Author: Sterling Miller
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One of the most important internal relationships for an in-house Legal Department is with the Human Resources team. Much of the HR department’s day-to-day work…
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How’s this for a nightmare scenario: You get a call from the company’s Chief Operating Officer informing you that Ms. Smith is leaving the company…
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As in-house counsel you can sum up your priorities in two categories: “Maximize Value Creation” (e.g., M&A) and “Minimize Value Destruction” (e.g., defending “bet the…
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If you are in-house counsel and are not paying attention to government officials and regulators (state, local, federal, international) you are making a big mistake.…
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One goal set out in my sample legal department goals for 2015 was to increase efficiency (and reduce costs) in the legal department. One of…
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Whether you run a small team of seven or you are in charge of a sprawling international-based 200+ legal department, you will need to have…
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Continuing with the theme of goal setting for the in-house legal department and my sample goals (see January 8 post), this week I will focus…
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As I mentioned in my last post (January 8), over the next few weeks I will dive deeper into some of the sample department “goals”…
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The beginning of any calendar year is always busy with key administrative tasks for an in-house legal department. My next several posts will deal with such…
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A common complaint you will hear as in-house counsel is “Why does it take so long for you guys to review my contract?” (Second only…