Ten Things: Best Blogs (and Other Media) for In-House Lawyers (2022 Edition)
December 2022
Hello everyone and greetings from Copenhagen! Mrs. Ten Thing’s family is from Denmark, so we have been fortunate enough to spend these holidays in Switzerland and Denmark …
Ten Things: Becoming the Company Watchdog (Spotting and Dealing with Corporate Badness)
November 2022
I assume most of you have been following the spectacular collapse of FTX, the cryptocurrency exchange that was once worth $34 billion and is now worth less than the coins …
Ten Things: Business Skills All In-House Lawyers Should Master
October 2022
In my newest book, Showing the Value of the Legal Department, I include a section on the evolution of the role of in-house counsel. I walk through the “dark ages” (lawyers in …
Ten Things: The Art of Delivering Bad News
September 2022
Most days being an in-house lawyer is a pretty good gig. It has certainly gotten more demanding over the last ten years or so, but there have been corresponding gains in both …
Ten Things: “Cool Tech” for In-House Counsel (2022 Edition)
August 2022
Well, it’s August and that means lots of things. If you live in Texas, it means you are seriously regretting your decision to move here because it is just stupid hot and …
Ten Things: When to Send Work to Outside Counsel (and When to Bring it In-House)
July 2022
As a longtime in-house counsel, I constantly debated when to send work to outside counsel and when to keep it (or bring it back in). It was a surprisingly difficult task …
Ten Things: In-House Lawyers and Imposter Syndrome
June 2022
A while back, I wrote about how in-house lawyers can reduce stress in an otherwise pretty stressful job. I picked the topic because it was an issue that had come up several …
Ten Things: Ten Things You Can Do in Ten Minutes (a Productivity Hack for In-House Lawyers)
May 2022
I had a great time at the global CLOC meeting a couple of weeks ago in Las Vegas. It was an impressive event. Huge thanks to the good folks at CLM leader SpotDraft for inviting …
How to be a Practical In-House Lawyer
April 2022
Lawyers, including in-house lawyers, have a well-deserved reputation for over-complicating things. Don’t worry, this isn’t a sermon. I am standing in the dock next to you, …
Ten Things: An Index to All the Posts (November 2014 – February 2022)
March 2022
Howdy, everyone! Greetings again from Texas. It’s been a while since I last did an index to all of the posts in the “Ten Things” blog. Since the last one (July 2020), we’ve …
Ten Things: Building Your Executive Presence In-House
February 2022
When it comes to “executive presence,” I now have the benefit of being older with more than a few gray hairs. As a result, a lot of people (my wife, daughters, and assorted …
Ten Things: Essential Issues for In-House Counsel (2022 Edition)
January 2022
Hello everyone and hello 2022! If you are a long-time reader of the blog, you know that I like to start off January with a list of issues I believe in-house lawyers should …
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