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[Statistics in this article can be found here.] It has been a hot topic in the news for the last two years, and it has been the subject of several high-profile corporate lawsuits, executive compensation.  The metrics that companies use … [more]

Emotional intelligence – it is the kind of soft skill that has great power in all human interactions, but it gets relatively short-shrift in the legal and business world. Just take a look at the resumes your legal department receives … [more]

It has been a bumpy ride for corporations, and the economy in general, over the last few years.  Indeed, managing a legal department in any company, big or small, is not for the faint of heart.  Not only is the … [more]

We all know that “throwing money at a problem” is not the way to fix it.  Back in the day, government and corporate leaders alike believed that directing more financial resources towards a thorny issue would, somehow, magically fix the … [more]

According to Harvard Law School’s Center on the Legal Profession, adept in-house lawyering requires a range of complementary competencies, and it has been Princeton Legal Search Group’s experience that these competencies or skill sets  can be the tie breaker when … [more]

In the 2019 State of Corporate Law Departments Improving the Impact of Legal Services, innovation was a key theme and sets the stage for the context of continual change- in the ever changing world of work. “Innovation incorporates a whole host of … [more]

We were recently engaged by a public company to lead a national search for its next General Counsel. We launched the search in October and had an offer and acceptance before New Years. Extraordinary and beyond what you can expect … [more]

There have been a number of topics discussed, reviewed or written about over the course of 2018. As the year ends and performance reviews and strategic planning are top of mind, seven areas are noteworthy to consider as part of … [more]

We work closely with legal departments across a wide range of industries and have a first-hand view of the different ways that in house legal departments are structured. If you are experiencing challenges growing your legal department and have difficulty … [more]

Succession planning can be exact and precise, or it can be open and loosely interpreted. The format will depend in part on your organization’s culture and resources. Below are suggestions on how to supplement what you may be doing or … [more]