Among the foreboding signs law firms got this past week from a survey of legal departments was an indication that more than a third of them plan to cut legal spend in the next year.

How much meat is left on the bone after years of knife-wielding by general counsel is a debate in itself, but New Jersey firm and branch managers say they’re conditioned to feeling pressure—and applying a bit of their own, on factors they actually can control.

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