Internet, product, and privacy law
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Essays and working notes on privacy, product counseling, contracts, security, and the craft of leading legal teams.
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To excel as a General Counsel or Head of Legal, one must be good at six things: 1. Lawyering 2. People management 3. Project management 4. Prioritizing (understanding the negative expected value of various issues and act
Clients are desperate for excellent written legal advice. The clearer the advice, the easier their job is. It's important, but it isn't easy. Here, I'll provide some recommendations about how to do it. Caveat: Reading ab
Last updated: [date] Goals * Deliver timely, excellent, delightful advice; * Deliver timely, excellent, delightful work product; and * Create an efficient legal sub-function to operate at scale. Areas of Ownership * Clie
Ed note: I wrote this in 2019 and published it to my earlier blog. It's still relevant, so I'm reposting it here. From a WSJ article [https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-parents-complain-amazon-ads-are-deceptive-1543417201]
Ed note: I wrote this in 2018 and published it to an earlier version of this blog. The content is still relevant, so I'm reposting it here. tl;dr Every Product Counsel has her own perspective about what constitutes a con
Ed note: I wrote this in 2018 and published it to an earlier version of this blog. The content is still relevant, so I'm reposting it here. tl;dr People have drastically different sensitivities about privacy. Some believ
tl;dr * Viewing setbacks as opportunities makes you happier and helps you grow as a lawyer. * If you can’t adopt a setbacks-as-opportunity mindset, it’s worth considering why; you may not be viewing “growth” as a key par
Paul Graham, the famous co-founder of YCombinator, advocates for writing about the things you know. [http://www.paulgraham.com/words.html] I agree with that advice. Here, I want to emphasize and expand upon some of his p
tl;dr Whenever you ask for something, giving a reason will: 1. get you better responses; 2. reduce people's feelings of being told what to do; 3. teach your clients to help themselves next time; and 4. allow you to check
A great legal sub-function should have: 1. The right goals, 2. People on the team with a set of key skills, 3. The infrastructure to operate at scale, and 4. Explicit expectations about what to escalate and how quickly t