Welcome listeners to this COVID-19 Special Report podcast presented by our friends at Wolters Kluwer and hosted by Evolve the Law Contributing Editor, Ian Connett (@QuantumJurist). This report features Tim Feldman, Vice President and General Manager of Healthcare Compliance & Reimbursement at Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S. Tim oversees product development across a vast suite of practice tools and workflow solutions to help professionals stay ahead of regulatory developments and effectively manage compliance activities.

Episode Resources

• Connect with Ian Connett 
• https://twitter.com/QuantumJurist
• https://quantumjurist.com/

Ian Connett interviews Dean Sonderegger and Martin O’Malley to discuss the 2020 Wolters Kluwer Future Ready Lawyer Survey.

Highlights

• About Wolters Kluwer - 1:09
• The survey - 1:31
• 700 participants in the survey - 2:29
• The survey in the pre-COVID world - 3:27
• The impact of the pandemic in the legal world - 4:49
• Some findings in the survey - 7:15
• Optimizing productivity - 10:39
• Investing more in technology - 12:00
• Takeaways for in-house teams - 15:34
• Providing value to customers - 17:29
• The use of technology - 18:55
• Some predictions - 20:04
• The investment in technology - 21:23

Episode Resources

• Connect with Ian Connett 
• https://twitter.com/QuantumJurist
• https://quantumjurist.com/
• Connect with Dean Sonderegger and Martin O’Malley
• https://lrus.wolterskluwer.com/about-us/experts/dean-sonderegger/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/deansonderegger
• https://www.wolterskluwer.com/en/experts/martin-omalley
• https://nl.linkedin.com/in/martinomalley

Ken and Ian discuss the impact of COVID-19 on GCs. Ken Crutchfield leads the Legal Markets Group of Wolters Kluwer and is responsible for setting the vision and strategic approach with a focus on developing leading digital products. The Legal Markets Group within Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S. provides legal professionals across a wide range of markets with expert content and analysis and leading workflow solutions.

Highlights

• Ken’s role at Wolters Kluwer - 0:08
• How the role of the general counsel has changed - 0:36
• Is the work of the in-house counsel changing? - 1:43
• Type of tools that people can use - 3:18
• Wolters Kluwer’s tools - 4:46
• What to do as a general counsel during the pandemic - 6:43
• Facilitating a reopening of a business - 9:02
• A study with the Association of Corporate Counsel - 12:16
• Wolter Kluwer’s services - 16:11

Episode Resources

• Connect with Ian Connett 
• https://twitter.com/QuantumJurist
• https://quantumjurist.com/
• Connect with Ken Crutchfield
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/ken-crutchfield-95b79
• https://lrus.wolterskluwer.com/about-us/experts/ken-crutchfield/