Panelists at the Association of Corporate Counsel's annual meeting reviewed a myriad of steps in-house departments can take to get more value from law firms, including setting guidelines for when to use outside firms; developing uniform invoice review guidelines; using templates for recurring legal matters; and using early case assessment to figure out whether to settle. Joseph West, associate GC at Wal-Mart, said the company plans to add flextime policies to its current list of criteria for evaluating outside firms.
October 27, 2009 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to add evaluation of a law firm’s flextime policies to its list of criteria for evaluating outside firms, according to a panelist at the Association of Corporate Counsel‘s annual meeting in Boston.
Joseph West, associate general counsel at Wal-Mart, said the company plans to add flextime policies to its current list of law firm measures: cost-effectiveness, performance and diversity.
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