A hotline to former general counsel is helping new in-house lawyers find their feet. Sue Reisinger reports

Earlier this year Robert Ingato, general counsel of CIT Group, was puzzling over a regulatory issue. He and one of his staff lawyers couldn’t decide what the company should do. Then he remembered that a law firm he uses had formed an advisory group of former general counsel who offer clients free advice. He asked his colleague to call, and bingo: clarity.