From the category archives:

Leadership

Why Strategy, Law, And Organization?

by Doug Park February 18, 2010

Good business lawyers understand that legal problems are necessarily business problems. Yet, understanding the law, by itself, is insufficient to understand and solve complex business problems.
In this short post, I advance a simple argument: A combined Strategy, Law, and Organization lens provides superior solutions to difficult business and legal problems. Examples include mergers [...]

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Pfizer, Alternative Fees, And Competition

by Doug Park December 30, 2009

Companies are increasingly forcing their outside counsel to offer an alternative fee for legal work. Pfizer is the latest example. The pharmaceutical giant recently formed the Pfizer Legal Alliance, a group of nineteen law firms who will provide legal services for the entire year for a flat fee.
Pfizer’s general counsel, Amy Schulman, leads the company’s [...]

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Introducing New Contributor To The Strategy x Law Blog, Soyeun Choi

by Doug Park October 21, 2009

I am excited to introduce Soyeun D. Choi, a new contributor to the Strategy x Law Blog. She will write primarily on leadership, business and intellectual property law. After conversations with Soyeun about business and law, I am confident that she will provide thoughtful insights on issues at the intersection of strategy and law.
Soyeun advises [...]

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Themes Ahead, Starting with Leadership

by Soyeun Choi October 14, 2009

Serving as President of the Palo Alto Area Bar Association involves all sorts of varied and persistent responsibilities.  Every aspect of the organization is under my review: every event, member, operational detail, meeting, administrative requirement, planning logistic, certification and reporting requirement etc., all issues outward facing and inward, cross my desk.
This is just an illustration of [...]

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