In-House Counsel Blog Posts from July 29, 2010
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Looking for a regular dose of law department management news and information? You should check out Rees Morrison’s excellent Law Department Management Blog and also sign up for his popular email newsletter. [via Law Department Management: Latest Rees newsletter published; sign up today to get yours .]Posted on InhouseBlog - News and Jobs for Inhouse Counsel on July 29, 2010 at 10:24 PM
A new kind of spectrum auction for the 21st century
If the critical link between radio frequency spectrum availability and the future of the Internet isn't apparent to you, take a look at what's happening in Congress. Your representatives have introduced, or are circulating drafts, of nearly a dozen major bills that would have the effect of 're-purposing' radio spectrum. Mobile broadbaPosted on Cisco High Tech Policy Blog on July 29, 2010 at 4:14 PM
Legal Outsourcing Companies in India Now Correcting Grammar of Am Law 100 Firms
Looking for legal work and not having luck in the United States? LegalBlogWatch may have the solution for you: Are you an excellent writer and proofreader, but presently unable to break into the Big Law world in the U.S.? Then get yourself over to India, where legal process outsourcing companies reportedly have found a new niche: [...]Posted on InhouseBlog - News and Jobs for Inhouse Counsel on July 29, 2010 at 11:18 AM
Seven koans on ?legal risk?
Koans are verbal paradoxes contemplated by Buddhists on the path to enlightenment. My homemade koans have more modest goals: to convey some thoughts about the risks grappled with by legal departments. In a few days I will post my explanation...Posted on Law Department Management on July 29, 2010 at 10:08 AM
Too high a percentage of fees estimated to be paid based on ?value-based billing?
An article quotes Susan Hackett, ACC?s general counsel, on ?value-based? billing. Hackett says that ?surveys show the average client laying out between 15% and 30% of their legal spending this way.? The Economist, July 24, 2010, at 72, does not...Posted on Law Department Management on July 29, 2010 at 10:07 AM
A theory of in-house lawyers between the devil client and the deep blue sea
A few days ago, Jon Olson, the thoughtful general counsel of Blackbaud,commented on my post about legal departments as multi-dimensional (mathematical) spaces. He explained his own theory: ?One theory that I find useful is the idea that law departments essentially...Posted on Law Department Management on July 29, 2010 at 10:06 AM
FTC Antitrust Blitz: ?Done Deals? Unraveled Upon Agency Review of Past Mergers
Federal antitrust enforcers say that there’s no such thing as a done deal. In recent months they have challenged consummated mergers, aggressively breaking up already combined companies. [via FTC Antitrust Blitz: 'Done Deals' Unraveled Upon Agency Review of Past Mergers.] * Find an In-House Counsel Job @ GoInhouse.com *Posted on InhouseBlog - News and Jobs for Inhouse Counsel on July 28, 2010 at 9:13 PM
To a degree, a law department that is a ?good corporate citizen? shows value
Showing the value of a legal department can be accomplished in various ways. One way that may be overlooked is to do what the company wants. If the company wants process maps, use Visio for lots of boxes, triangles, and...Posted on Law Department Management on July 28, 2010 at 9:54 AM
Picking apart an effort to collect metrics on knowledge management while still acknowledging the worth of the effort
?Does your law department have a formal knowledge management system or practice?? In answer to this poll on the Association of Corporate Counsel website as of the afternoon of July 25th, 7 people had answered ?Yes? and 32 had answered...Posted on Law Department Management on July 28, 2010 at 9:53 AM
The Big Mac index suggests differences between Europe and North America on a key benchmark should have been wider
Each year the Economist uses the cost of a Big Mac in various countries to compare the official exchange rate to that cost. The magazine uses a standard Big Mac in the US ($3.73) as the index and ranks countries...Posted on Law Department Management on July 28, 2010 at 9:52 AM
Four levels of support for users of software in a legal department
Based on a recent consulting project, I realized there are as many as four levels of people who can help in-house lawyers and others best use their software applications. The first responders are the admins who among themselves can solve...Posted on Law Department Management on July 28, 2010 at 9:51 AM
Ruth’s Chris Steak House Employees in Baltimore, Maryland File $64 Million Personal Injury Lawsuit Over Carbon Monoxide Leak
In Baltimore Circuit Court on Tuesday, 16 Ruth’s Chris Steak Hou...
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How to evict a roommate?
First, in most jurisdictions "self-help" is not a remedy available to any party ...
I feel everyone should be treated equal in this world, but in a lot of cases that doesn't happen. I live in a white community with only 2 to 3 African American families. I belong to one of them. A week after getting into
I would call the courthouse and ask for the judges assistant, and ask them why t...
Can the so-called proprety manager enter my duplex without permission?
The manager (sister of owner) has NO right to be in the apartment unless there w...
My situation is somewhat difficult to describe, but about two months ago planes began arriving at an airport near my house and an organized stalking effort began. As I'm driving to and from home, cars will begin encircli
I would like this person 'anonymous' to get in touch with me. Question...
What names to use as grantor on a Quit Claim Deed?
Normally, if John and Mary own the property and they are transferring it to one ...
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