Last month, in "Trust But Verify," we identified a mini audit that in-house counsel can administer remotely to assess a firm’s attitude about predicting budgets for a project. In this article, we offer a second mini audit, to determine if firms can capitalize on economies of scale.
MINI AUDIT
Query outside counsel: Request a checklist for filing documents with a court. For a more complete picture, request checklists for 1) an active case, 2) the state court closest to counsel’s office, 3) the federal court closest to counsel’s office, 4) a state court closest to one of their firm’s offices in another city, and 5) a federal court closest to one of their firm’s offices in another city.
