The wait is over!  Well, maybe just for me.  It took a while, but my sixth book, “Productivity for In-House Lawyers: Tips, Hacks, and the Art of Getting Things Done” is now available for purchase.  If you are struggling to manage everything on your plate or just want to be more efficient day-to-day,…

Running an in-house legal department is not an easy job, regardless of whether you are a legal department of one or a legal department of 200.  To start, there is never enough money, people, or time to get everything done.  Second, priorities change frequently so prioritizing where to focus your scant resources is a challenge.…

Everyone likes to know the answer to questions that come their way at work, none more so than in-house lawyers.  Lawyers take special pride in being able to respond to practically any question, on any topic, at any time.  They can do this because they are, typically, very smart, well-read, and at ease with murky…

Hello again everyone and welcome to 2024!  If you are a long-time reader of the blog, you know that I start the new year with 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…

Hello everyone and season’s greetings from the penthouse of the “Ten Things” world headquarters in Dallas, Texas![1]  I will start this post by wishing everyone a fantastic holiday season and all the best for 2024.  As most of you know, 2024 is year 10 of the “Ten Things” blog and it is also…

In my last book, Showing the Value of the Legal Department: More Than Just a Cost Center, I tackle one of the fundamental issues facing all in-house legal departments: it sucks to be a cost center.  You can check if you want, but I am pretty sure that’s what I said.[1]  Why…

Hello again everyone and welcome to another edition of “Ten Things You Need to Know as In-House Counsel.”  This is one of my favorite posts of the year because every August for the past eight years (really?) I have written about “cool tech” for in-house lawyers – and this year is no exception![1] …