S1E3 - Effectively Communicating With Clients - Jon Hicks (Counsel, Netflix)

01/12/20 • 31 min

We interview Jon Hicks, Employment Counsel at Netflix at its headquarters in Los Gatos, California. On how lawyers can effectively communicate with clients, including internal company clients when operating as an in-house attorney.

3:00 - The most common disputes with employees at companies.

4:00 - How Jon handles disagreements with colleagues/internal clients

5:45 - Does a legal training get in the way of good communication?

11:15 - Why you should never surprise someone with your decision

12:10 - Coaching managers to communicate well on terminations

13:45 - How to impart legal concepts using non-legal language

16:00 - Lawyers and non-verbal communication mishaps

19:20 - Avoiding the temptation to want to look smart with clients

21:10 - Talking about the law in terms of fairness not rules

22:30 - How company policies can hinder effective decision making

27:00 - Handling political correctness, bad jokes, etc within companies

3:00 - The most common disputes with employees at companies.

4:00 - How Jon handles disagreements with colleagues/internal clients

5:45 - Does a legal training get in the way of good communication?

11:15 - Why you should never surprise someone with your decision

12:10 - Coaching managers to communicate well on terminations

13:45 - How to impart legal concepts using non-legal language

16:00 - Lawyers and non-verbal communication mishaps

19:20 - Avoiding the temptation to want to look smart with clients

21:10 - Talking about the law in terms of fairness not rules

22:30 - How company policies can hinder effective decision making

27:00 - Handling political correctness, bad jokes, etc within companies

上一集

S1E2 - Terminating Employees in China - Lesli Ligorner (Partner, Morgan Lewis)

We interview Lesli Ligorner, Managing Partner Beijing office of Morgan Lewis. On the best approaches in effectively dealing with employee terminations in China.

1:05 - Typical termination case profiles

1:55 - Dealing with termination cases already in flight

4:02 - Handling situations where no clear legal grounds for termination

5:50 - How badly should a company pay to make employee go away

10:21 - Handling employees who just refuse to go

13:15 - Advance preparation for terminating employee

16:20 - Performance improvement plans

18:10 - Coordinating HQ-local cross-border termination cases

23:07 - How can outside counsel offer practical risk assessments

27:50 - Enjoying the practice of law in China as an expatriate

下一集

S1E5 - Force Majeure and Contract Non-performance - Jason Chang (DLA Piper)

We talk with Jason Chang, Of Counsel at DLA Piper, on what international companies should know about force majeure in the current situation.

3:00 - What is force majeure?

5:28 - Are force majeure clauses always in contracts and what’s standard?

8:48 - What if the contract is silent on this issue and how does governing law matter?

11:26 - Force majeure often doesn’t totally excuse the party to perform the contract

14.16 - Chinese trade association issuing force majeure certificates now, what value do these have?

17:50 - How should foreign companies be preparing now for Chinese companies potentially using a force majeure clause in their contracts?

Bonus questions:

23:55 - A lot of parents in China, expats, etc., sending their kids to private schools in China which can’t open. What can they do?

31:18 - What kind of personality do you need to have to handle sticky issues like force majeure cases and compliance issues generally as a lawyer?

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