Ten Things: Best Blogs (and Other Media) for In-House Lawyers (2023 Edition)
December 2023
Hello everyone and season’s greetings from the penthouse of the “Ten Things” world headquarters in Dallas, Texas! I will start this post by wishing everyone a fantastic holiday …
Ten Things: Creating Standard Operating Procedures for the Legal Department (Just a Fancy Way of Saying “Checklists”)
November 2023
If you have been a long-time reader of the blog or my books, you know that I am a huge fan of checklists. There is perhaps no tool as humble and simple as a good old-fashioned …
Ten Things: Asking For More Legal Department Resources (How and When to Go Big)
October 2023
In my last book, Showing the Value of the Legal Department: More Than Just a Cost Center, I tackle one of the fundamental issues facing all in-house legal departments: it …
Ten Things: Having Hard Conversations Inside (and Outside) the Legal Department
September 2023
I have a lot of fun with this blog – and I hope that comes through. But every once in a while, I like to delve into something more challenging, more serious. Today is one of …
Ten Things: Cool Tech for In-House Counsel (2023 Edition)
August 2023
Hello again everyone and welcome to another edition of “Ten Things You Need to Know as In-House Counsel.” This is one of my favorite posts of the year because every August …
Ten Things: Ten Maxims to Make Your In-House Counsel Life Easier
July 2023
This week I have gone back through the last several “Ten Things” posts and, man, am I wordy! There is a lot to digest there (ChatGPT, marketing law, managing people, etc.) …
Ten Things: Marketing Law Basics for In-House Counsel
June 2023
Recently, a client asked me to review some advertising copy, something I had not done for several years. It got me thinking about how much I always liked working with the …
Ten Things: ChatGPT and Generative AI (What In-House Counsel Need to Know)
May 2023
Hello again everyone. I suspect a number of you out there have been wondering when I was going to get around to today’s topic. Hell, even I was wondering about it. Back in …
Ten Things: How to Manage People… and Lawyers
April 2023
There are several things that I rarely, if ever, expect to hear in-house lawyers utter. These include, “Hey, I’m really excited about that new ‘Rocky’ movie!” and “Is $1,500 …
Ten Things: Alternative Fee Arrangements – What In-House Lawyers Need to Know
March 2023
I had a different topic in mind for this post and then someone sent me a screenshot from a fee request filing on Pacer (the federal courts’ e-filing system). Here’s just a …
Ten Things: How In-House Lawyers Can Survive and Thrive in Times of Uncertainty and Change
February 2023
I do a lot of speaking with and presenting to in-house lawyers and legal departments. It’s something I really enjoy doing because I get to share my “wisdom” with everyone …
Ten Things: Essential Issues for In-House Counsel (2023 Edition)
January 2023
Hello everyone and welcome to 2023! Here we are well into year nine of the “Ten Things” blog. I checked recently and see that there are over 12,000 followers of the blog …
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