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Everyone makes mistakes.

Corporate Counsel details the top five mistakes made by new in-house counsel. Here is their list:

1. Placing policy audits before business.

2. Overlooking a dispute resolution plan.

3. Talking trash about an opponent.

4. Trampling on an IT forensics crime scene when searching employee computers.

5. Changing the reason for an employee’s termination if a lawsuit is filed.

Here’s our question for you:

Do you agree with this list? Do you think any advice should be added to it?

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Need to Know:

President Barack Obama announced his nominations for the Energy Department’s general counsel and the National Labor Relations Board’s general counsel.
Real estate website Zillow has named its GC to its COO position.
NBA China’s general counsel is moving to a private firm in Beijing.
Maine’s governor named a new chief legal counsel.

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