Posted on February 5, 2026 by carl.murray -
Early signals teams see too late
Legal spend doesn’t spiral out of control all at once. It builds quietly through patterns that go unnoticed until forecasts miss, invoices pile up, and leadership starts asking hard questions.
This easy-to-read guide helps legal operations teams recognize the early signals that drive spend higher long before it shows up in a budget review. It explores how disconnected systems, manual review, and lagging insight contribute to unpredictability, and why teams often feel blindsided even with years of data at their fingertips.
You’ll walk away with a clearer understanding of where legal spend pressure actually starts, how it accelerates, and what separates reactive legal reporting from earlier, more confident decision-making.
In this guide, you’ll learn how to:
- Identify early signals that quietly drive legal spend upward
- Understand why traditional reporting catches problems too late
- Recognize patterns across intake, matters, and invoices that indicate rising risk
- See where manual review creates blind spots instead of control
- Understand how AI-native approaches are changing when and how spend insight shows up
This guide is designed for legal ops leaders who want greater predictability without adding more process, more people, or more noise.
Posted on January 22, 2026 by carl.murray -
Legal ops teams don’t need more data. They need the right data. The kind that clearly shows leadership how legal contributes to the business.
This quick cheat sheet highlights the core reporting metrics legal ops teams rely on to show control, efficiency, and credibility without overcomplicating their reports.
Inside the guide, you’ll find:
- Spend to budget metrics that demonstrate financial control
- Billing compliance metrics that reduce friction and rework
- Vendor mix and performance metrics that turn outside counsel management into measurable outcomes
- And more!
Use this cheat sheet to guide your next report, quarterly review, or leadership conversation and keep your reporting focused on outcomes, not noise.
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Posted on December 24, 2025 by carl.murray -
A practical guide to building legal operations that connect spend, data, and decision-
making.
Legal teams are expected to deliver clearer insight and stronger control while managing
growing complexity. Disconnected systems make that harder than it needs to be.
This guide outlines what connected legal operations look like in practice and how
enterprise legal management supports visibility, coordination, and better decision-
making across the legal function.
You’ll learn:
- What connected legal operations really mean day to day
- How enterprise legal management brings spend, matters, and reporting together
- Why disconnected tools slow insight and planning
- The foundational capabilities modern legal teams rely on
Built for legal operations leaders and in-house legal teams responsible for visibility,
reporting, and planning.
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Posted on July 23, 2025 by carl.murray -
The legal AI market is full of big promises, shifting standards, and fast-moving innovation. But what most teams need right now isn’t more hype. It’s clarity.
The AI Buyer’s Guide helps legal teams and procurement leaders make smarter, faster decisions about artificial intelligence. Whether you’re comparing vendors, exploring use cases, or simply figuring out where to start, this guide gives you the questions to ask, the red flags to avoid, and the context you need to move forward with confidence.
From integration and privacy to performance and long-term vision, this guide focuses on what matters most and leaves the buzzwords behind. If you’re evaluating AI for legal, this is where to begin.
Posted on September 29, 2024 by carl.murray -
As Chief Financial Officer, you’re tasked with organizing all your company’s financial paperwork to protect it from penalties, civil lawsuits, and even criminal charges.
All that paperwork – both physical and electronic – can really add up as your company grows, but it’s not always easy to know what you need to keep.
Download this guide to learn:
- What to save
- How long to save it
- Best practices for properly storing critical information
- Penalties for improper record keeping and poor document retention
Access your copy by completing the form on the right and clicking “Download Now.”
Posted on September 29, 2024 by carl.murray -
A guide to selecting and implementing a virtual data room.
When choosing a Virtual Data Room (VDR), it’s important to find the solution that fits your needs quickly. It’s likely you’re in the market for a VDR to help facilitate an upcoming M&A transaction, a round of fundraising, or another financial event that requires immediate action, so implementation time and ease of use should drive your software selection process.
This checklist includes:
- Virtual Data Room Features and Options
- What to Keep in Your Virtual Data Room
- Who Should Have Access to Your Data
- Top VDR Use Cases
The Data Room Checklist gives you everything you need to know when preparing to implement a virtual data room, as well as some things to consider once your data room is in place.
Access your copy by completing the form on the right and clicking “Download Checklist.”
Posted on August 17, 2022 by Onit -
Many sales operations and procurement departments struggle to find practical solutions for handling contracts. In fact, recent studies show these teams spend as much as 65% of their time on administrative tasks alone, such as preparing documents.
Comprehensive contract lifecycle management (CLM) solutions automate and standardize processes, decreasing risk and manual work — and giving sales and procurement specialists back their time to do what they do best for their businesses: spark opportunities, cultivate partnerships, and ignite revenue generation.
However, not all AI-enabled contract management solutions are created equal. This quick start guide focuses on the AI features you need to accelerate pre- and post-signature contract management and provides the expert advice required to get started.
