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72 per cent (up from 59.7 per cent last year),
followed by 26.2 per cent who said growth
was due to a one-time project, and 15 per
cent indicated it is because the company
made an acquisition.
By The NumBers
Total responses to the survey were 329 and
came from a cross-section of departments.
Similar to last year, 9.1 per cent came from
legal departments with $10 million or more
in legal spending in the last fiscal year,
7 per cent with $5.1 million to $10 million,
6.3 per cent with a budget of $3.1 million
to $5 million, 23.1 per cent at $1 million to
$3 million, 14.6 per cent between $501,000
to $1 million, 25.8 per cent between
$101,000 and $500,000, and 13.7 per cent
spent less than $100,000 in legal costs.
The majority of respondents (54.7 per
cent) have less than five lawyers in the de-
partment. Responses came from a variety
of sectors including government (22.8 per
cent), financial services (20.6 per cent),
industry/manufacturing (14.3 per cent),
resource-based industries (11.5 per cent),
service industries (11.2 per cent), non-prof-
its (8.8 per cent), technology (6 per cent),
and professional services (4.5 per cent).
Litigation remained the No. 1 area of
practice in-house counsel outsource at
69.8 per cent, a drop from 82.4 per cent
in 2013. Employment law remained in the
second spot at a steady 46.2 per cent.
Mergers and acquisitions came in third at
27.8 per cent followed by intellectual prop-
erty matters at 24.4 per cent, and real estate
at 23.3 per cent.
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the law firms
you do business
with to provide a diverse
roster of lawyers to work with?
Yes
15.81%
No
77.67%
We're thinking
about it
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