[noonespecial]

Big companies should have a "chief legal officer" position. This guy is not a lawyer, but the overseer of the lawyers. His primary function is to decide when its in the company's best interest to pursue legal action and when they'll simply make an ass of themselves on the world stage.

Too often lawyers confuse what they legally can do with what is in their company's best interest to actually do. Sometimes the best legal action is not the best action.

[bryze]

My thoughts exactly. Companies might choose as this CLO someone with considerable PR experience. Lawyers, almost by definition alone, lack this experience.

[shimon_e]

If your company can not created enough work for you. Then you create enough work for yourself. You need to justify your pay check to the company somehow.