As a hiring manager for an in-house legal department, what do you want to hear from candidates who are seeking to leave law firm life? What are acceptable reasons for going in house?

Hello everyone! I hope you’re doing well. Can someone give me a referral to Cigna?

Anyone from Tax coming to office today to meet Joan ?

Are you going to year end Christmas party?

It’s time to recognize the agencies who have — and have not — made any sort of pledge or progress in support of BLM.

To all the post-9/11 veterans, it’s a somber day that unites us all in the reason we fought. It’s easy to forget - especially with the younger generation having 9/11 be a history lesson rather than something they lived through. The waters became muddy with two wars and politicians, but you all stepped up and did your duty. Thank you all for your service, it’s an honor whether we crossed paths or not.

Anyone get the promotion compliance emails yet?

Recommendations for a keyboard? I’m quite illiterate in this topic, and I ordered a random one off Amazon and it’s quite noisy, and not very ergonomic

BBW got my number.

Hello Fishes,

A component in the Remuneration structure named "Organisation's contribution towards wellbeing". Could you please help me understand what does it include? Is it subject to reimbursement?

Requesting the fishes to give some clarity on the same.

Managing a supply chain is not as simple as it sounds, and I don't think we get paid enough for all the pressure that's being up on us

It's that time...🦃

What's one thing you're super grateful for in your life or career at the moment?

Drop it below! 👇

Found out a male with way less experience and no produced work is getting hired next week and making a significant amount more. How do I bring this up in a review?

I feel like I die a little inside every time someone cites Wikipedia instead of actual research

I have a low GPA because an abusive relationship during my schooling that kept me from focusing. I’m clear of that now, but I don’t know how to explain my low GPA going forward.

I’ll be sitting for Expedia Group Campus placement for PM-1 / APM. Looking for some insights/ preparation suggestions for the same.

What’s a good price range to buy Airbnb??

I’ve been with my current company for a little over 5 years now and since the start of the pandemic have been WFH. I absolutely love WFH and have always wanted a position in which I could WFH. There is talk of bringing everyone back to the office full time and that’s not what I would like to happen. I’ve been searching for a new position in which it would be a remote role. My current company also said I am maxed out in term of what they are willing to pay salary wise.

Purpose of a W-9 on an acquisition? Who should be filling them out?

Does anyone have experience working for a ALSP? How does compensation work (pay and benefits)? Are you an employee or technically an IC? Do you have billable requirements like at a firm? How do you think it prepared you to potentially move in house? I'm currently at a firm but thinking of taking a position with an ALSP but my goal is to go in house.

Is it possible to be a “silent” investor (party A) with a friend who’s an accredited investor (party B)investing in a company? So if B is investing $50k in a company, and A wants to give B $25k of that investment, is this possible with an agreement between A and B, where they’re responsible for their own portion of taxes?

Who’s planning on leaving after getting their bonus?

First 70 billable hour week and am dying. How do some of you do this on a regular basis?

Stupid Question but what IS tech trans? I’ve seen the chambers/vault articles & firm descriptions but I still don’t get it - are you specialists that support deals? Do you manage M&A/capmkts deals for tech clients? Is it mostly commercial contracts? Is it mostly ECVC? Tech Trans lawyers: what’s your day to day like? How is your practice diff from other Corp practices?

Anyone looking to relocate or in Cinci Ohio to work for a great team in a wonderful top 100 firm… dm me please! :)

What's the best place to find actual transaction precedents other than Edgar, assuming there is none within your firms database? Many thanks in advance!

Any firms in London hiring US qualified associates into their capital markets practice?

I have billed 4+ hours today helping a partner prepare a 10 slide PowerPoint for a board meeting tomorrow. Let’s say half of the time was fixing spacing and formatting. I really don’t care as I am billing all of it, but am I wrong in thinking this is unjustifiably too common and a waste of time?

How do NYC big law real estate groups hold up during recessions? Are they one of the harder hit corporate groups or is there more stability?

I have an asset purchase of a retail store transaction. Seller is keeping the second location. Seller is licensing the name from the buyer. The licensing agreement is supposed to contain provisions so that the seller cannot offer promotions or discounts that the buyer does not also offer (i.e., seller cannot undercut buyer's pricing). I know very little about antitrust. Can anyone give me some suggestions how to enforceably draft this agreement, or is this arrangement impossible?

As the indemnified party, do you exclude Indemnity obligations from the LoL cap?

Any book recommendations on Clinical Trial Agreements?

Working on a deal where buyer's side keeps on insisting on a POA to effectuate all actions of Seller under the agreement, including executing documents. I keep striking this and commenting that this is not standard. Has anyone dealt with this? I am okay with a limited POA based on the industry of the Seller, but not this general POA.

Anyone have an objection to me pretty much running my timer nonstop on the day a deal closes as a junior associate? It seems fair to me

Why provide redlines against the original draft instead of the last turn when sending drafts to opposite counsel?! This profession makes no sense.

Tips for becoming more independent as you progress from junior to midlevel? I am starting to be put into the position of just having to handle things including drafting and could use some advice from others.

Anyone use charts for contract review? If so, what headings do you put in the first row?

Currently a staff attorney in US firm, hoping to secure the permanent position as Associate after contract ends. Any advice?