These guidelines detail the standard terms of engagement between Freescale and outside counsel. Section 1 addresses effective communication, including the company's expectation that counsel allow sufficient time to review and consider counsel's advice and work product prior to deadlines. The remaining Sections address handling confidential/proprietary information, budgets, staffing, retention authority, litigation planning, non-litigation planning, procedures for addressing potential conflicts of interest, media policy, professional fees, invoice timing and format, and policies on expenses.
Sample outside counsel requests for proposal, guidelines on how it is expected to be performed, and how the company and outside counsel are to interact once services are contracted.
Bill Mordan discusses "inattentional blindness" and how it affects all levels of corporate interactions.