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Groundhog Day: “In-House Counsel Concerned They Are Spending Too Much on Outside Counsel”

THE POINT As former general counsel and legal innovator Jeff Carr tweeted the day after the above headline: “OMG!… Wait, didn’t this story run in 1998, and 2001 and 2008 and 2014 and, well every year there’s a survey? Oh well, might be a slow news day.” DISCUSSION This is…

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Companies Aren’t Helpless When Service Providers Ignore their Needs: What In-House Counsel Can Learn from Mark Cuban

See update below about 3M lawsuit against a re-seller of its N-95 masks alleging “price-gouging” filed April 10, 2020.* THE POINT 1. Conventional law firms design waste into their work — charging by the hour, over-staffing, assigning inexperienced attorneys alongside qualified ones, and avoiding substantial technology adoption. 2. In-house counsel…

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