At this year’s General Council Summit there were two recurring themes that were top of mind for legal chiefs: What strategies should they pursue in order to reduce their operational costs in an increasingly uncertain economic environment? And what steps could they take to ease the burden of the onerous legal hold and preservation process, a crucial risk management function that extends far beyond the legal department?

While it might seem as though these two topics are distinct from one another, there’s actually quite a bit of overlap between the two.