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. As an outside lawyer, my hope now is that
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 times when speaking with in-house lawyers. I am
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, guilty as hell! Still, I have spent time over the course of a long
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 added over 1,300 new subscribers and we
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 dogs and cats excluded) tend to pay
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 pay attention to over the coming year.
Well, here we are at the end of another year. I hope all of you are having a wonderful holiday season. As usual, I like to take a few minutes every December to reflect back on the year and take
Back in January, I gave my list of essential issues for in-house counsel to pay attention to in 2021. One of the items I listed was “phishing.” Unfortunately, I was right to highlight it. Phishing has been a hot topic
As you know, I enjoy getting suggestions for blog topics from you – the readers of the “Ten Things” blog. A few weeks ago I received a note from the general counsel of a small legal department at a relatively
