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Benefits of Being an In-house Lawyer (Humor)

What are the benefits of being an in-house lawyer? Well, here are some examples – send us your links and tips to info@inhouseblog.com! You don’t have to follow this handy chart to find out when you…



New survey of the ideological views of lawyers

According to a recent survey on the ideological views of lawyers, the legal profession leans left: “Paul Caron at TaxProf summarizes (with table) a landmark survey of ‘The Political Ideologies of American Lawyers’ by Adam…


Corporate Counsel Shift Work Back to Law Firms

The ping pong continues as corporate counsel shift work back to law firms.  What this portends for the in-house job market is to be determined: “After 4 years of feverishly bringing work in-house corporate counsel…


Progressive GCs bring in revenue

If you are not helping your organization improve its bottom line, you may be lagging behind the curve: “The general counsel that are ‘ahead of their peers’ are investigating how their legal team can align…


EY Legal Arm to Double in UK

Accounting firms on the move – into the legal space: “The Big Four accountancy firm, previously known as Ernst & Young, plans to increase its UK legal team from 30 to 60 lawyers within a…


What to Expect as a New GC

Paul Williams at MLA Global gives his thoughts, as well as those of two GC colleagues, on what a new GC should do when hitting the ground at an organization: “The switch from a non-GC…



Fundamentals Of Bad In-House Jobs

No, this isn’t the title of a CLE webinar gone wrong. Biglaw partner turned senior in-house lawyer Mark Herrmann gives some thoughts on bad in-house jobs over at ATL: “I recently had lunch with a…


Former GC found liable for $148M

$148 million is a lot of pineapples: “A Delaware judge on Thursday found two Dole officials liable for $148 million for driving down the company’s stock price in a 2013 leveraged buyout.  Found liable were chief…