The Wall Between Lawyers And Non-
When you move from a corporation to a law firm, you'll have to train yourself to re-learn a certain basic truth.
Of Child Slavery And Chocolate
The Supreme Court declined to take up a high-profile petition on corporate liability for child slavery a world away.
How Checkbox’s ‘Legal Front Door’ Can Transform Your Workflow
Leveraging agentic AI to triage, prioritize, and automate the law department inbox.
Inside Straight: Don’t Be A Mentor!
Mark Herrmann, our in-house columnist, is not a mentor. Never has been. Never will be. Doesn't care to be. He's a lawyer. He's a co-worker. In some cases, he may be a friend. But he's not a mentor; he has no time for that crap....
Inside Straight: ‘Standard of Review Decides Cases’
Ed. note: This is the latest installment of Inside Straight, Above the Law’s column for in-house counsel, written by Mark Herrmann. Here are two stories, from nearly thirty years apart. They’re bookends on the subject of why standard of review counts. Travel back with me, if you will, to the summer of 1983. I’m ten […]