Confirmed: In-House Lawyers as Good as Name-Brand Product
As if there were any question? The 7th Circuit has confirmed what we all knew to be true – in-house lawyers are as good as their law firm counterparts. Perhaps this case will be appealed…
Being a Lawyer
In-house Attorneys: You May Need to Keep Timesheets
TGIF! Timesheets? I gave those up when I left Biglaw, you might be thinking. As a recent case points out, you may need to keep timesheets – especially if your company hopes to recover the…
POTUS: “We have enough lawyers, although it’s a fine profession”
If you missed it, the President of the United States chimed in on the legal profession recently and said that we have “enough lawyers”: “I can say that because I’m a lawyer,” President Obama told…
In-House Counsel Ethics Rules – Finding Your Way
In-house counsel ethics rules – unfortunately no neat guidebook exists that gives you all of the guidance you need. Navigating complex attorney ethics rules can be challenging for law firm lawyers, but for in-house counsel things…
Presentation Tips for Legal Professionals
Many in-house counsel fear giving presentations. Fortunately, two experts have created a series of podcasts that provide presentation tips for legal professionals: I’ve done a number of presentations lately in all sorts of formats – solo,…
Who owns the law? The War over Access and Ownership
While much attention has been paid to high-profile intellectual property litigation, patent trolls and rights-holders who often cross into gray areas when protecting their rights, less attention has been focused over who owns the law. It…
Five Corporate Counsel Best Practices
Corporate counsel best practices are ever-evolving as law departments and their in-house counsel continue to adapt to changing business and legal requirements and needs: Preparing for cyber-breach tops a list of best practices assembled by…
Academic sees corporate law as one of the BS jobs
Many in-house counsel might say that some of the things they do during the week are “bs jobs” but would they say that about their corporate law career in general? Are corporate lawyers basically “salaried…
“You can do anything with a law degree?” Not?
Well every lawyer has heard it at least few times – you can do anything with a law degree. Old adage, meet this article from Slate which pours some cold water on the party. From…
Should business lawyers advise on moral issues too?
The BusinessLawProf asks an interesting question – should business lawyers advise on moral issues? Often times lawyers are pigeon-holed and asked to do narrow tasks leaving others to consider broader social, political, economic and moral…