Hello again everyone and welcome to 2024!  If you are a long-time reader of the blog, you know that I start the new year with a list of issues I believe in-house lawyers should pay attention to over the coming 12 months.  I started doing this when I first became a general counsel way back…

Hello everyone and season’s greetings from the penthouse of the “Ten Things” world headquarters in Dallas, Texas![1]  I will start this post by wishing everyone a fantastic holiday season and all the best for 2024.  As most of you know, 2024 is year 10 of the “Ten Things” blog and it is also…

If you have been a long-time reader of the blog or my books, you know that I am a huge fan of checklists.  There is perhaps no tool as humble and simple as a good old-fashioned checklist.  There is also nothing more powerful than a checklist, especially when it comes to productivity for in-house lawyers. …

In my last book, Showing the Value of the Legal Department: More Than Just a Cost Center, I tackle one of the fundamental issues facing all in-house legal departments: it sucks to be a cost center.  You can check if you want, but I am pretty sure that’s what I said.[1]  Why…

I have a lot of fun with this blog – and I hope that comes through.  But every once in a while, I like to delve into something more challenging, more serious.  Today is one of those days.   Last year, I wrote about how to deliver “bad news” to the business.  A year or so…

Hello again everyone and welcome to another edition of “Ten Things You Need to Know as In-House Counsel.”  This is one of my favorite posts of the year because every August for the past eight years (really?) I have written about “cool tech” for in-house lawyers – and this year is no exception![1] …

This week I have gone back through the last several “Ten Things” posts and, man, am I wordy!   There is a lot to digest there (ChatGPT, marketing law, managing people, etc.) and I hope it hasn’t caused any of you to give up and look for someone with a pithier style. …