What are the top outside firms you like to work with?

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A few government and politics headlines for Monday.

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What are deal-breakers for your legal department when seeking outside counsel?

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Jefferson V. Wright will head to Telos Corp. after spending more than 30 years at Miles & Stockbridge P.C. in Baltimore.

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Have general counsels taken on more of an executive position at your company? If so, has their pay increased?

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Should companies be charged for soft costs like catered lunches and photocopying by outside counsel?

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What are the main reasons you would fire outside counsel or have fired outside counsel in the past?

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Do school systems still need in-house legal departments? Or are they better off taking on legal issues as they come and sending the cases to outside counsel?

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As legal costs spiral upward, many corporations are taking a closer look at the cost of outside counsel in comparison to the cost and value received from their in-house legal department. Once considered different functions, the roles of in-house and ...

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In-house counsel have never had an easier time comparing the hourly and package rates of their outside attorneys — that is, if they’re using electronic billing to track and review costs. Electronic billing, known in the industry as e-billing, has ...

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