In this week's edition, we see more data saying that GC's are keeping the majority of work in-house; give a shout-out to our own Ivy Wong for being shortlisted for the TechWomen50 Awards; explore AIG's in-house tech stack and dive into the state of remote work according to 1000+ companies.
Equity Crowdfunding in Australia – Where Are We At?
While the promise of equity crowdfunding remains largely out of reach for most Australian companies (only public, unlisted companies can raise this way), there's no shortage of action items for startups and crowdfunding platforms for when it finally opens up to private companies next year.
We caught up with startup lawyer, Alex Solo of sprintlaw for the latest update on where things are at, and the items that should be at the top of your to-do list if you're a startup founder or platform looking to raise cash from the crowd.
InCounsel Weekly #44: Unilever's GC on Data, 10 Things About Data Breaches, #LegalTech Funding, Exotic Papers and A Remote Work Survival Guide
In this week's edition, Unilever's general counsel talks data; we reveal 10 things every GC should do before a data breach occurs; take stock on global #LawTech funding to date; discover how journalists used discovery techniques to unravel the Panana Papers and get a survival guide for work-from-home parents.
Chart of The Week: Global LegalTech Aggregate Funding (Q3'17)
LegalTech startups have now raised $1.079 billion in global aggregate funding since 2011.
Here's a chart that combines the latest CB Insights data from 2013 to date, plus their figures from 2011 and 2012.
#hackingcharts
InCounsel Weekly #43: GC Column, The Leaking Diversity Funnel, Coding Lawyers and 16 Personalities
InCounsel Weekly #42: Your In-house Home, Partnership Track, Version Control, Leaderless and The Man Ride
In this week's edition, Canon's Chief Legal Counsel, David Field reveals his secret to finding your in-house home; we meet five women on track to the holy grail: partnership; explore a new take on version control for Microsoft Word; go searching for our law firm leaders and ride 1,000kms for mens mental health.
InCounsel Weekly #41: How to Budget Legal Spend, Debunking The Myth of Patriarchy, Cartoon Contracts, DD Case Study and A Dumb Phone
InCounsel Weekly #40: GCs Taking Stock, Jump Into #LegalTech, How to Diversify, Mo Money and A Mental Health Pledge
InCounsel Weekly #39: ASOS General Counsel, A Better Drafting Tool, Bragging Rights and The "2 List" Strategy
Using JIRA to Manage Your In-house Legal Matters
A couple of weeks ago, I found out that Megaport's legal team were using a project management tool, called JIRA, to manage their workload.
This is a tool that's super popular with software developers and associated with agile methodology. So when I heard about a legal team using this software, it immediately piqued my interest so I thought I'd get them share their experience using the software with you.
Here's how it went down: