Ten Things: An Index to All the Posts (November 2014 to August 2024)

By Sterling Miller on August 12, 2024

Hello, my friends and welcome to a special edition of “Ten Things You Need to Know as In-House Counsel!” I get a lot of emails and comments about the blog from in-house lawyers all over the world (and on occasion from obscure European royalty, third-rate celebrities, and a random super-model). Most of it is very positive (thank you!). Occasionally, I get one that isn’t so positive. In particular, this one:

“Hey, you lazy bastard – could you get off your ass and post an index to all of the blogs? It’s been over two years and trying to find something useful is more painful than digging through one of your overly long books. Stop being such a selfish asshole and post an index!”

Wow. I guess three things come to mind reading this. First, mom, calm down. I’ll get to it. Just call me next time. Jeez! Second, my books are just as long as the ABA lets me get away with (… just wait ‘til the next one). And third, she’s right. It’s been way too long since I posted an index to all of the blogs – especially since we are now well into year ten and I have posted 166 of these 3,000+ word missives! So, let’s step back a minute here. Obviously, I know it’s a pain in the ass to wade through all of the blogs and try to find what you’re looking for.[1] And we’ve picked up a few gajillion new subscribers since early 2022 (the last index) – and they likely have no clue what’s waiting for them deep in the stinky bowels of the Ten Things Vault of Goodness.[2] I guess the same may be true for long-time readers as well (though they are used to the malodorousness[3] of my writing). Sometimes, even I cannot find something in there. So, for all of you new kids, crusty veterans, and cranky moms, this index post is long overdue. I know I keep threatening to put a real index on the site but that kind of takes away from all of the fun of sifting through all the junk and crap to find … well, more junk and crap. Or put it this way – no one from the Iowa Writer’s Workshop is banging on my door to join up. Sorry, but that’s the cold bitch slap of truth I deal with every day here in Blog Land. So, there’s that! On the good side, however, I cannot thank all of you enough for reading the blog, sharing the blog, buying the books, the emails, posting LinkedIn notes, conspiring with the ABA to make sure I meet deadlines, and everything else that makes cranking out this blog something I truly enjoy. It really has been a lot of fun. And I still have a lot of things I want to write about, so feeling pretty good about year eleven!

Okay, enough of that. Let’s get going! This edition of “Ten Things” sets out – in chronological order – all of the “Ten Things You Need to Know as In-House Counsel” blogs,[4] from the November 2014 introduction to last month’s post on how to develop good judgment. And as always, it was fun for me to look back through a lot of these (like watching home movies of the kids with Mrs. Ten Things). Like last time, I found a few surprises that made me go, “When did I write that and why haven’t I been arrested?” and “Why is my punctuation so bad – don’t I use Grammarly?” All right, let’s get the party started. You wanted it, you got it. Here we go:

Man – that’s a lot of blogs! If you’ve slogged through them all, I owe you a drink … or seven. If you have read all my books too, then I owe you a keg or some type of large wooden cask of wine or grog. As always, if you have any ideas for future posts, send them my way. I love getting suggestions for topics from all of you. I also enjoy meeting you and talking with you. I will be speaking at the Women’s In-House Network in Dallas on August 26 and at the Texas Bar Association Advanced In-House Counsel Institute in San Antonio on August 29. If you are there, come on up and say hello. I’ll be presenting a webinar on ethics for In-House Connect on August 20 and one on productivity for the CLO Forum of the New York City Chapter of the ACC on August 22. I hope you’ll join us. At all of these events, we’ll be giving away a free copy of my new book on productivity for in-house lawyers! So, sign up now!

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That’s it for this edition. I will be posting a new “Ten Things” shortly. Next up? My annual “Cool Tech” post – always fun! Thanks again for reading and more to come!

Sterling Miller

August 12, 2024

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“Ten Things” is not legal advice nor legal opinion and represents my views only. It is intended to provide practical tips and references to the busy in-house practitioner and other readers. If you have questions or comments, or ideas for a post, please contact me at sterling.miller@sbcglobal.net, or if you would like a CLE for your in-house legal team on this or any topic in the blog, contact me at smiller@hilgersgraben.com.

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[2] Trademark pending – so don’t even think about it…

[3] That is a synonym for “stinkiness” in case you are playing along at home.

[4] Except for “index” posts because that would be silly. Well, sillier than usual.

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Ten Things: An Index to All the Posts (November 2014 to August 2024)

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