General Law" is a catch-all phrase for anything that makes makes your lawyer's ears prick up, usually when you're discussing something else.  Of course, law is a profession of specialties and sub-specialties, with twists and turns and special cases and exceptions to the rule, and there are almost as many kinds of lawyer as there are lawyers.  No matter how obscure your issue, you can find a lawyer who's built a whole practice around it, and you can often consult the lawyer who wrote the book.  Still, it would be a mistake to disregard the connections a general-practice lawyer might notice while working with you on a specific problem.  An attorney with a broad and varied background may happen to know an efficient way to handle that supply-contract problem you haven't gotten around to dealing with, or may have heard of a new court decision on copyrights that could affect your flagship product.

Expect your attorney to understand and take an interest in your business.  You're paying for more than just a contract or a letter or a trip to court — you're paying for somebody to keep an eye out for your interests when the legislature is in session, and when your competitors get sued.  Help your attorney do the job by keeping in touch about new relationships you're forming, new lines of work you're pursuing, and questions that come up.  There are, of course, stupid questions, but if the answer to a stupid question keeps you out of a lawsuit, it's well worth asking.