Company law departments haven’t been spared the pressures of the current economic crisis. According to a recent national survey by consulting firm Altman Weil, three-quarters of the law department leaders who responded are facing budget cuts for 2009.
The survey indicates that 65 percent of respondents propose cutting costs by bringing more legal work in-house in 2009, and 53 percent plan to use law firms that offer lower rates. Some plan to trim lawyer and staff jobs and compensation. And 12 percent of respondents said they would look to cut costs by sending work overseas.
