Neal Suggs

December 17, 2018 | Corporate Counsel

About a year ago, the legal department at Microsoft announced it would be shifting away from the billable hour in the vast majority of its outside counsel arrangements. In describing these intentions, Corporate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel David Howard wrote about forging “a new type of relationship” with the firms handling Microsoft's most important legal work.

By Neal Suggs and Judy Jennison

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