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A Hard Case – Five Law Department Experts offer Advice on Handling and Managing Litigation In-house

by Editors on August 1, 2008

Is managing litigation costs your responsibility? Head over to InsideCounsel to read a recent article that will help you handle the issues:

Controlling litigation cost is among the most vexing problems general counsel face. A combination of soaring hourly rates, inefficient outside counsel and ineffective case oversight can send a law department’s budget out the window.

For decades now, companies have tried to meet the challenge by bringing the litigation function in-house, only to find that the sword cuts both ways. Substantial overhead, reduced flexibility and, in the worst scenario, losing cases can make the cost-saving measure more costly than anticipated.

A Hard Case – InsideCounsel

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