Cost control efforts, like diets, are only effective if you stick to them. Ay, there’s the rub: How does a general counsel get individual lawyers to care about how much is spent on outside counsel for their matters?
This article presents nine techniques that help each in-house lawyer promote effective budget management and trim outside counsel spending. To be sure, saving money cannot be the primary goal of a law department; winning and succeeding count more than fees. But in the effort to balance costs and outcomes, these techniques can make a difference.
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