Inside Counsel’s Blog Review of InHouse Insider
InHouse Insider is honored to report that it was featured in the November 2008 issue of Inside Counsel’s Blog Review. InHouse Insider has always considered Inside Counsel to be a preeminent news source for in-house counsels, and was delighted to be included in their magazine.
People say you can find anything on the Internet for any niche imaginable. General counsel are no exception.
Vanessa Vidal, founder and president of ESQ Recruiting, and Leslie White, a managing director at the company, update the blog each week. "What we wanted to do was share [our expertise] with not only our clients and candidates but with everyone and anyone interested in the in-house legal market," Vidal says. Without unnecessary fluff, Vidal and White keep readers abreast of statistics and industry trends. But it's not all serious. In August, the bloggers posted a roundup of the top 25 legal movies, which highlighted To Kill a Mockingbird and the comedy classic My Cousin Vinny.
-Christopher Danzig
Inside Counsel
Blog Review
November 2008
Obama or McCain? GC’s Are Split.
Barack Obama and John McCain have been running a tight race among the nation's voters -- and among the country's top corporate lawyers. McCain has a slight lead in total donations from general counsel at Fortune 100 companies. Still, elite GCs are giving significantly more to Obama than they did to Al Gore or John Kerry, the previous two Democratic presidential nominees."It shows that general counsel at large corporations are just like everyone else," says Brett Kappel, an of counsel at Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease in Washington, D.C., who specializes in election law. "They're evenly split between the two parties."
What do the contributions look like?
Obama supporters ($4,600):
- Joel Benoliel of Costco Wholesale Corp.
- Mark Chandler of Cisco Systems Inc.
- Michael Helfer of Citigroup Inc.
- Louise Parent of American Express Co.
- Rosemary Berkery of Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.
- J. Barclay Collins II of Hess Corp.
- Christine Richards of FedEx Corp.
- Mark Treanor of Wachovia Corp. (who retired in June)
Obviously, GC’s are not necessarily swayed into supporting another fellow lawyer like Obama, providing more favorable support to non-lawyer McCain - despite his poor taste in jokes.
The Law Blog reported on a lawyer joke that McCain used several time on the campaign trail, and even told on the Tonight Show earlier this year:
What is the difference between a catfish and a lawyer?
One is a scum sucking bottom dweller. The other is a fish.
McCain then says, “There goes the lawyer vote.”
Apparently, McCain does not seem overly concerned about the effect his jokes might have his popularity amongst lawyers. Obviously, GC’s can take a joke – even one as bad and overused as the one McCain has been using.
In any event, with less than 30 days to go, there is still no clear winner? Are you just as split as the GC's ?
The 25 Greatest Legal Movies
Summer time is usually a good time to lounge somewhere and enjoy a good book…or in this case perhaps just a great movie. Let’s make that a legal movie.Hollywood has opened up the legal world to our eyes in a series of provocative, intense, and sometimes downright heart wrenching movies.
From the incisive Henry Drummond and the droll Mr. Lincoln to the callow Danny Kaffee and the regal Atticus Finch, lawyers have provided some of Hollywood’s most memorable cinematic heroes and some of its most honorable and thoughtful films.
Earlier this year, the ABA Journal asked 12 prominent lawyers who teach film or are connected to the business to choose what they regard as the best movies ever made about lawyers and the law.
Together these films represent 31 Oscar wins and another 85 nominations as befits the best work of some of the greatest actors, writers and directors of their time.
So quiet, please. A rap of the gavel, a pull of the curtain, and ‘Hear ye! Hear ye!’ for the 25 greatest law films ever made (in alphabetical order):
- 12 Angry Men
- A Civil Action
- A Few Good Men
- A Man for All Seasons
- Amistad
- Anatomy of a Murder
- And Justice for All
- Breaker Morant
- Chicago
- Compulsion
- Erin Brockovich
- In the Name of the Father
- Inherit the Wind
- Judgment at Nuremberg
- Kramer vs. Kramer
- Miracle on 34th Street
- My Cousin Vinny
- Philadelphia
- Presumed Innocent
- Reversal of Fortune
- The Paper Chase
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- Verdict, The
- Witness for the Prosecution
- Young Mr. Lincoln
Which one is you favorite legal flick of all times?
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