While automation technologies are altering the workflow of some in-house counsel, legal departments by in large are hindered by budget and operational challenges in adopting new technology.
Despite movement towards embracing tech, a significant amount of in-house counsel still manage their tasks using manual, more traditional tools. Exterro Inc.’s ” 2016 In-house Legal Benchmarking Report ,” a survey of 76 in-house counsel professionals, for example, found that though 44 percent of respondents used matter management software and 24 percent use legal project management software, around half still managed projects using spreadsheets (48 percent) or emails (56 percent).
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