Clearing the Way to Work Effectively With Outside Litigation Counsel
February 11, 2010Relations between in-house counsel and outside litigation counsel come in all varieties. Birds of a feather. Oil and water. Everybody obviously wants to avoid the latter. And in today’s economic climate, it is more important than ever to maximize utility of outside counsel. Clients continue to pare their outside counsel lists and are focused on value and efficiency. Outside counsel relationships that are not running smoothly may be the first to go.