Hello again everyone.  I have been working on my annual “cool tech” post, but it’s not ready for prime time as I am still sifting through things.  The amount of tech out there (cool or otherwise) is amazing.  And since I want to give you my best recommendations, I am going to work on it…

I was cleaning out some old files in a filing cabinet (yes, that’s still a thing) and I came across some plastic cards we had made up when I was head of litigation at a large technology company many moons ago.  My team and I created the cards to help the business focus on key…

I have been practicing law for a long time.  And even now, 30+ years into the game, there are still times when I find myself overwhelmed by everything on my plate.  And it’s just as shitty a feeling now as it was as a young associate at a big law firm or as general counsel…

Over the course of 2024 and the first part of 2025, the questions I get most frequently from in-house lawyers are about Generative AI and how legal departments can use it to improve productivity.  There is a lot of pressure from the C-Suite on legal departments to adopt AI and show meaningful productivity gains.  While…

Hello again everyone!  As I have done for the past several years, I want to share a list of issues I believe in-house lawyers should pay attention to over the coming 12 months.  I started doing this when I first became a general counsel way back when Julius Caesar took 23 stabs to the body…

I know that I usually start the year with my list of things that in-house lawyers should be watching out for over the course of the coming year.  I will still post that blog in the next week or two.  To be honest, it’s been kind of crazy watching national and global events unfold over…

Hello everyone and season’s greetings from Dallas, Texas!  I would like to wish you all a terrific holiday season and all the best for 2025.  If you are looking for some fun in January (22-24), please join me and a host of others who will be presenting at Laura Frederick’s (of How to Contract…