The latest edition of a key annual law department survey indicates that the fortunes of in-house attorneys are looking a bit brighter again, after departments weathered the difficulties of the financial crisis.
The “2013 HBR Law Department Survey,” conducted by HBR Consulting, collected information from 280 companies, domestic and global, to provide a picture of the trends impacting law departments. The survey revealed a 3 percent increase worldwide in companies’ total legal spending in 2012. In-house legal spending rose 5 percent, while spending on outside counsel rose by 2 percent.
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