriculum to better prepare future attorneys for the technological and operational side of the business.
4/11/19
Legaltech News
How Firms Can Retain Top Talent After the Big Lateral Boom in Texas While some degree of lateral movement is common and unavoidable, many of these steps that firms can take go a long way to minimize attrition and help retain Texas’ top Big Law talent.
3/18/19
Texas Lawyer
American's holding off on retirement SCI Division Director Nicholas Romley comments on changing trends as American's enter retirement
3/01/19
Grand Rapids Business Journal
Changing jobs is part of a lawyer’s career Tiffany Henson, search director at Parker + Lynch Legal, offers insights into interviewing, pay negotiation.
2/26/19
Jax Daily Record
Salaries Are Up And So Are The Non-Traditional Benefits 2019 Salary Guide indicates the key to finding an employer that fits your style may be in the perks.
1/16/19
Above the Law
Firms Turn to Creative Benefits to Attract Legal Talent 2019 Salary Guide features In-house and law firms are increasingly offering creative nontraditional perks
1/15/19
Salary Guide Shows Average In-House Lawyer Gets Paid Less, but Has More Fun Perks In-house lawyers earn less than their firm peers on average but are more likely to receive perks such as paid-for concerts or sabbaticals, according to our survey results.
22 e-Discovery Predictions for 2019 John Rubens, COO of Special Counsel, offers insights into finding talent in a tight labor market.
1/09/19
Relativity
Where Associate Salaries Soar, Signing Bonuses Fall, New Report Finds Special Counsel report report finds that while associates at law firms received salary increases this year, signing bonuses have seen a decline.
11/07/2018
The American Lawyer
Law Firm Associate Signing Bonuses Take a Dive, Recruiter Finds Special Counsel report report finds that while associates at law firms received salary increases this year, signing bonuses have seen a decline.
11/6/2018
Big Law Business
Parker + Lynch featured on the 50 by 25 Blog Check out tips for finding success through failure, as featured on 50 by 25.
10/22/2017
50 by 25
Relocation Not Required: Trends in working from home Special Counsel's Amanda Ellis Cuban featured in Corporate Counsel Magazine.
02/07/2017
Corporate Counsel
Transitioning from Law Firm to In-House Counsel Special Counsel featured on InHouseBlog for providing tips for the transition.
07/13/2016
InHouseBlog
EQ Named A CIO Review Most Promising eDiscovery Solution Provider, from MarketWatch Special Counsel's eQ recognized as a Top 20 vendor in annual list
02/11/2016
Yahoo Finance
Safe Harbor 2.0: Critics Slam US, EU ‘Privacy Shield’ Data Transfer Deal's Lack Of Details Special Counsel's Chris Gallagher weighs in on the proposal and its implications
02/03/16
International Business Times
Special Counsel's EQ recognized as a Top 20 vendor in annual list Special Counsel's Chris Gallagher talks end-to-end eDiscovery Solutions with CIO
CIO Review
EQ Becomes a Relativity Premium Hosting Partner Partnership will add kCura's Relativity to Managed Review Platform Offerings
12/14/2015
PR Newswire
BigLaw Finds New Roles For Older Attys Amid Age-Bias Woes Special Counsel shares insights into changing trends in the legal industry
06/26/2014
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