Like many of the contracts in-house attorneys are tasked with drawing up and overseeing, developing commercial contracts involves a number of steps. This article provides you with each step in the process, discusses the challenges involved and new approaches to help address those challenges, and offers an example of how one such contract was created and implemented.
Phil Strauss gives advice on how to avoid allowing perception of your legal department from becoming reality.
Discusses what happens to the attorney-client privilege when the interest of a parent corporation and its affiliated companies diverge and ultimately become adverse, and provides useful guidance for corporate counsel representing corporate families.
Discusses the Akzo decision and its effect on communications between in-house lawyers and their business clients.
Many have discussed the topic of selecting and retaining quality outside counsel, especially as it relates to efficient litigation. Here, the author explores this topic, with a focus on the law firm qualities that in-house attorneys should be looking for during this process.
Being an in-house attorney is a lot like being a parent. Parenting skills are of greatest use to in-house counsel
when it comes to saying “no.” Or more accurately, the trick is getting your client to say “no.”
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Because in-house counsel are often legal generalists, the need for someone with specialized experience may often arise in the law department. James R. Buckley has had to venture into the outside counsel world to find talent to assist Lockheed Martin in a few legal matters. Here are some tips and insights into working with outside counsel and cultivating relationships with outside counsel.
Are the convoluted indemnification clauses that have grown as they have been passed down through the ages necessarily the most clear? Read what Bob Feldman has to say about the topic.