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When a Small Legal Department Should Retain a Litigation Matter In-House
There will come a time, if you are in-house, when an issue will cross your desk that you just can’t help but want to take to trial yourself. Maybe the...Read more
Bill Kruse
Vice President - Law & Counsel, Regulatory Compliance Officer, The Gallup Organization, USA
The Secret to Great Enterprise Risk Management? Read Yertle the Turtle.jpg&w=256&q=75)
Most companies now have fairly extensive enterprise risk management programs. Public companies even have to discuss in their disclosure documents how their programs work. But they obviously aren’t working all...Read more
Mark Ohringer
Global General Counsel, Jones Lang LaSalle, USA
The Sword Vs. The Shield: How to Transform your In-House Legal Department into a Profit Center
The Sword vs. the Shield concept, or philosophy, was presented to me in my first year of law school by my contract law professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law, in...Read more
Jared Palmer
General Counsel and Director of Security, Afn, Llc, USA
Best Practices in Management of Outside Counsel
The changing dynamic between inside and outside legal counsel has resulted in a dramatic change in the nature of legal practice. Inside legal counsel is subjected to financial and time...Read more
Eugene Defelice
Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary, Barnes & Noble, Inc., USA
On the Outside: The Place of In-House Counsel Within Australia's Modern Legal Landscape
Australia’s legal profession today has a particularly different look to it than it did a decade or so ago. By and large this is as a result of businesses looking...Read more
Saba Zreik
Chief Legal Officer , Manal Consultancy SARL, Lebanon
Increasing a Fixed Fee Cap in Law Firm Engagement Letters
I work as an in-house lawyer for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (“EBRD”). As a public institution, EBRD is subject to strict procurement rules whenever it engages contractors....Read more
James Wilson
Senior Counsel, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, UK
Earnouts: Advantages, Disadvantages and How to Structure Them
Mergers and acquisitions professionals often disagree on whether the use of earnouts is advisable for completing business acquisitions. Although earnouts can certainly help the parties complete a deal, experience has...Read more
Roque Romero
Regional General Counsel - Europe, Agility Logistics, Switzerland
Innovation Starts with Legal: How In House Lawyers can serve a Company beyond a Traditional Legal Role
Have you ever had a project that involved business issues, challenged the status quo and pushed your legal skills to the limit? You are not alone. In fact, there are...Read more
Nishat Ruiter
General Counsel, TED Conferences, USA
Richard Anthony
VP Managing Assistant General Counsel, CA Technologies, Australia
Sharyn Dodson
VP Managing Assistant GC, CA Technologies, UK
Thomas Konowalczyk
VP Associate GC, CA Technologies, Germany
Charles Blackburn
VP Managing Assistant GC, CA Technologies, USA
Becoming a True Partner to the Business
CEOs and directors today demand a general counsel who operates as a partner to the business, as involved in strategy formulation and execution as any member of the company’s senior...Read more
Julie Preng
Managing Director, Legal Specialty Practice, Korn Ferry, USA
In-house v. Outside Counsel: Best of both worlds
Gone are the days when in-house counsels send out all relevant cases to just one outside counsel, with whom it had a good and solid relationship built over years and...Read more
Lisette Leuftink
Corporate Legal Counsel, Transavia Airlines C.V., Netherlands