Inside Straight
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In-House Counsel, Litigators, Money
Inside Straight: Charging Litigation Losses to Business Units
Ed. note: This is the latest installment of Inside Straight, Above the Law’s new column for in-house counsel, written by Mark Herrmann. Here’s an issue that outside counsel never think about, but that matters intensely to in-house counsel: How should you charge business units for litigation losses? For some types of cases, this poses no […] -
Biglaw, Billable Hours, In-House Counsel, Money, Partner Issues
Inside Straight: Entering Time
Ed. note: This is the latest installment of Inside Straight, Above the Law’s new column for in-house counsel, written by Mark Herrmann. Also, in case you missed them because of the holiday break, be sure to check out his recent posts on in-house compensation and bonuses. First, a story. Then, my point. (If I promise […] - Sponsored
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Bonuses, In-House Counsel, Job Searches, Money
Inside Straight: In-House Compensation
Ed. note: This is the latest installment of Inside Straight, Above the Law’s new column for in-house counsel, written by Mark Herrmann. I really don’t care much about compensation. Let the abuse begin. If you hate your job, then no one can pay you enough to make going to work every day worthwhile. And if […]
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Biglaw, Bonuses, In-House Counsel, Money
Inside Straight: Corporate Bonuses Announced!
Ed. note: This is the latest installment of Inside Straight, Above the Law’s new column for in-house counsel, written by Mark Herrmann. This just in: Corporations have matched the Cravath bonus scale! Correction: The preceding sentence is not just false, but unintelligible. Several folks have told me that a good way to juice readership of […] -
Biglaw, Blogging, In-House Counsel
Inside Straight: Business Development (Part 3)
Ed. note: This is the latest installment of Inside Straight, Above the Law’s new column for in-house counsel, written by Mark Herrmann. Is blogging a useful business development tool? The folks who sell blogging platforms to lawyers say that blogging is the route to riches. But bloggers themselves are far less certain whether blogging actually […] -
Blogging, In-House Counsel, Media and Journalism
Inside Straight: Reminiscence, After Four Weeks
Ed. note: This is the latest installment of Inside Straight, Above the Law’s new column for in-house counsel, written by Mark Herrmann. Look: If Lat and Mystal are silly enough to let me write a column about in-house lawyers when I’ve worked in-house for just ten months, then surely I can reminisce about blogging at […] -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Legal Ethics, Litigators
Inside Straight: Business Development (Part 2)
Ed. note: This is the latest installment of Inside Straight, Above the Law’s new column for in-house counsel, written by Mark Herrmann. This post is a two-fer: It both suggests a way for outside lawyers to develop business more effectively and offers a tip to in-house counsel to protect their legal departments. (I bet you […] -
Biglaw, Continuing Legal Education / CLE, In-House Counsel
Inside Straight: Business Development (Part 1)
Ed. note: This is the latest installment of Inside Straight, Above the Law’s new column for in-house counsel, written by Mark Herrmann. Business development: What works? I was on the other side — the law firm side — of the business development coin for 25 years. And those 25 years taught me this about generating […] - Sponsored
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In-House Counsel, Legal Ethics, Litigators
Inside Straight: Overseeing International Litigation
Ed. note: This is the latest installment of Inside Straight, Above the Law’s new column for in-house counsel, written by Mark Herrmann. I’ve spent my whole life watching my ignorance be exposed. When I worked at a small firm in California, I thought the whole litigation world was my oyster: We handled all civil cases […] -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel
Inside Straight: The Incumbency Advantage
Ed. note: This is the latest installment of Inside Straight, Above the Law’s new column for in-house counsel, written by Mark Herrmann. Think for a minute about business development for law firms. Your firm wants to expand its litigation presence in a particular practice area. What do you do? Many firms figure they’ll march out […] -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel
Inside Straight: Vive La Différence, Part II
Ed. note: This is the latest installment of Inside Straight, Above the Law’s new column for in-house counsel, written by Mark Herrmann. Which lawyers are important at large law firms? Let’s set aside for a moment the guy who controls the tickets to the loge at the Lakers’ games, and think more generally. Who matters […] -
Biglaw, Billable Hours, In-House Counsel
Inside Straight: Vive La Différence
Ed. note: This is the latest installment of Inside Straight, Above the Law’s new column for in-house counsel. When I moved in-house ten months ago, my phone started to ring off the hook — and not just from folks I hadn’t spoken to in years, who thought that I’d now be itching to retain them. […] -
Admin, Announcements, Biglaw, In-House Counsel
Inside Straight: The Inside Story
Ed. note: This is the first installment of Inside Straight, the new in-house counsel column by Mark Herrmann, which we announced earlier this week. On Friday, you were a litigator: You wrote briefs, argued motions, took depositions, and tried cases. On Monday, you were a litigator: You identified loss contingencies, minimized them, quantified them, and […]
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Admin, Announcements, Biglaw, Blogging, In-House Counsel, Media and Journalism, Shameless Plugs
Above the Law Launches a New Column for In-House Counsel
Some time ago, we solicited applications for a new position here at Above the Law: a columnist to cover the world of in-house counsel. We received many outstanding applications, and we thank everyone who applied for their interest. Today we are pleased to announce the launch of the new column, entitled Inside Straight (for the […]