Some tips from an Australian perspective on how in-house counsel can buck the pressure to ‘just say yes’:
“In-house lawyers may occasionally feel pushed to agree to actions that threaten their ethical boundaries – and navigating these situations requires finesse, writes Paul Venus. “Just sign this”, “you don’t need to see the detail”, “it was off-the-record”. If you have heard these words, you are not alone. Similar situations arise from time to time in the working life of an in-house lawyer.”
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