CANADIAN LAWYER ANNUAL CORPORATE COUNSEL SURVEY
IN-HOUSE ARE TAKING CHARGE
LEGAL DEPARTMENTS ARE BRINGING MORE WORK IN, CHALLENGING THEIR EXTERNAL FIRMS TO DO BETTER, AND EXERTING MORE CONTROL. BY JENNIFER BROWN
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be breaking down a litigation file and managing some aspects of it themselves to cut costs, sending only the most complicated aspects to external law firms. As has been the case in the last few years, the
he common refrain you will hear from in-house counsel these days is whenever possible they are bringing work in-house as opposed to sending it out. If they are sending work out, it's for complex files or specialized one-off projects involving litiga- tion, tax, or intellectual property matters. Even then, they may well
2012 Canadian Lawyer Corporate Counsel Survey once again reflects that trend. Of the 225 respon- dents from leading Canadian corporate and gov- ernment legal departments, 51.4 per cent said their
