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
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Ten Things: Best Blogs (and Other Media) for In-House Lawyers (2023 Edition)
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…
Ten Things: Asking For More Legal Department Resources (How and When to Go Big)
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…
Ten Things: Cool Tech for In-House Counsel (2023 Edition)
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] …
Ten Things: Ten Maxims to Make Your In-House Counsel Life Easier
This week I have gone back through the last several “Ten Things” posts and, man, am I wordy! There is a lot to digest there (ChatGPT, marketing law, managing people, etc.) and I hope it hasn’t caused any of you to give up and look for someone with a pithier style. …