As noted in a recent study, only about 30 percent of general counsel nationwide were satisfied with their primary law firms in 2005, down from 43.5 percent the year before. And the GCs, squeezed by budget constraints and pressure from boards of directors, are reacting to shoddy work by demoting and replacing their primary law firms and spreading the wealth among more secondary firms. How do you keep your law firm from losing its spot on the speed-dial? Some top GCs share their pet peeves in this interview.
May 23, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Richard Gray is not fond of surprises.
Not the kind that arrive when Gray, the Claria Corp. general counsel, is on a conference call with the company’s entire board of directors and his outside counsel brings up a new legal requirement or a potential problem for the first time.
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