Originally from Alternatives to the High Cost of Litigation

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In the bestselling and controversial 1992 book, “Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus,” author John Gray posits that the key to a successful marital relationship is communication. This, he believes, is due to fundamental normative differences between the sexes; in short, men and women think and behave differently. See www.marsvenus.com.

Whether that thesis is correct or not, and without wishing to be trite, I would submit that the same can be said of corporate and outside counsel.

The reality is that corporate and outside counsel come from different worlds. They are subject to different pressures and answer to different constituencies. They will form different expectations based on their access to different spheres of information.