InsideCounsel Names Top 10 Most Innovative Law Departments in 2014 'IC10'

Awards celebrate innovation and the ability to achieve alignment with their company's overall strategic direction

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Dec 03, 2014, 02:43 ET

NEW YORK, Dec. 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- InsideCounsel, a Summit Professional Networks publication, has named its 2014 IC10 winners in its December issue. Now in its 11^th year, the IC10 awards profile the accomplishments of an elite group of innovative legal departments whose milestones and achievements set them apart from their peers. Submitted by InsideCounsel readers and sponsors, nominations range from small and mid-sized law departments to those that handle multi-million dollar legal budgets.

"These 10 law departments embrace what we established as the five guiding principles of innovation: vision; project leadership; C-suite support/funding; GC long-term commitment; and a law department culture that welcomes change," says InsideCounsel Associate Publisher/Editor-in-Chief, Erin Harrison. "Our winners were selected for their ability to simultaneously address immediate and long-term goals, bring a long-term project from concept to actualization, fight for the resources the solution required, and achieve buy-in from legal leaders—all while remaining flexible enough to take risks and learn from mistakes."

While this year's winners represent considerable diversity in the types of solutions for which they have been nominated, the perennial commonalities among all our winners are a pioneering spirit, willingness to take on risk and ability to learn and grow from failure. The 2014 IC10 winners are:

Google
NetApp
The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
Allstate
Altria
Colgate-Palmolive Company
Intel Corporation
Jones Lang LaSalle
Lincoln Financial Group
Rockwell Automation

To read more about the law departments of the future and for complete profiles of all 10 winners, click here.

About InsideCounsel

InsideCounsel is the award-winning monthly magazine that has been serving general counsel and other top in-house legal professionals for nearly two decades. With BPA-audited circulation of 40,000 and unparalleled depth and breadth of coverage, InsideCounsel provides the strategic tools GCs need to better manage their departments and business risk. Its live and web event programs, custom publishing and robust web/eNewsletter offerings provide cost-effective tools and measurement-rich feedback to support demanding business development and marketing program needs. Visit www.InsideCounsel.com for more information.

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For information, contact:
Erin Harrison
Associate Publisher/Editor-in-Chief, Inside Counsel
646.746.8853
[email protected]

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