Inside Straight
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7th Circuit, Frank Easterbrook, In-House Counsel, Litigators, Practice Pointers
Inside Straight: Breakfast With Easterbrook
Litigators, how should you NOT open a brief? -
Books, In-House Counsel, Litigators, Money, Old People
Inside Straight: The Generational Divide In Legal Humor
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New Report - Are Small Firms Achieving Their Legal Tech Goals?
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Document Review, Election 2012, Election Law, In-House Counsel, Litigators, Politics, Technology
Inside Straight: Why Are Elections Like E-Discovery?
Here's some food for thought, from in-house columnist Mark Herrmann: Why are elections like e-discovery?
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Books, In-House Counsel
Inside Straight: The Annoying Ramblings Of An Uber Douche
Business meetings: We have them all the time, and people misuse them. How can we fix this? -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Media and Journalism, Partner Issues
Inside Straight: The Ten Rules For Writing Articles To Generate Business
What are the ten rules for writing an article that will generate legal business for the author? -
Biglaw, General Counsel, In-House Counsel, Partner Issues
Inside Straight: How Do You Displace A Competent Incumbent?
In-house columnist Mark Herrmann tackles a tough question: How do you replace a competent incumbent? -
In-House Counsel, Litigators
Inside Straight: No More Projects Named 'Death Star' Or 'Piranha'!
Columnist Mark Herrmann has some advice for in-house counsel on how to name shell companies. -
Book Deals, Books, In-House Counsel, Media and Journalism, Shameless Plugs
Inside Straight: Provide 'Advance Praise' For 'Inside Straight -- The Book'!
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How To Maximize Productivity With Westlaw Precision With CoCounsel
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Biglaw, General Counsel, In-House Counsel, Litigators
Inside Straight: Creating A Unifying Mind
For every matter that you handle, you need one "unifying mind," one person at the helm. How can this get screwed up? -
In-House Counsel, Litigators
Inside Straight: Doing Business In Corrupt Places
How should a U.S. company conduct business in a country that's corrupt (or perceived as corrupt)? Very carefully, of course. -
In-House Counsel, Law Schools
Inside Straight: An Open Letter To The University Of Chicago Law School
In-house columnist Mark Herrmann writes an open letter to the University of Chicago Law School. -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel
Inside Straight: When You Do Not Ask For A Better Draft
What should you do when someone - a junior colleague, a law firm you work with - turns in a draft document of poor quality? -
In-House Counsel, Legal Ethics
Inside Straight: Knowing That Law Wins
Someone in the company is going rogue: The person proposes to do something brazenly illegal, or slightly illegal, or perfectly legal but sufficiently immoral that the conduct would turn any reasonable person's stomach. The rogue is not listening to logic. The person is ignoring everything that your local in-house lawyer is saying. What's the appropriate response from the law department?
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Why M&A cybersecurity due diligence?
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The Ethical use of Generative AI
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In-House Counsel
Inside Straight: What's The Difference Between A Lawyer And A Doctor?
What's the difference between a lawyer and a doctor? In-house columnist Mark Herrmann explains. -
Allen & Overy, Biglaw, In-House Counsel
Inside Straight: 'Litigation Highlights!' And Law Firm 'Annual Reviews'
An in-house lawyer receives an e-mail from a law firm with the subject line, "Litigation Highlights!" Does she pop it open? Probably not; it sounds like an advertisement. Is there a subject line that stands a better chance of success? -
In-House Counsel
Inside Straight: Loving The Ignorance, Part II
When you're at a law firm, it's likely that you sell in part substantive expertise. When you move in-house, you're no longer selling anything. Will you lose your expertise? -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel
Inside Straight: When Is 'Expensive' Cheap?
One lawyer offers to represent you for $1000 an hour. Another lawyer offers to represent you for $400 an hour. Who’s more expensive? The correct answer is: You don’t know.... -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Litigators
Inside Straight: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love The Ignorance
When you work as a litigator at a law firm, you know the intimate details of your cases. When you move in-house, those days may vanish. You may never know — really know — anything again. What is to be done? -
Biglaw, General Counsel, In-House Counsel, Litigators, Partner Issues
Inside Straight: 'Flattery' or 'Lies'?
Where do you draw the line between "flattery" and "lies"? Here are three very interesting anecdotes.... -
Biglaw, General Counsel, In-House Counsel, Partner Issues, Practice Pointers, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants
Inside Straight: On Being 'Light'
How do you keep a client (or a boss) happy? Be "light." What does it mean to be light?