If it seems like it has been a while since I wrote a “Ten Things” post,[1] that’s because it has been! I have been out on the road for most of October and November speaking at conferences, off-sites, street
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If it seems like it has been a while since I wrote a “Ten Things” post,[1] that’s because it has been! I have been out on the road for most of October and November speaking at conferences, off-sites, street…
Hello my friends and welcome to another edition of “Ten Things You Need to Know as In-House Counsel!” Every summer for the past ten years, I have written about “cool tech” for in-house lawyers. It is one of my favorite…
Hello again everyone. I have been working on my annual “cool tech” post, but it’s not ready for prime time as I am still sifting through things. The amount of tech out there (cool or otherwise) is amazing. And since…
I was cleaning out some old files in a filing cabinet (yes, that’s still a thing) and I came across some plastic cards we had made up when I was head of litigation at a large technology company many moons…
I have been practicing law for a long time. And even now, 30+ years into the game, there are still times when I find myself overwhelmed by everything on my plate. And it’s just as shitty a feeling now as…
Hi everyone! Well, I’ve been working on a new “Ten Things” blog about what to do when you feel overwhelmed at work. It’s almost finished, but I got a bit sidetracked when I took a short break (something I write…
Hello everyone and greetings from 35,000 feet! I am on the road again – my third trip in April. I think I have spent more days sleeping in hotel rooms than I have a home this month. I am not…
Over the course of 2024 and the first part of 2025, the questions I get most frequently from in-house lawyers are about Generative AI and how legal departments can use it to improve productivity. There is a lot of pressure…
Hello again everyone! As I have done for the past several years, I want to share a list of issues I believe in-house lawyers should pay attention to over the coming 12 months. I started doing this when I first…
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. …