Some legal departments invite to their retreats two or three clients or two or three law firm partners to take part on a panel discussion. Usually, someone moderates the panel. These suggestions for those moderators come from my experience on many panels, both as moderator and as speaker. Send questions…
Ten more embedded metaposts (See my post of May 8, 2009: Part XXXI.), each adorned with the number of back references. Chargeable hours inside (See my post of May 21, 2009: internal chargeable hours with 12 references.). Contingency fee arrangements (See my post of May 12, 2009: contingency (conditional) fee…
100 online resources on offshoring. A Canadian collaborative law blog, Slaw touches on LPO often, especially in this article: “LPO Provides a Positive Boost for Economy in Recession.” http://www.slaw.ca/about-slaw/ This blog, not listed by me previously (See my post of Jan. 18, 2009: 15 legal offshoring blogs.), comes from oDeskBlog.…
Time management training. Two speakers on a panel at the SuperConference www.insidecounsel.com/superconference said that they had arranged time management training for every member of their department (See my post of Feb. 16, 2006: solo lawyers in-house must particularly attend to how they use their time.). No performance evaluations at Apple’s…
It is with the greatest honor and humility that I hereby present for your delectation the most current embedded metaposts (See my post of April 27, 2009: Part XXX.), each of which bijou unveils the number of references cited within. Billing rates (See my post of May 3, 2009: billing…
The fate of a general counsel and his blog. With the purchase of Sun Microsystems by Oracle, will General Counsel Michael Dillon’s blog fall silent (See my post of Dec. 16, 2008: 13 corporate law department blogs.)? Non-compete restrictions on in-house counsel. “As a general rule, in most states, an…
Here are the latest embedded metaposts (See my post of April 16, 2009: Part XXIX.), each of which shows the number of references cited within them. Incumbent law firms (See my post of April 16, 2009: incumbent firms with 11 references.). Internal malpractice (See my post of April 25, 2009:…
In March, Paris-based Schneider Electric SA, a 25-billion-Euro global energy management company, appointed Peter Wexler, an American, to serve as its chief legal officer. A profile of Wexler allows several observations on the challenges he faces or faced. Wexler doesn’t speak French, as many global general counsel do not speak…
Law departments stick out for a number of reasons when compared to other corporate support groups, such as IT, HR, finance, and facilities. Eight of them occur to me, of which the first four listed below are uniquely in the legal domain. Malpractice risks (See my post of Oct. 24,…
Semantically, we can define and differentiate these four terms but operationally, in day to day usage, these terms blur. Here is my attempt to distinguish the terms, with the terms laid out in diminishing order of formality. Policies lay out strong guidelines or mandates for how to handle important circumstances,…