Running corporate legal departments is as much about business as law, and outside firms who want to represent them had better understand that, according to four GCs who spoke last week at the Federal Bar Association convention. One thing all four agreed on was their biggest frustration with outside counsel: not understanding their business pressures. "You'd be amazed at how many law firms will make a pitch and never ask a question about our business," said UPS GC Teri Plummer McClure.
September 14, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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Running corporate legal departments is as much about business as law, and outside firms who want to represent them had better understand that, according to four general counsels who spoke on a panel at the Federal Bar Association convention in Atlanta last week.
The Thursday afternoon program at the Marriott Marquis downtown, titled “Today’s Corporate General Counsel,” featured:
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