Comments for In-House Paralegals http://www.inhouseparalegalblog.com Supporting and Advancing the Corporate Paralegal Profession Mon, 31 Oct 2011 03:44:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on How Your Law Department Stacks Up by Legal Articles http://www.inhouseparalegalblog.com/about-job/how-your-law-department-stacks-up/#comment-9 Legal Articles Mon, 31 Oct 2011 03:44:10 +0000 http://www.in-houseparalegalblog.com/?p=263#comment-9 <strong>Legal Articles...</strong> [...]In-House Paralegals » How Your Law Department Stacks Up[...]... Legal Articles…

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]]> Comment on How Your Law Department Stacks Up by Kelly Montgomery http://www.inhouseparalegalblog.com/about-job/how-your-law-department-stacks-up/#comment-4 Kelly Montgomery Mon, 18 Oct 2010 02:48:02 +0000 http://www.in-houseparalegalblog.com/?p=263#comment-4 Peter, this goes back to communication. In any relationship, communication is a key ingredient. While I was at Wal-Mart, we encouraged our outside counsel to seek cost reductions - and sometimes demanded it! Many times, unauthorized expenditures were cut from the bill and not paid. I did research once upon a time that indicated the greatest dissatisfaction with outside counsel was the lack of communication. kel :) Peter, this goes back to communication. In any relationship, communication is a key ingredient. While I was at Wal-Mart, we encouraged our outside counsel to seek cost reductions – and sometimes demanded it! Many times, unauthorized expenditures were cut from the bill and not paid. I did research once upon a time that indicated the greatest dissatisfaction with outside counsel was the lack of communication. kel :)

]]> Comment on Knowledge = Relationship Power by Kelly Montgomery http://www.inhouseparalegalblog.com/career/knowledge-relationship-power/#comment-3 Kelly Montgomery Mon, 18 Oct 2010 02:40:26 +0000 http://www.in-houseparalegalblog.com/?p=250#comment-3 Work-home balance is so important to a "happy life". I never thought about it this way before. Thank you, Peter! kel :) Work-home balance is so important to a “happy life”. I never thought about it this way before. Thank you, Peter! kel :)

]]> Comment on Managing Outside Counsel Budgets by Kelly Montgomery http://www.inhouseparalegalblog.com/about-job/outside-counsel/managing-outside-counsel-budgets/#comment-2 Kelly Montgomery Mon, 18 Oct 2010 02:38:45 +0000 http://www.inhouseparalegalblog.com/?p=289#comment-2 While I was at Wal-Mart, it was almost a given that budgets would be broken. However, when a case turned South and there was a need for greater expense to properly defend any particular matter, we EXPECTED an updated budget. NO SURPRISES!! Surprises are absolute no-no. In fact our VP/AGC of Litigation had a poster on his door that read, "NO SURPRISES". While I was at Wal-Mart, it was almost a given that budgets would be broken. However, when a case turned South and there was a need for greater expense to properly defend any particular matter, we EXPECTED an updated budget. NO SURPRISES!! Surprises are absolute no-no. In fact our VP/AGC of Litigation had a poster on his door that read, “NO SURPRISES”.

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