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In-House Counsel

Jun. 20, 2013

Mark Chandler

Cisco Systems Inc. San Jose


Chandler spent last year successfully fighting off suits from nonpracticing entities and training his staff of roughly 300 attorneys to be "barbarians."


Chandler explained that it's easy for in-house attorneys to fall into a routine of merely enforcing Cisco's policies as instructed without getting to know its business model and that of competitors. Chandler says his job is to fight that instinct and get his attorneys to think about why customer...

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