Apr 22, 2020 | Time Savers
by Mike Anderson, Vivian Leung, and Chris Sanz. When in good condition, templates can ease cognitive load. A great template can make an in-house lawyer welcome drafting a deal from his or her own paper. It’s possible to make it easy and quick to find the fields that...
Apr 20, 2020 | Time Savers
by Mike Anderson, Vivian Leung, and Chris Sanz. In-house legal teams use outside counsel to make their jobs easier, not harder. That said, we all have (somehow) received an email or memo from outside counsel that reads more like a treatise than a solution.This can be...
Apr 16, 2020 | Time Savers
by Mike Anderson, Vivian Leung, and Chris Sanz. It can feel like the wild west when companies have a high turnover, fast pace, or general lack of process. For start-ups and scale-ups, this is common. In these situations, legal teams may be asked to act as the...
Apr 15, 2020 | Time Savers
by Mike Anderson, Vivian Leung, and Chris Sanz. In-house lawyers are sent “misfit issues” that don’t have a natural ‘home.’ Often, these problems are complicated and related to new business activities that the company hasn’t fully thought through...
Apr 14, 2020 | Time Savers
by Mike Anderson, Vivian Leung, and Chris Sanz. The person most comfortable seeking ASAP drafts and sending daily (if not hourly) follow-ups may wind up setting priorities for an in-house legal team. We call that person the “loudest voice”. Often, the loudest voice...
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