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The In-House Briefing™ is your weekend read for in-house counsel, general counsel and chief legal officers: everything we posted this week, the best of what we shared with the In-House Counsel News group on LinkedIn, and this week’s hot jobs.

This week’s highlights:

New: The General Counsel Directory is back, with 4,200+ GC and CLO moves and new ones added every weekday
What boards really want from their general counsel: business judgment, bad news early and plain English.
Weil votes on its own wind-down after 95 years, and what it means for in-house teams.
Delaware drafts companies run by AI agents, with no human needed.
Lexis quietly stamps your downloads “AI-Generated,” and billable hours just hit a record.
Hot jobs: GE Aerospace, Polymarket, Red Cell Partners and Netflix are hiring.

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The 4 Es: An In-House AI Test Worth Stealing

In-house AI made practical: SSE legal director Emily Bull asks if a task can be eliminated, enabled, engineered, or truly needs a lawyer’s expertise.

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Risk Tolerance: Legal Advises, The Business Decides

Risk tolerance belongs to the board and the business, not legal. Sterling Miller’s five-part script for in-house counsel discussing risk without killing deals.

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Weil Winds Down: What Clients And Associates Face Next

Weil Gotshal plans to wind down after a partner exodus. What it means for clients like Apple and Goldman, and for hundreds of job-hunting associates.

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GCs: What Your CFO Actually Wants From Legal

General counsel and CFO trust starts with forecasts, not surprises: how GCs and chief legal officers explain legal spend, variance and value to finance.

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AI Governance: Your GC Is Now The Architect

AI governance is now the GC’s job: Tipalti’s chief legal officer on a privilege ruling, shadow AI, stoplight tool rules and governing in real time.

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Ghosted Again? Job Seekers Try Harder, Hear Less

Job seekers say 81% were rejected without contact even as they work harder. What new Greenhouse data means for lawyers hunting for an in-house job.

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New GCs: Stop Talking Law, Start Recommending

New general counsel advice from three GCs and CLOs: make the recommendation, hire fractional before full-time, and listen for 90 days before you reorganize.

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Weil Votes On Its Own Wind-Down After 95 Years

The Weil wind-down: the 95-year-old firm’s leaders recommend closing and partners vote within days. What in-house teams with Weil matters should do now.

Small robot toy car with no driver, a concept for AI agents running Delaware companies

Delaware Drafts Companies Run By AI Agents, No Human Needed

October 28, 2026

Delaware is drafting an Artificial Intelligence Company run by AI agents, with its human member shielded from liability. Rep. Comer wants documents.