Some In-House Counsel Really Don’t Like Being Called ‘In-House Counsel’

// Why does the phrase “in-house counsel” rankle me so much? I can’t say exactly the reason but the feeling is real.

— Paul Grewal, chief legal officer of Coinbase, in an interesting LinkedIn post that started a conversation among corporate counsel on the pros and cons of being referred to as “in-house counsel.”

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