Legal Departments Respond to Changing Business Environment

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As the recession presses corporate legal departments to look for additional ways to control costs, one result has been a reassessment of the way work is allocated among in-house resources and outside counsel. According to a recently released white paper by Robert Half Legal, departments are monitoring budgets, bringing more work in-house and being
selective about the projects they assign to outside counsel.  Departments are limiting use of outside counsel, but expecting more.

Source: Robert Half Legal

Author: Charles A. Volkert
Keywords:  Law Department Administration; Outside Counsel Management