The economic downturn is pushing corporate legal departments to a new level of frugality, particularly when it comes to the cost of outside counsel, according to a group of in-house lawyers who spoke at the Leadership Institute for Women of Color Attorneys in Law & Business. “When we get letters from law firms saying how much they are going to increase their fees in 2009, everybody breaks out in laughter, because that is not happening,” said Sandra Mulrain, division counsel for Georgia-Pacific.
In-House Lawyers Feel Economic Pinch
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