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Oct. 21, 2010

Recession Prompted Companies to Slice Legal Spending

In-house legal departments succeeded at cutting overall spending during the height of the recession - in most cases at the expense of outside counsel - according to a report released Tuesday by Hildebrandt Baker Robbins.

By Sara Randazzo

Daily Journal Staff Writer

In-house legal departments succeeded at cutting overall spending during the height of the recession - in most cases at the expense of outside counsel - according to a report released Tuesday by Hildebrandt Baker Robbins.

The consulting firm reported spending on outside counsel dipped by 5 percent in the U.S. and 6 percent worldwide between 2008 and 2009, most notably on non-litigation...

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