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The Shift: Firms and Clients Aren’t on the Same Page With Innovation
Despite the consternation about legal being slow to adopt technology, the past year has made it clear that law firms and corporate legal departments alike can be pretty agile and technologically-savvy when they need to be. They spun up remote workers in record time, adjusted to remote proceedings and meetings, and instituted new information and document policies, all without seeing colleagues and clients face-to-face. The innovation revolution is here.
