(1). A term used when telling someone that they are more concerned with protecting themselves than working for their clients’ interests (see CYA, air cover).
Client-Centric
RANDOM LINGO
Connect
(1). To call or email someone, usually with the intent of asking for something, but rarely just to say hello (see reach out).
“Hey Bill, just wanted to connect with you about that proposal that’s due later today. Yea the email I sent a few minutes before I called was just to make sure you got the message.”
Ghost Story
(1). An obscure legal penalty that has no real possibility of being imposed, but that lawyers like to bring up to scare their clients into hiring them to do more legal work.
“Don’t listen to Maureen, Patty. She just likes telling ghost stories. There’s no way anyone’s ever going to sue us over our use of the word ‘fee’ in our fee schedule. It’s a fee schedule! What else are we supposed to call it!”