• In-House Counsel

Legal Project Management: A Value Triple Play for Law Departments

The Legal Intelligencer

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Legal project management is not just for law firms. With more and more frequency and in more and more companies and other organizations, law departments are coming to understand the benefits provided by legal project management (LPM) and are integrating LPM principles into their service delivery models.

From Putting Them in Their Place to Helping Them Find Their Place

The Legal Intelligencer

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

As a student employee at UCLA's law library, Wanda Flowers filed books in the stacks, riffling pages to scan for loose papers, rips and pencil marks. The young woman from Jacksonville, Fla., who as a child would race to her community bookmobile to return her well-thumbed but lovingly cared-for borrowed volumes, was horrified to find that students were slicing pages out of the law books.

Study Finds In-House Salary Increases Decreasing, But Does It Matter?

The Legal Intelligencer

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

The past few years have seen dramatic shake-ups in private practice, including mass layoffs and significant salary cuts. The recession has made a rough go of it for many attorneys practicing in law firms, but has it been any easier on in-house counsel?

Cost Becoming Less of a Concern for In-House Counsel

The Legal Intelligencer

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

High costs are still far and away the biggest bone of contention in-house counsel have with their outside lawyers, but there are a number of factors that show rates are becoming less of a concern than in the past.

May You Live in Less Interesting Times:

The Legal Intelligencer

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

There's an old curse that goes, "May you live in interesting times." Today, many clients certainly wish they lived in less interesting times.

Project Attorneys Filling the Gap in Corporate Law Depts.

The Legal Intelligencer

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

In an era when cost predictability reigns supreme, corporate law departments are increasingly using project- or contract-based attorneys to help handle an increased workload on a shrunken budget.

Comings & Goings

The Legal Intelligencer

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Morgan Lewis & Bockius announced Jan. 11 that Karen D. Cyr, one of the longest-serving general counsel in the history of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, has joined the firm's energy practice as a senior counsel. An attorney at the NRC for three decades, Cyr was the top lawyer from 1994 until her retirement in 2009. In that role, she advised the commission on all matters of law and legal policy, and she represented the commission before other government agencies, Congress and foreign governments.

Dynamic Business Challenges and Health Care Reform

The Legal Intelligencer

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Last year, Paul Tufano's 19-year-old son, an avid cyclist, turned his father on to cycling so much that he agreed to a five-day bike ride across Pennsylvania with his son, beginning in Pittsburgh and ending on Father's Day at Independence Hall, near their home the suburbs of Philadelphia.

Finding a Job During (and Despite) the Recession

The Legal Intelligencer

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Job-hunting during a recession can be a discouraging and miserable experience, but every economic downturn has the potential to create career opportunities for those with the right skill-sets and a little bit of luck.

GCs Speak Out on Hiring Trends

The Legal Intelligencer

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Last year, in "Yes, Now IS the Right Time to Add Headcount" (GC Mid-Atlantic, March 2009), we explored the reasons many corporations were bucking current hiring trends and bringing on more legal staff.

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