Ever have a sneaking suspicion that other legal departments know something you don’t about how to save on costs? Well, maybe they do. But you don’t have to be out of the loop, according to a new analysis by the Corporate Executive Board.

The member-based advisory company works with 1,150 legal departments around the globe, and recently surveyed 180 in-house departments (88 percent of them at companies based in North America) to examine the different practices amongst comparable departments with the highest expenses and lowest expenses.

The result is an analysis called "9 Efficiency Trends to Watch for in Legal." CorpCounsel.com caught up with CEB managing director Sampriti Ganguli to discuss some of the survey’s top findings.

1. Perform more work in-house.

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