In-House Counsel
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In-House Counsel
'I’ll Defer To Legal On This One'
As in-house counsel, you may be stepping in front of more buses than you'd previously thought. -
Legal Operations
Metrics? What Metrics? KPIs That Legal Ops Professionals Need To Track (Part II)
Part II of a two-part examination of what it means to define and measure legal project success. - Sponsored
Profit Powerhouse: Elevating Law Firm Financial Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar on April 10th, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm. -
In-House Counsel
The Salesman Has Two Faces
When you're working as in-house counsel, sometimes people in the sales department can still surprise you.
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In-House Counsel
The Power Of Your Voice: Why You Should Incorporate Speaking Into Your Practice
Consider incorporating public speaking into your career to make your leadership and expertise more visible. -
Biglaw
On Law Firm Perfection
Once institutions begin to prize revenue over perfection, they may lose their focus. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 03.04.19
* Was Michael Cohen involved in any talk about potential pardons? Lawmakers are now very interested in exploring this topic to find out if anyone was allegedly obstructing justice. [Washington Post]
* As we’ve been hearing for a while now, special counsel Robert Mueller will submit his final report soon, and it’s going to turn into a political firestorm. [Bloomberg]
* Meanwhile, Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, says it’s “very clear” that President Trump obstructed justice in Mueller’s probe, and he’s sending out document requests for his own investigation. [Chicago Tribune]
* Thomas Reid is out as the managing partner of Davis Polk after accepting the role of general counsel at Comcast. Congratulations and best of luck! [Corporate Counsel]
* No one could have possibly seen this one coming: After his stint as White House counsel, Don McGahn will be returning to Jones Day. [National Law Journal]
* Michael Cohen was disbarred just days ago, but it’s possible he could practice law again the future. It won’t be easy, of course, but it could happen. [Big Law Business]
* Yay, more law schools… Concordia Law and Lincoln Memorial Law were granted full accreditation by the American Bar Association this weekend. [KTVB 7; WATE 6]
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In-House Counsel, Sponsored Content, Technology
The Legal Tech Renaissance And Making It Work For You
Technology providers will need to focus on ease of use, competitive pricing, and quicker implementations to drive more holistic and faster digital transformation for in-house counsel. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 03.01.19
* Reps. Jim Jordan and Mark Meadows have referred Michael Cohen to the Justice Department, claiming that they have evidence that Trump’s former fixer “committed perjury and knowingly made false statements“ during his testimony before the House Oversight Committee. [CNN]
* Meanwhile, thanks to Cohen’s testimony, Allen Weisselberg, the longtime chief financial officer of the Trump Organization who has already been granted immunity by SDNY prosecutors, will be called to testify before the House Intelligence Committee. [Daily Beast]
* Almost time to say hello to Judge Neomi Rao: The nominee to replace Justice Brett Kavanaugh on the D.C. Circuit got through the Senate Judiciary Committee on a party-line vote, and the full Senate is likely to vote her onto the bench. [NBC News]
* Lawrence Tu, the chief legal officer over at CBS, has resigned from his post and will be leaving the company in April. His leave follows the ouster of former CEO Les Moonves, who allegedly sexually harassed several employees. [New York Law Journal]
* Much to the Justice Department’s chagrin, a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit unanimously ruled that not only may AT&T acquire Time Warner but that such a combination would be unlikely to harm competition. [Wall Street Journal]
* Ho Ka Terence Yung, the ex-UT Law student who pleaded guilty to terrorizing an admissions interviewer after he was rejected from Georgetown Law, was just sentenced to almost four years in prison for one count of cyberstalking. [Law.com]
* Lincoln Bandlow, a Fox Rothschild partner who some have referred to as a “porn copyright troll,” got sanctioned $750 by a federal judge after missing court deadlines in at least two dozen of those porn infringement cases. [American Lawyer]
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In-House Counsel
Advocating For A Toke Is No Joke For In-House Counsels
How should corporate counsel advise their clients when it comes to the legalization of cannabis for either recreational or medicinal use? -
Legal Operations
Metrics? What Metrics? KPIs That Legal Ops Professionals Need To Track (Part I)
In two parts, this week and next, we’ll explore what it means to define and measure legal project success. -
In-House Counsel
Law Firm Responses To GCs' Open Letter: An Epic Fail
In-house counsel didn't request or give permission to law firms to spam them via email (personal and professional), LinkedIn, and mail. -
In-House Counsel
On Employee 'Engagement'
If engagement matters, you should measure it and monitor it -- in an accurate way that isn't subject to abuse. -
Technology
Are Robots Coming For Lawyers? Not Until They Can Translate Legalese
The fear of doomsday is misplaced.
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.21.19
* Accountants are the new bakers when it comes to discriminating against gay people. I guess this means tax prep is more a matter of artistic interpretation, which in fairness explains Amazon’s tax bill last year. [Fox News]
* Tesla GC self-driven back to Williams & Connolly after two months. [National Law Journal]
* “Lawyer likens R. Kelly to Beethoven to explain studio move.” Who can forget that “immortal beloved” letter about urolagnia? [Star Tribune]
* A good look at the renewed effort to undermine the litigation finance business for doing the unconscionable and allowing regular folks to afford to bring meritorious claims against big companies. [CDR Magazine]
* A call for law schools to be accredited based on post-graduation job prospects. It seems like a certain website’s been calling for that for years now… [Law.com]
* Strip club copyright suits are the lucrative niche practice no one knows about. [Law360]
* Rosen likely to succeed Rosenstein. [Courthouse News Service]
* Direct call for quotas to improve Biglaw diversity — for women anyway. [Legal Cheek]
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In-House Counsel
Not The Droid You’re Looking For: Embracing Your In-House Counsel Limitations
You may not be not the droid your business partner is looking for, but at least you can direct him to the right planet. -
In-House Counsel
Celebrating The Life Of The Late Pauli Murray, Activist, NAACP Chief Counsel, And Her ‘Incurable Case of Can’t Stop Won’t Stop’
Black History Month is not just a tribute to the past because discrimination is not just a memory of the past. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.15.19
* Today begins the national emergency of “not enough constitutional law scholars to fill every cable news interview slot.” [NY Times]
* Great when the new AG starts off his tenure with some light corruption. [Vanity Fair]
* The Supreme Court’s assault on the bar is unsurprisingly spreading. [National Law Journal]
* The demands of in-house hiring folks can make them their own worst enemy. [Corporate Counsel]
* Amazon has bailed on its NYC headquarters putting an end to one of the most comically obvious grifts in American history. [Law360]
* Clients opening MoFo bills say, “motherf**ker!” [Texas Lawyer]
* Define… rural. [Courthouse News Service]
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In-House Counsel
Professor, Can You Just Give Me A Straight Answer?
No matter what area of the law you find yourself in, rarely will 'straight answers' exist. -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Sponsored Content
Are You In Or Out? Deciding If The Time Is Right To Go In-House
Look before you leap! -
In-House Counsel, Sponsored Content
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