Author: Sterling Miller
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One of the most valuable skills an in-house lawyer brings to a company is the ability to negotiate. In-house lawyers negotiate contracts, M&A transactions, litigation resolution,…
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It has been about 18 months since I published the first “Ten Things You Need to Know as In-House Counsel” blog post. I have to…
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Over the past six months you have probably been bombarded with data privacy articles, questions, and concerns regarding the European Union (“EU”). Given the sheer…
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I want to continue my effort to post a few articles about basic corporate law issues. Last time I wrote about about corporate governance. This…
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I have not spent much time in this blog on the “corporate” side of the in-house world. Over the next few posts, I will discuss…
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There are few things as wasteful and painful as litigation. And that’s from someone whose career started as a litigator and, after a long tenure…
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My friends who are outside lawyers are always interested in what is was like to be in-house counsel. Besides being envious of the fact that…
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As general counsel I saw a lot of writing. Emails, memos, policies, correspondence, etc. Most of what I saw produced by my team was well…
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I was in-house counsel for over 20 years. One of the hardest tasks I recall was the yearly process of “setting of goals” for the…
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January is a great time to think about reducing clutter. Many of us start the New Year with a personal plan to get organized, throw…