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Ten Things: The Best Blogs, Podcasts, and Other Media for In-House Lawyers (2025 Edition)

December 2025

Hello everyone and welcome to the end of 2025.  It’s been a jammed packed year for me and the blog.  As usual, I like to end the year with my list of the best blogs …

Ten Things: Dealing with Business Executives (Where the Wild Things Are)

November 2025

If it seems like it has been a while since I wrote a “Ten Things” post,[1] that’s because it has been!  I have been out on the road for most of October and November speaking …  

Ten Things: “Cool Tech” for In-House Counsel (2025 Edition)

September 2025

Hello my friends and welcome to another edition of “Ten Things You Need to Know as In-House Counsel!”  Every summer for the past ten years, I have written …

Ten Things: An Index to All the Posts (November 2014 – August 2025)

August 2025

Hello again everyone.  I have been working on my annual “cool tech” post, but it’s not ready for prime time as I am still sifting through things.  The amount of tech out …

Ten Things: Ten Questions To Ask Yourself Before Hitting Send (Lessons From the Trenches)

July 2025

I was cleaning out some old files in a filing cabinet (yes, that’s still a thing) and I came across some plastic cards we had made up when I was head of litigation at a large …

Ten Things: What to Do When You Are Feeling Overwhelmed at Work

June 2025

I have been practicing law for a long time.  And even now, 30+ years into the game, there are still times when I find myself overwhelmed by everything on my plate …

Ten Things: All the Podcasts!

June 2025

Hi everyone!  Well, I’ve been working on a new “Ten Things” blog about what to do when you feel overwhelmed at work.  It’s almost finished, but I got a bit sidetracked …

Ten Things: Travel Tips for the Busy In-House Lawyer

May 2025

Hello everyone and greetings from 35,000 feet!  I am on the road again – my third trip in April.  I think I have spent more days sleeping in hotel rooms than I have at home …

Ten Things: 100 Practical Generative AI Prompts for In-House Lawyers

March 2025

Over the course of 2024 and the first part of 2025, the questions I get most frequently from in-house lawyers are about Generative AI and how legal departments can …

Ten Things: Essential Issues for In-House Counsel (2025 Edition)

March 2025

Hello again everyone!  As I have done for the past several years, I want to share a list of issues I believe in-house lawyers should pay attention to over the coming …

Ten Things: New Year’s Resolutions for In-House Lawyers (2025 Edition)

February 2025

I know that I usually start the year with my list of things that in-house lawyers should be watching out for over the course of the coming year.  I will still post that blog …

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