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Determine Your Financial Value as a General Counsel

Pondering in-house counsel salaries? Andrea Bricca of Major, Lindsey & Africa gives her thoughts on how general counsel (and in-house counsel) can determine their financial value: “”How is the market?” is a question asked frequently of…



How BuzzFeed’s Top Lawyer Does Her Job

Learn how Allison Lucas, BuzzFeed’s top lawyer, juggles a hectic schedule and a bevy of work: “When it came time to train her reporters on the privacy law implications of former professional wrestler Hulk Hogan’s…



Automating Attorneys: Hope or Hype?

We should recall that in 1943, Thomas Watson, President of IBM, said “I think there is a world market for maybe 5 computers”: “We are bombarded every day with the idea that artificial intelligence (AI)…



BigLaw Success Brings More Depression

The hazards of legal practice: “People with higher income typically have better mental health. But the opposite is true for lawyers in the United States and Canada, according to a new study. The University of…


General Counsel Reap Pay Rewards for Enhanced Role

For some, getting more responsibility means more money to their bottom-line.  Not the case for all in-house counsel, unfortunately. “The changing role of top legal officers is leading to increases in compensation with many earning…


PwC launches Temporary Lawyer Service

More news from the accounting front, and it looks like they are continuing their expansion into legal: “Pricewaterhouse Coopers is launching a new service that will provide temporary lawyers for large in-house law departments. The…