In-house lawyers are now a principal focus of attention in the study of the legal profession. So it is appropriate in the aftermath of the global financial crisis to inquire about lawyers' perception of, and complicity in, such wrongdoing as may have occurred. This Essay describes the perceptual biases that may distort judgment notwithstanding proximity, including failures of expertise and excessive deference, difficulties in seeing change, and motivated inference. It ends by setting forth a research agenda for the study of how in-house lawyers "get comfortable"-or not-with client demands.
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Symposium: The Changing Role and Nature of In-House and General Counsel
