Career Growth for Corporate Counsel
Many law firms seek corporate clients as much for prestige as for potential revenue and profits. In the...
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What to Expect in an In-House Law Firm Interview
The in-house interview is the "meat" of the recruiting process. This stage of the recruiting cycle requires a...
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How To Market Yourself As A Lateral Associate
Once you leave the cradle of law school and work as an attorney for a few years, you no longer have the...
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General Counsel Pay Becoming More Performance-Oriented
The recent Law Department Compensation Survey released the Association of Corporate Counsel clearly proves...
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Relationships With The Legal Department
How are the relationships between legally trained persons in non-legal positions and members of the corporate...
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Why General Counsel Support ''Convergence'' in External Law Firms
From the middle of the 1990s, more and more large businesses have started discarding the trend of having a...
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KPMG Survey Shows Role of GCs Growing Beyond ''Necessary Evil''
In a recent survey report released in November 2012 by KPMG, named “Beyond the Law,” and reporting...
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General Counsel Having Better Pay in 2012: Equilar Survey
The 2012 In-Depth Top General Counsel Compensation Report published by Equilar, a well-recognized executive...
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Who is a ''Supervisor'' for Employer Liability? All Eyes Are Glued to Vance v. Ball State University
For an in-house counsel vicarious employer liability for the acts of a supervisor is an important issue and...
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Don't forget you are an Attorney just because you joined a Board of Directors
There seems to be an ongoing debate of perspectives both among businesses that hire corporate counsel and...
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Only Mutual Respect Can Build Harmony When Working with External Counsel
The relationship scenario between in-house counsel and lawyers from law firms has changed a great deal over...
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The Rise and Fall of In-house Counsel Salaries, 2012
In-house counsel almost always have a cash component in their salaries and another component that includes...
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What to Watch For in Employee Performance Reviews
Employment discrimination matters and other claims form a regular part of the workload of in-house counsel. As...
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Attorney-Client Privilege for Corporate Communications Made to In-House Counsel
The notion and protections of the “attorney-client” privilege varies from state to state within the U.S....
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Pro Bono Work and Career Networking for Law Students
Pro bono work is gaining momentum in the biggest law firms once again. For law students who aspire to practice...
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Lifestyle Changes that Affect In-house Counsel Attorneys
Lifestyle perceptions and feelings of well-being vary from person to person according to a person’s...
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Pros and Cons of Internet Professional Networking for Law Students
Most law students disregard social and professional internet networks as things not to be considered in their...
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When Are Flat Fees Better, and How to Initiate Flat Fee Arrangements
A flat-fee structure can increase efficiency and savings where it can be implemented.
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Legal Project Management for In-house Counsel
The question of legal project management is one in which an in-house counsel may often need to get involved....
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In-House Counsel Salaries
As the latest NALP reports have already shown, the percentage of law graduates in jobs requiring an attorney...
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Challenges of Shifting In-House From a Law Firm
As an attorney in private practice, it might seem that an in-house job may be preferable to the billable...
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In-house Openings in Tech Companies
In contrast to many other industry sectors, tech companies, especially those related with information...
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Low-Cost or Free Online Legal Research Resources
Often in small firms, corporate counsels have to handle a multitude of tasks and not all businesses can afford...
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Don't Try Your Patience, Test It
Patience is said to be one of the greatest virtues. That's time-tested wisdom. However, few of us take...
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How Does 2012 Measure Up for GCCs?
I remember an article I read in 2007, where the vice president of Hughes & Sloan Inc had commented, ''For...
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Legal Risk Management: A Quick Overview
There's a lot of research and literature out there on risk management and business risk management but...
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You Are Nothing More Than another Corporate Employee – Take It or Leave It
Gone are the days when corporations went out of their way to retain in-house counsel and allow them special...
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Philip J. Ragona, Senior Vice President and General Counsel iPayment Inc
Philip Ragona Corporate Attorney joins iPayment as Senior Vice President and General Counsel from Atrium...
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John A. Herrmann, Novavax, Inc.
Earlier this month, John A. Herrmann III was named Vice President and General Counsel of Novavax, Inc., a...
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