General Counsel
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In-House Counsel
Embracing Risk: How Uber GC Salle Yoo Defines Her Career
This general counsel is a dynamic risk-taker. -
General Counsel, In-House Counsel, Minority Issues
GCs Back New Initiative To Bring Diversity To The Legal Profession; Will It Make An Impact?
We've seen various diversity initiatives fail over the years, but this latest one is specific, concrete, and promising. - Sponsored
Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm. -
In-House Counsel
The In-House Supermen Clark Kents
How in-house lawyers can use fear (in responsible doses) to get colleagues to comply with legal advice.
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Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Technology
alt.legal: If We Build It, Will They Come? The Problem Of Legal Tech Adoption
What are the hurdles to tech adoption, and what does the path forward look like? -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.12.16
* “We believe the magistrate judge’s decision that Brendan Dassey’s confession was coerced by investigators, and that no reasonable court could have concluded otherwise, is wrong on the facts and wrong on the law.” Prosecutors in Wisconsin have appealed the overturned conviction of “Making a Murderer” subject Brendan Dassey. He’ll remain in prison pending the outcome of the appeal. [New York Times]
* A Canadian judge is facing possible removal from the bench after asking this question to the accuser in a rape trial: “Why couldn’t you just keep your knees together?” The judge also made other inappropriate remarks during the trial, and blames it on his failure to understand changes to the country’s sexual-assault laws. [ABC News]
* Desperate times sometimes call for really desperate measures? California-based Prism Patents is cutting its executives’ compensation by two-thirds in an attempt to come up with some cash. Its general counsel’s salary fell from $240,000 to $90,000, and the company’s CEO now makes $12 (not a typo), down from $300,000. [Big Law Business]
* The battle between Houston Law School and the Houston College of Law (formerly South Texas Law) rages on, and now the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is involved. Thanks to a complaint lodged by U. Houston, the USPTO has suspended Houston College’s trademark application for its new name. [Houston Chronicle via TaxProf Blog]
* It doesn’t matter if Romy and Michelle invented Post-It Notes or if serial inventor Alan Amron did, because your lawsuit against 3M is likely to be dismissed — especially if you’ve already settled a prior $400 million suit over the product’s inventorship for $12,000 and released the company from all of your future claims. [CBS Minnesota]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.09.16
* “In the past, law school was often times seen as a safe haven in a bad market, and that’s just not the case given the jobs that are available.” Applications may be down, but given the state of the job market, more and more students are flocking to law schools without any desire to practice law, intending to pursue alternative career paths instead. [Wisconsin Bar]
* Former Berkeley Law Dean Sujit Choudhry returned to campus this semester after resigning from his post thanks to a sexual harassment lawsuit, but a letter he penned on the subject that was published in the school paper didn’t have the results he expected; instead, about 100 law students protested the professor’s presence on campus. [SFGate]
* The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on the Investment Advisers Modernization Act of 2016 today, a bill that private equity firms hope will chip away at Dodd-Frank’s requirements on what information the industry must report to regulators. The White House has threatened a veto if it’s passed. [DealBook / New York Times]
* Can this group of general counsels from Fortune 100 companies save the legal profession from becoming a haven for old white men and turn it into a melting pot of opportunity across all demographics? That’s what they’re hoping to do by hiring and firing outside counsel based on their diversity. Best of luck! [Big Law Business]
* Subway’s “footlong” class-action suit is now before the Seventh Circuit, with Ted Frank of the Competitive Enterprise Institute arguing that the lawyers who settled the sandwich-size discrepancy gave themselves too much credit, calling them, along with the class representatives, “the only beneficiaries of the case.” Ouch. [WSJ Law Blog]
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In-House Counsel
Surviving A Leadership Coup D'état
We have all been guilty of it: lusting after the proverbial Iron Throne that is our boss’s office. -
In-House Counsel, Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Mass In-House Layoffs After Mega-Merger
How many in-house counsel are expected to lose their jobs? - Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so… -
General Counsel, In-House Counsel, Small Law Firms, Sponsored Content
Climbing The Ladder: Tales And Wisdom From America's Top General Counsel
Talking to in-house counsel about their work and how they got to the top. -
General Counsel, In-House Counsel
'Legal Said It Was Okay'
'I was immediately struck with that moment of panic. Had I dropped the ball on this one?' -
General Counsel, In-House Counsel, Technology
alt.legal: The General Counsel Of GE Thinks Lawyers Are The Answer
Alex Dimitrief, General Counsel of General Electric, shares insights with alt.legal columnists Joe Borstein and Ed Sohn. -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Sponsored Content
Associate Raises: A General Counsel And Managing Partner Webcast (LIVE!)
Tune in NOW for this lively and enlightening discussion! -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Sponsored Content
Associate Raises: A General Counsel And Managing Partner Webcast
Please join us for what should be a lively and interesting discussion.
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Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 08.08.16
* Does the future of transgender rights go through the Supreme Court? [Constitution Daily]
* There’s been a lot of chatter about it, but what do the rules say about the scenario of Donald Trump dropping out of the presidential race? [WSJ Law Blog]
* The Olympics is great fun for nationalism, but there is a dark side behind it, as Professor Ilya Somin explains. Here is one idea to do away with that. [Volokh Conspiracy]
* The latest on what went on behind closed doors at Fox during Roger Ailes’s reign. [Law and More]
* In-house lawyer Suleen Lee, general counsel to The Barre Code, gives new meaning to “character and fitness.” [Chicago Lawyer]
* Law professors in defense of the working legal standard in campus rape cases. [Huffington Post]
* Shearman & Sterling partner Richard Hsu interviews leading legal journalist Jeffrey Toobin, author of the new book American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst (affiliate link). [Hsu Untied]
* And Randy Maniloff of Coverage Opinions interviews legendary law professor Arthur Miller. [Law.com]
* Congrats to Orrick’s D.C. associates on more than doubling their contribution to Legal Aid’s Generous Associates Campaign this year! [Orrick]
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General Counsel, In-House Counsel, Money, Rankings
Who Are America’s Best-Paid General Counsel? (2016)
Which GC came out on top? Please note the multiple UPDATES. -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Minority Issues
Diverse Legal Teams Perform Better — Fact
With another recruiting season upon us, what is your law firm doing differently to improve diversity? -
General Counsel, In-House Counsel, Technology
Former GC Sues QuickLegal For Unpaid Stock And Wages
Another lawsuit has been filed against QuickLegal, as tech columnist Bob Ambrogi reports. -
Associate Salaries, Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Money
Some Clients Are Super Pissed About Associate Raises
This client sees no reason for associate raises. -
Associate Salaries, Biglaw, General Counsel, In-House Counsel, Money
What Do -- And Should -- In-House Lawyers Think About The Biglaw Pay Raises?
There's a range of opinion in the in-house community on this hot topic. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 06.09.16
* Justice Thomas calls a woman a "venireman." First of all, say what you will about PC language policing of generic terms, but when "juror" is available, you consciously chose to be a sexist. Plus, the proper term is veniretrix. [Clear Writing] * The pay raises on this of the Atlantic are helping our legal brethren on the other side too. [Legal Cheek] * Best. Press release. Ever. Nicely played, Nancy Pelosi. [Wonkette] * These are the law firms that GCs actually recommend to their friends. [Law360] * Read Joe Biden's moving letter to the survivor of the Stanford rape. [Buzzfeed]