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 those days. Last year,
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 for the past eight years (really?) I have written
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.) and I hope it hasn’t
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 marketing team when I was an in-house lawyer. They
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 January, I identified ChatGPT as one of
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 $1,500 an hour enough for that Big Law third-year associate?” or, my
I had a different topic in mind for this post and then someone sent me a screenshot from a fee request filing on Pacer (the federal courts’ e-filing system). Here’s just a snippet:
This is not a joke. You are
I do a lot of speaking with and presenting to in-house lawyers and legal departments. It’s something I really enjoy doing because I get to share my “wisdom” with everyone (which is just a fancy word for “oldness”). By this
Hello everyone and welcome to 2023! Here we are well into year nine of the “Ten Things” blog. I checked recently and see that there are over 12,000 followers of the blog. Holy #$^%! I never in my wildest dreams
Hello everyone and greetings from Copenhagen! Mrs. Ten Thing’s family is from Denmark, so we have been fortunate enough to spend these holidays in Switzerland and Denmark. It’s been chocolate, beer, and a lot of eating! And no matter where