Ten Things: Best Legal Blogs for In-House Counsel (2018 Edition)
December 2018
Well, it’s near the end of 2018 and time for my annual list of the best legal blogs for in-house counsel. This is my fourth list, a tradition starting in 2015. In case you’re …
Ten Things: What to do When Your Company is the Subject of a Government Investigation
December 2018
I’ve been around a while and I know from first-hand experience that there is little more disconcerting to an in-house lawyer than being contacted by the government when it …
Ten Things: Minimizing Risk in Commercial Contracts
November 2018
After “will I go to jail for that?” the most common question asked of in-house counsel typically involves commercial contracts and whether “it’s okay for us to sign this?” …
Ten Things: “Cool Tech” 2018 Edition
October 2018
I am a little bit late with my “Cool Tech” post for 2018. Not surprisingly, I have found it much harder to write my blog on a regular basis once I became general counsel …
Ten Things: “Cool Tech” 2018 Edition
October 2018
I am a little bit late with my “Cool Tech” post for 2018. Not surprisingly, I have found it much harder to write my blog on a regular basis once I became general counsel …
Ten Things: Sexual Harassment Claims in the #MeToo Era
September 2018
While in-house lawyers are always concerned about sexual harassment claims, the last year or so has provided a loud wake-up call regarding the highly negative impact of such …
Ten Things: Presenting Legal Issues to Senior Executives
August 2018
I remember my first legal presentation to the full senior executive team very well. I had just started in and was using my hands to gesture on some point when I caught the …
Ten Things: What In-House Lawyers Need to Know About Joint Ventures
August 2018
You’re sitting at your desk, slurping down a big mug of coffee, when the CEO stops by your door. “Guess what,” she says. “We’re going to do a joint venture with Mega Corp! …
Ten Things: Creating a Good Contract Playbook
July 2018
Contracts are the grease on the skids of most businesses, i.e., it is how they make money. Consequently, unless you work in a very unusual legal department, one of the most …
Ten Things: So You Want to Hold a Contest (and Not Go to Jail)?
June 2018
I do love the folks in Marketing. They are always very engaging and fun, and they have cool giveaways they will share with you. But, I love them a lot less when they show up …
Ten Things: Buying and Implementing Legal Tech
May 2018
Last week the good folks at LawGeex released their free 2018 Legal Tech Buyer’s Guide. Jammed full of valuable information, it’s essential to any in-house department looking …
Ten Things: Sherman Act Section 2 – The Monopoly Man Cometh
May 2018
When I went to law school way back when there were two topics I swore I had no interest in Tax law and Anti-Trust law. I avoided those classes like a high school third-period …
Ten Things: My Boss is a [Censored] – What Do I Do?!
April 2018
One of the most frequent questions I get from in-house lawyers is how to deal with difficult bosses. I have been very fortunate because – while practicing law for almost 30 …
Ten Things: Managing a Dispersed Legal Team
April 2018
A long time ago, most in-house legal departments were based in one location (or, at worst, one country). Over the past twenty years, this dynamic has dramatically changed for …
Ten Things: 10 Essential Legal Department Issues for 2018
March 2018
As I mentioned last year, I always look forward to the first part of the year as general counsel. Basically, it is a fresh start for me and for the Legal Department, a time to …
Ten Things: I Know It’s Only Boilerplate (But I Like It)!
March 2018
I was working my way through a contract recently and, like I always do, I flipped to the last several pages. This is where you find the real action in any commercial agreement. …
Ten Things: An Index to all the Posts (November 2014 – March 2018)
February 2018
I have been on the road good bit lately. I spoke on Artificial Intelligence and ethics at the South Carolina Law Review 2018 Symposium a couple of weeks ago. Last week, I …
Ten Things: How to Lead
February 2018
I have always been impressed by those who seem to come to “leadership” effortlessly. For some, it’s charisma and likeability. For others, it’s the aura of gravitas that …
Ten Things: Legal Department of One – A Survival Guide
January 2018
I appreciate everyone who writes to me about the blog. In particular, I enjoy your suggestions for future blog posts and I always add them to my list of ideas. Today, I am …
Ten Things: Early Case Assessments – What In-House Lawyers Need to Know
January 2018
Somewhere in my first few months or so of blogs is one I wrote about what to do when your company has been sued. In it, I set out a lot of important things to do when you …
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