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Lastly, there are two very interesting articles on curious developments in the contract space. Those articles capture gold and silver in this week’s Law & Policy News links below.

Have a great rest of the week,

Marty

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Here are the articles, tips, think pieces, and other reads I want to share with you this week.

!Events in bold are new to the list this week.

Webinars & Online Events

• July 28 @ 12:00 pm Eastern: Key metrics and KPIs for in-house counsel. (In-house Connect)
• July 28 @ 3:00 pm Eastern: Challenging the Gender Pay Gap in Legal. (Law Trades)
• August 4 @ 1:00 pm Eastern: Best Practices for Negotiating Indemnification in SaaS Contracts. (How to Contract)
• August 10 @ 1:00 pm Eastern: The Power of Redlines: How Smarter Redlining Can Improve Your Contract Negotiations: Part II. (Parley Pro)
• August 17 @ 2:00 pm Eastern: Identifying and Quantifying Government Contract Claims. (PilieroMazza)
• August 17 @ 5:00 pm Pacific: Contract Nerds Mixer (Los Angeles) - in person event for lawyers & contract professionals! (Contract Nerds)
• August 18 @ 2 pm Eastern: Contract All-Stars: How to Get to YES Faster. (Ironclad)

Tips, Resources, & Insights

• This tip about managing your frustration when facing an impossible contract workload. Make sure to browse the comments too! (via Laura Frederick)
• How employers can respond to social justice and free speech issues on social media. (via Employer Law Report - Porter Wright)
• Respect the razorblade: how to protect your IP when your business’s business is repeat customers. (via Ballard Spahr)
• The top 5 opportunities for legal to work better with internal clients. (via Onit)
• Confessions of a legal recruiter: counteroffers – kiss your career goodbye. (via On Balance Search Consultants)
• Beware of dark patterns - what to watch out for. (via Hopkins Carley)

Law & Policy News

• Bombshell ruling puts amendments to click-wrap and terms of use agreements in question. (via Squire Patton Boggs)
• Texas court addresses MSA indemnity obligations. Read how the court defined “arising in connection herewith”. (via Gray Reed)
• GCs face limits as Calif. privacy law constrains operational flexibility. (via Legal Dive)
• Owners, directors, officers and managing agents may face liability under this California statute - oh my! (via Allen Matkins)
• English High Court permits service by NFT. (via Clyde & Co.)
• Canada targets supply chain ethics. (via BLG)
• New obligations on businesses in New Zealand kick in soon - no more bullying or thuggish behaviour. Marty's take - keep eye on this as this policy direction may come to other jurisdictions. (via Dentons)
• The FTC seemingly thumbs its nose at the Supreme Court. (via Epstein Becker Green)

In-house

• How contract managers can unite procurement & legal. (via Contract Nerds)
• In-house lawyers and imposter syndrome. (via Sterling Miller's Ten Things)
• Evisort’s general counsel Margaret Minister on how technology is attracting more in-house lawyers. (via Canadian Lawyer Magazine)
• British Amry Maj Gen Alex Taylor, director for the Army Legal Services branch, shares what other in-house lawyers can learn from his experiences in extreme circumstances. (via The Law Society)
• 97% of general counsels agree: #winning isn’t everything. (via Above The Law)

Legal Ops & Legal Tech

• 'Stop billing us without an explanation,' GCs tell law firms. (via Law.com International Edition - possible paywall)
• Why should legal operations care about eDiscovery? (via Disco)
• Data science can unlock the value of your legal information. (via Wolters Kluwer)
• Analysis: pandemic affects how legal industry evaluates its tech. (via Bloomberg Law)

Leadership & Workplace

• Six reasons successful leaders love questions. (via Strategy + Business)
• The 23 best new productivity apps for 2022. (via Fast Company)
• How to admit you’re wrong - admitting wrongdoing isn’t a failure, it’s an opportunity. (via Vox)
• When everything is important, but nothing is getting done. (via Shared Physics)
• Starting a new job is hard enough. Here's how to do it when you're remote. (via CNN)

Ideas

• Want to be a thought leader? Take a stand in your thought leadership. (via Law Firm Editorial Service) 
• When we over-apologize, we rob apologies of their impact. Use these three tactics instead. (via Inc)

Looks Interesting

• You can now call a real ‘She-Hulk’ hotline for some superhero-sized legal advice. (via Uproxx)
• The feds aren’t happy about Cadillac asking Lyriq buyers to sign NDAs. (via Jalopnik)
• The 10 best classic rock songs to fall asleep to, according to science. (via Mental Floss)

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