CANADIAN LAWYER'S ANNUAL CORPORATE COUNSEL SURVEY
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he economy might have improved, but the ben- efits have not yet trickled down to legal depart- ments, according to the latest annual Canadian Lawyer corporate counsel survey. Nearly 80 per cent of the 165 respondents,
who came from leading Canadian corporate and government legal departments, say an improv- ing economic climate had no effect on their legal
spending. In addition, nearly 30 per cent have seen their legal budgets cut further last year, while 43 per cent remained at the same level of 2008. Only 28 per cent saw increases in the legal department spending.
Canadian Lawyer's annual corporate counsel survey shows keeping costs down is still the main focus for in-house legal departments as economic recovery has failed to translate into higher budgets and spending.
By Andi Balla
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