On Friday morning, LMA delegates gathered to hear the annual general counsel panel, "U.S. General Counsel Discuss Global Needs for Outside Counsel: Is Your Firm on Their Short List?" produced by Inside Counsel and Lloyd Johnson.

The program description read: 

This panel of general counsel will discuss high priority needs, challenges and concerns related to managing a large law department.  In addition, the panel will discuss the complexities…related to managing a remote professional staff who work outside the United States. Topics covered will include: 

• How law firms can help meet the needs of today’s law department challenges; 
• What today’s law department leaders see as potential future challenges
• How firms’ managing partners may engage in shared insight discussions with law department leader/counterparts
• How is value received for fees paid assessed by the corporations today? 
• What is most useful about a year-end review, aka client feedback meeting?
• Last call: number one need on the law department side: from the relationship standpoint? From the substantive legal needs standpoint?"

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