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Krishan Thakker

Executive Legal Counsel

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What do you do with unsolicited vendor gifts?

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Keep it

I never accept them

Donate it

Depends on the dollar amount

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Is AI going to affect the number of jobs in your company in the next 12 months?

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Yes, more jobs created

Yes, jobs lost to AI

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How early is adoption of Legal AI for ADR purposes?

Krishan ThakkerExecutive Legal Counsel in Travel and Hospitalitya year ago

We are not quite there yet - main area lacking is legal reasoning ability, which is in turned hampered by the significant cost of accessing court documents at scale (at least in the US, the PACER system is expensive) to build ...read more

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Should in-house counsel legal departments exert greater pressure on law firms to do away with billable hours in favor of flat or hybrid fee models for legal work?

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Krishan ThakkerExecutive Legal Counsel in Travel and Hospitality2 years ago

Alternative Fee Arrangements (AFAs) provide in-house counsel with greater budget predictability, cost control, and alignment of the law firm's incentives with client outcomes. They also foster stronger client-lawyer relationships, ...read more

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What are some effective methods or tools you have implemented to secure digital communications and document sharing and safeguard attorney-client privilege in a remote work setting?

Krishan ThakkerExecutive Legal Counsel in Travel and Hospitality6 months ago

Sharing best practices, I thought I'd give a peek at how I keep my digital communications and client info locked down tight while working remotely.

1. Encryption is my BFF: Whether it is client chats or team convos, ...read more

We operate in the healthcare delivery sector, where physicians are only permitted to access patient records if they have a clinical reason to do so (e.g., actively delivering healthcare services to that patient or being part of a team involved in such services). We’d like to learn from peers in healthcare and other industries (e.g., banking) about how they monitor and control access to sensitive records. Questions: a) What monitoring, alerts, or controls does your organization have in place to manage unauthorized access to sensitive records (e.g., patient records, financial data, etc.)? Examples: system-generated alerts, proactive audits, automated access reviews. b) How do these controls operate? Examples: automated monitoring systems, periodic manual reviews, behavioral analytics, integration with access management tools. c) Are there lessons from your industry or others that you think healthcare organizations could adopt to improve these controls?

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Krishan ThakkerExecutive Legal Counsel in Travel and Hospitality6 months ago

Organizations handling sensitive data, especially in healthcare, face stringent legal and ethical obligations to safeguard that information.

Here's a breakdown of key considerations:

Legal Framework:

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