By Metropolitan Corporate Counsel
To hear him tell it, Christopher Bogart, co-founder and CEO of Burford Capital, the world’s largest publicly traded provider of litigation and specialty finance to the legal industry, fell into litigation funding. Look at his resume, however, and it seems inevitable.Continue Reading Civil Justice Playbook: This Idea Makes Dollars & Sense
By Karen Rubin, Thompson Hine
Introduction: Karen E. Rubin, Counsel in the Cleveland office of Thompson Hine LLP, has been co-editing the firm’s ethics blog, The Law for Lawyers Today, since it began in 2014. The blog publishes extensively about legal ethics and professional responsibility and was most recently named one of the ABA Journal’s top 100 law blogs of 2016. Ms. Rubin is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association’s Ethics Committee and teaches legal ethics at the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. As part of a continuing series of interviews focused on top bloggers on the LexBlog Network, MCC spoke with Ms. Rubin about the focus and relevancy of her blog to an in-house readership, touching on ethical pitfalls and traps the in-house community can safeguard against.Continue Reading Blogging About The Law of Lawyering: A look into murky ethics issues and risk management territory
By Lloyd M. Johnson Jr., Chief Legal Executive LLC
For in-house counsel, convincing colleagues in the C-suite —or in the rest of the company, for that matter —is rarely a simple matter of saying, “Do it. I’m the lawyer.” Influence and persuasion require strategic thinking, a deep understanding of a company’s objectives and culture, credibility in the organization, and a keen sense of timing.
Continue Reading Influencing the C-Suite: Advice for in-house counsel on the fine arts of influence and persuasion
By Bernadette Bulacan, Thomson Reuters
Multiple factors, from emerging technologies to the use of legal process outsourcing, are transforming the practice of law. But few factors directly influence the changing face of the profession as much as the unprecedented generational shift that is occurring as baby boomers retire and more millennials join the ranks of corporate counsel.
Continue Reading Before the Millennial Deluge: Corporate law departments are overwhelmingly unprepared for a seismic generational shift
By: David DiBari, Guy Norman & Luke Toliani, Clifford Chance US LLP
As part of our 2016 series examining global risk, Metropolitan Corporate Counsel convened a roundtable dinner on September 15 at Daniel in New York City to discuss legal and business issues related to combating corruption at home and abroad. It was the third of four planned dinners on the broader topic of global risk that the publication is co-hosting this year with Clifford Chance, one of the world’s leading international law firms.
Continue Reading GCs Focus on Global Corruption and Compliance Challenges
By: Thomas J. Sabatino Jr., Aetna
The Sabatino Advocate Award, created by the Women’s In-House Counsel Leadership Institute, goes to a male general counsel who champions women throughout his career. Below, the man for whom the award is named, Thomas J. Sabatino Jr., executive vice president and general counsel of Aetna Inc., discusses the award, his passion for promoting women to senior in-house roles, and the inaugural recipient, Craig Glidden, executive vice president and general counsel of General Motors, who was honored last month at the Horizon Awards Dinner in Washington, D.C. His remarks have been edited for length and style.
Continue Reading A Seat – and Voice – at the Table: Leaders make sure women’s voices do not fall on deaf male ears
By: Alan S. Kaplinsky
One of the ABA’s Top 100 Blawgs for four straight years, Ballard Spahr’sCFPB Monitor sets itself apart with its laser focus on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. In the first of a continuing series of interviews focused on top bloggers in the top legal blogging network, LexBlog, Alan S. Kaplinsky, head of Ballard’s Consumer Financial Services Group, discusses the genesis and evolution of CFPB Monitor and the latest goings on in and around one of the federal government’s most active and controversial agencies. His remarks have been edited for length and style.
Continue Reading A Hot Blawg for a Hot Area: CFPB Monitor has emerged as the must-read blog in the consumer finance world
By: Angela H. Zimmern
Every firm these days seems to be talking the legal project management talk. McGuireWoods, however, walks the walk – and does so in a manner that clients embrace. The firm eschews a one-size-fits-all approach for a more nuanced, attorney-driven LPM program that is winning fans inside the firm and out. Below, Angela H. Zimmern, one of the architects of the effort, discusses how to win over transactional lawyers and ever-skeptical litigators alike. Her remarks have been edited for length and style.
Continue Reading One LPM Size Does Not Fit All: A nuanced approach that begins and ends with the client’s goals is the surest path to success
By: Anthony Faugno, EisnerAmper LLP
Doing business with the government can be a winning strategy. It is not, however, easy. Below, Anthony Faugno, an authority on government contracting with EisnerAmper, discusses the promise and the peril of working with the government in remarks that have been edited for length and style.
Continue Reading Doing Business with the Government – Importance of Accounting Compliance: Be well-prepared to meet all compliance requirements
By: Meredith Moore, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Workplace diversity has become an increasingly important topic over the past several years. With more organizations recognizing the need and importance of investing in diversity and inclusion, some are launching new programs and initiatives. For example, within the past few months, Starbucks launched its Upstanders campaign, which is its first original content series, aiming to inspire people to engage in acts of compassion, citizenship and civility. In order to explore the important topic of workplace inclusion, we sat down with Weil Global Diversity and Social Responsibility Director Meredith Moore to discuss Weil’s own Upstander program, which the firm launched in November 2015. Her remarks have been edited for length and style.
Continue Reading Upstanding Allies in Diversity: Taking its inclusive approach to new heights, Weil actively engages employees – and clients – in its program’s efforts
