Greetings!

Greetings, fellow citizens of the internet! The mission of this blog is to inform, provide insight, occasionally entertain, and to provoke thought and discussion about the issues faced by general counsels and in-house law departments.

In creating this blog, I intend to adhere to the following rules:

Rule of Accountability: This blog and its contents are the views and opinions of the author only and not necessarily of my current or any prior employer. Any errors in facts, grammar or judgment are entirely mine.

Rule of Confidentiality: Being in the legal profession, I understand the paramount importance of confidentiality and discretion. In order to communicate some of my thoughts, yet maintain confidences, I may take liberties changing the names and facts relating to a particular experience. I may also create composite or hypothetical situations to avoid the disclosure of a specific event. Also, I will strive to avoid using names of colleagues, friends and other non-public individuals in this blog without their permission.

Rule of Attribution: To the extent possible, and subject to the Rule of Confidentiality, I will link to online references and original source materials directly and will offer the proper attribution to quotes, ideas, and other works of authorship.

Rule of Dialogue: If I wanted a monologue, I would have written a book. The best characteristic of a blog is the dialogue (i.e. the conversation between two or more individuals) that occurs. I encourage challenging, thoughtful commentary that will lead to a more incisive expression of the ideas I put forth in this blog. Sometimes I myself don’t agree with everything I write, but I usually find it better to express an imperfect or incomplete idea to see how it plays out, rather than to self-censor an idea.

Rule of Respect: A successful public dialogue requires an atmosphere of respect. As such, blog articles and comments containing any of the following will not be permitted:

• Comments not topically related to the blog;
• Profane language or content;
• Content that promotes, fosters, or perpetuates discrimination;
• Sexual content or links to sexual content;
• Content that violates a legal ownership interest of any other party.

I don’t know where this blog experiment will lead, but am excited to toss my hat into the ring of 21st century social media. I hope you will let me know if you consider my efforts worthwhile.