In-House Counsel
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In-House Counsel
Night Of The Living Auditors: The Things That Keep In-House Counsel Up At Night
Care to descend into the in-house maelstrom? You've been warned. -
In-House Counsel, Sponsored Content
Lateral Link Exclusive Job Of The Week: General Counsel Position
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms. -
In-House Counsel
On Being Nice At Meetings
There are some meetings from which you could benefit. If you make yourself unpleasant, those meetings and invitations may stop.
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In-House Counsel
Hey Investigators, Help Us Investigate YOU!
In-house counsel, investigations department attorneys, compliance professionals, and other investigations pros, we want to hear from you! -
In-House Counsel
Improving An In-House Litigation Department
Please make these change promptly upon going in-house. -
Biglaw
Strengthening The ‘Soft Underbelly’ Of Cybersecurity (Part II)
Attack simulations, physical security, social engineering, and open source intelligence assessments can help law firms learn and self-correct before a real hacker gets through first. -
In-House Counsel, Technology
Innovation’s Impact On Corporate Legal Departments -- And The Law Firms They Hire
In-house legal departments are looking to technology solutions to help them become more efficient. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.26.19
* After being subpoenaed, former special counsel Robert Mueller has agreed to testify in open hearings before the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees on July 17. How rare that someone would actually comply with a Congressional subpoena these days! [Washington Post]
* “What are they hiding? Tell Joe Biden. Trump released his list. Why won’t you?” In case you missed it, a conservative legal advocacy group plans to spend big money on national ads demanding that 2020 Democratic presidential candidates release a shortlist of their potential Supreme Court nominees. [POLITICO]
* Harvard Law’s Pipeline Parity Project, a group that’s working to end mandatory arbitration among Biglaw firms, is going national. Now known as the People’s Parity Project, the group has expanded its mission and hopes to form chapters at least six other law school campuses. [Law.com]
* “It is time to do away with the stigmatization of women who challenge discrimination and harassment in their workplaces.” Three of the four women who were previously proceeding anonymously in their gender bias case against Jones Day have come forward to reveal their names. [Big Law Business]
* The latest high-dollar addition to the Yankees is Mike Mellis, formerly the top lawyer at Major League Baseball, who will slide into home as the Bronx Bombers’ executive vice president and chief counsel. [New York Law Journal]
* Timothy Thornton, CEO of 150-lawyer Greensfelder Hemker & Gale, RIP. [American Lawyer]
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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
Hold Onto Your Billing Rate: Over 80 Percent Of Companies Plan On Cutting Legal Spend
It's kinda a bad news/good news thing (if you want to leave Biglaw). -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.25.19
* If you thought demand for legal services couldn’t get worse… [Corporate Counsel]
* We just talked about the best cities for lawyers. One area that’s not on that list is Silicon Valley and basically here’s why. [The Recorder]
* We’re in the midst of a Biglaw salary war… just not in the U.S. [Legal Cheek]
* Facebook examined its cadre of counsel and crowned this firm the tops in diversity. The prize was some sticky video showing pictures of Zuckerberg and firm attorneys over some warmed over pablum about the power of friendship. [American Lawyer]
* Speaking of Facebook, the Cambridge Analytica bankruptcy has officially let Schulte Roth off the hook. [Law360]
* Sidney Powell wants security clearance so she can rant about classified documents that have nothing to do with the case against her client. [NY Times]
* Strength in numbers we can get it right/One time/We are a part of the Biglaw nation. [Los Angeles Times]
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In-House Counsel
Yeah, Yeah: Relationships Matter
Lawyers must be integral to the business. In-house, personal relationships matter. -
In-House Counsel
Look Inside Before Going Outside
On somewhat routine matters, don’t forget to look to in-house assistance before calling in outside help. -
In-House Counsel
On Updating A Book For The Passage Of Time And Political Correctness
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
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Contracts, In-House Counsel, Sponsored Content
Legal Analytics: In-House Counsel's Most Important Tool For Success
In-house professionals can use analytics to plan better in a legal landscape that is more competitive than ever. -
In-House Counsel, Sponsored Content
An Excellent In-House Opportunity For Transactional Attorneys
If you're a securities or M&A lawyer with five-plus years of experience, check out this job, courtesy of former ATL editor David Lat. -
In-House Counsel
Relationships And Results
If you deliver consistently and foster strong working relationships, it can go a long way toward making it easier to manage it all. -
Biglaw
Strengthening The ‘Soft Underbelly’ Of Cybersecurity (Part I)
Attack simulations, physical security, social engineering, and open source intelligence assessments can help law firms learn and self-correct before a real hacker gets through first. -
In-House Counsel
Game Of Moans: Put The Burden Of Prioritizing Back On Your Business
Oh my god, the pissing and moaning that ensues when you ask a business partner to prioritize something is epic. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.11.19
* Another attorney opts into the Jones Day sex discrimination suit. [Law360]
* Bill introduced to legalize sex work in New York. Eliot Spitzer wondering, “where were you when I needed you?” [NBC New York]
* Supreme Court balks at lawsuit seeking to expand constitutional protection for silencers. Remember, the only thing that can stop a bad guy performing an assassination in East Berlin is a good guy performing an assassination in East Berlin. [Reuters]
* John Dean stopped by Congress to give a history lesson since no one else is honoring their subpoenas. [Courthouse News Service]
* Pepper Hamilton more or less kept tight control of its investigation into the Baylor sexual assault case, but now it could face sanctions for potentially withholding records requested in a civil suit arising from the matter. [Texas Lawyer]
* Trump’s team takes its “legitimate legislative purpose” argument to the D.C. Circuit. Shouldn’t some wizened Republican be stepping up and putting a stop to this argument before Trump inadvertently guts the Congress that the party has worked so hard to gerrymander of any real authority? [National Law Journal]
* Student launches crowdfunding campaign to pay for legal education. But this is Britain so he only needs about $80K to go to Cambridge instead of $200K+ to go to a TTT. [Legal Cheek]
* The proposed extradition law that could allow China to nab people in Hong Kong could undermine foreign involvement in the semi-autonomous region. And that means a lot of big law firms. [CNN]
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Biglaw, In-House Counsel
How To Succeed: Moving Work Onto Your Desk
Senior people universally prefer that you accept work, rather than decline work. Do yourself a favor.