Increasing regulation will require companies in the manufacturing sector to rely more on their legal departments to help with business strategy, according to a report published this week by Forbes Insights and K&L Gates.

Forty-five percent of respondents believe that regulation is increasing in both volume and complexity. Rick Giovannelli, a partner at K&L Gates in Charlotte, North Carolina, said manufacturing companies are now finding that investing in legal is critical to business because of the complexity of new regulations.

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