Wednesday, January 18, 2017

"Why is our legal department growing faster than the rest of our company?!"

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As in-house legal functions grow and add staff, sometimes the rate of their growth actually exceeds that of other, perhaps revenue-generatin...
Monday, April 6, 2015

Five requirements of corporate culture for building an effective in-house legal function

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In my nearly 20 years of corporate legal experience, I have built  in-house legal functions, helped lead large, existing functions and  yet ...
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Sunday, February 16, 2014

How a ton of good luck can be bad and a little bad luck can be good

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The forthcoming book by venture capitalist Ben Horowitz, The Hard Thing About Hard Things , figures to be fantastic.  He recently blogged ...
Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Spin only making Yahoo's bad new policy worse

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Yahoo's latest move to try to shake itself out of the doldrums is an edict that bans telecommuting .  The new policy and the memo that d...
Saturday, December 22, 2012

Why the TechForward victory over Best Buy is so glorious

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In some respects, Best Buy's theft of trade secrets from startup TechForward  is a fairly routine matter.  Small company pitches idea to...
Saturday, August 11, 2012

Finally, mainstream media provides a balanced piece on copyright

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My experience is that the mainstream media struggles to explain legal issues.  Often, in trying to simplify complex concepts, the meat gets ...
Sunday, March 18, 2012

Fenwick's valuable Venture Capital Survey celebrates 10 years

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"What is market?" "What is the trend?" These two questions are heard frequently in Silicon Valley, but there is too ...