In-House Counsel Blog Posts from November 19, 2009
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Google Gets into Legal Research
The blawgosphere is abuzz with the news – Google has entered the legal research game. Learn more about the news by reading a recent post at Robert Ambrogi’s LawSites and then head over to Google Scholar to check it out. * Find an In-House Counsel Job @ GoInhouse.com *Posted on InhouseBlog - News and Jobs for Inhouse Counsel on November 19, 2009 at 8:17 AM
To strengthen your company and improve the quality of your work, train your clients
An earlier post today describes a method of training, spaced education, that could help in-house lawyers when they train clients (See my post of Nov. 19, 2009: spaced education.). To find other instances where this blog refers to client education,...Posted on Law Department Management on November 19, 2009 at 4:37 AM
Train clients or members of the legal department using ?spaced education?
People learn much more effectively if they spread out their learning over a period of time, rather than cramming, and if they are tested as they proceed, rather than at the end. Those are the two primary tenets of what...Posted on Law Department Management on November 19, 2009 at 4:37 AM
One of this year?s Nobel prizes for economics speaks to the make-or-buy choice for legal services
That all economic transactions are costly in terms of finding, contracting with, and enforcing the arrangement we know from the seminal work of Ronald Coase, winner of the 1991 Nobel prize for economics. Finding the right price to pay among...Posted on Law Department Management on November 19, 2009 at 4:35 AM
Some recent firsts on or about this blog
If bloggers don?t tinker and take chances, their blog dries up and blows away. So I keep trying out new things, and welcome ideas for more (See my post of Feb. 20, 2009: first blook, metapost, and article on blog;...Posted on Law Department Management on November 19, 2009 at 4:35 AM
Why set restrictions on firms if you can?t monitor or enforce them?
Law departments can say they reject certain practices by law firms, but if no way exists to detect the improper behavior, why encrust your outside counsel guidelines with a toothless prohibition? A leading example of thundering against the wind is...Posted on Law Department Management on November 18, 2009 at 7:49 AM
Problems with asking in-house attorneys to cut their individual budgets from the prior year?s level
A financial institution a few years ago told each lawyer who managed outside counsel to reduce by 10 percent the amount the lawyer had approved the previous year. That mandate makes little sense. Consider five unwanted consequences. Frustration ? in-house...Posted on Law Department Management on November 18, 2009 at 7:47 AM
A hyperpost ? collection of metaposts ? on general counsel
Hundreds, if not thousands, of posts on this blog refer to general counsel. Most use the term ?general counsel? to stand in for the entire legal department, only a few pertain specifically to characteristic traits of person as an individual...Posted on Law Department Management on November 18, 2009 at 7:47 AM
Two more speculations on consequences most in-house lawyers growing up in law firms
A recent post suggested six personality traits of lawyers that inhibit change (See my post of Nov. 12, 2009: six traits that inhibit change.). Andrew Davis of Exari left a good comment, and I thought I would stand ?on the...Posted on Law Department Management on November 18, 2009 at 7:44 AM

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The manager (sister of owner) has NO right to be in the apartment unless there w...
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What names to use as grantor on a Quit Claim Deed?
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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 ...







