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A Hard Case - Five Law Department Experts offer Advice on Handling and Managing Litigation In-house

By Geoffrey G. Gussis

Is managing litigation costs your responsibility? Head over to InsideCounsel to read a recent article that will help you handle the issues:

Controlling litigation cost is among the most vexing problems general counsel face. A combination of soaring hourly rates, inefficient outside counsel and ineffective case oversight can send a law department?s budget out the window.

For decades now, companies have tried to meet the challenge by bringing the litigation function in-house, only to find that the sword cuts both ways. Substantial overhead, reduced flexibility and, in the worst scenario, losing cases can make the cost-saving measure more costly than anticipated.

A Hard Case - InsideCounsel

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Full post as published by InhouseBlog - News and Jobs for Inhouse Counsel on August 01, 2008 (boomark / email).