CANADIAN LAWYER'S ANNUAL CORPORATE COUNSEL SURVEY
"There is an absolute lack of understanding even now, to my
amazement, of the tightening of costs inside companies, and law firms keep increasing their internal costs." — survey respondent
new agreements with outside counsel over the past year. The bad news for law firms is that although 66 per cent of
respondents say they believe the volume of total legal work will grow in 2011, 80 per cent admit they are likely to absorb any additional work into the law department rather than sending it out to firms. "The legal profession is feeling pressure both internally . . . and law firms who have not historically shared the pain to any real extent are being asked to now," says Mabey. "Signs that the legal departments have not made a full recovery . . . include less work going to exter- nal counsel with the workload having to be picked up by in-house counsel."
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Boughton Law Corporation www.boughton.ca
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McLennan Ross LLP www.mross.com
Edmonton • Calgary, AB 780.482.9200 • 403.543.9120
Yellowknife, NT • 867.766.7677 Balfour Moss LLP
www.balfourmoss.com Regina • Saskatoon, SK 306.347.8300 • 306.665.7844
PITBLADOLLP www.pitblado.com Winnipeg, MB 204.956.0560
Harrison Pensa LLP
www.harrisonpensa.com London, ON 519.679.9660
Minden Gross LLP
www.mindengross.com Toronto, ON 416.362.3711
40 NO VEMBER / DECEMBER 2010 www. C ANADIAN Law ye rmag.com BrazeauSeller.LLP
www.brazeauseller.com Ottawa, ON 613.237.4000
BCF LLP www.bcf.ca
Montréal • Québec City, QC 514.397.8500 • 418.266.4500
Ottenheimer | Baker
www.ottenheimerbaker.com St John's, NL 709.722.7584
Wickwire Holm
www.wickwireholm.com Halifax, NS 902.429.4111
Matheson & Murray
www.mathesonandmurray.com Charlottetown, PE 902.894.7051
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www.barryspalding.com Moncton • Saint John, NB 506.388.4226 • 506.633.4226
