A cautionary tale for in-house counsel: A court of appeals found that when an in-house counsel took an employee’s deposition without giving him proper warning, and that employee was subsequently fired because of what he…
Whether you are a GC or a rank and file in-house counsel, you should be concerned with legal department productivity: Efficiency is about doing things right, but productivity is about doing the right things, according…
Just imagine the rating he would have given himself had he been awake the entire time: A Texas lawyer blamed sleep apnea for his naps during the trial of a drunken driving defendant, but defended…
Happy Monday, dear readers. A new survey is in and the results are not pretty: Americans were asked to rate 10 professions on their contributions to society. Lawyers were dead last. Read: Sad: Lawyers Contribute…
If you are looking at rankings and blended rates, you may not be evaluating the right criteria in your outside counsel. As the ABA Journal and BloombergLaw report in an interview with a prominent GC,…
TGIF! According to a recent piece at AboveTheLaw, the unhappiest job in America is exactly the one you’d expect. Head over to their site to see if your suspicions are correct. [Read: Unhappiest Job in…
With the increasing advances of technology and a 24 hour work cycle, have you ever felt regret at your career? It’s not unusual, as you might imagine: “A tax lawyer who became chief financial officer…
Lawyer loses license – and must make restitution – for claims of having worked over 3,500 hours annually in multiple years: A sole practitioner who claimed to have worked well over 3,500 hours annually while…
How many psychopathic lawyers are in your law department? Are they all around you? Maybe it is time for an internal poll: CEOs and lawyers are among the professions with the most psychopaths—evidence that psychopathic…
Coaching tips for in-house counsel – another excellent piece from LeadingInhouse: How is it that some in-house counsel have strong relationships with their corporate clients, peers, and bosses, while others don’t? Why do opportunities seem…