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 in the next week or two. …

Hello everyone and season’s greetings from Dallas, Texas!  I would like to wish you all a terrific holiday season and all the best for 2025.  If you are looking for some fun in January (22-24), please join me and a…

I have written a lot about delegation, both in the blog and in my last two books, Showing the Value of the Legal Department and The Productive In-House Lawyer.   Specifically, I write a lot about why delegation is important…

It has been a fun month or so for me because I had the true pleasure of appearing on two of the best podcasts for in-house lawyers.  The first is “The Legal Department” hosted by Stacy Bratcher,…

One of the reasons I wanted to become a lawyer was to solve problems.  The added bonus was the expectation that someone would pay me (a lot) to read and write stuff to help solve those problems.  How cool is…

Hello 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 summer for the past nine years or so, I have written…

Hello, my friends and welcome to a special edition of “Ten Things You Need to Know as In-House Counsel!”  I get a lot of emails and comments about the blog from in-house lawyers all over the world (and…