One in four in-house lawyers feel like "second-class citizens" compared with lawyers in private practice as a result of a key European ruling on privilege for corporate counsel, according to a new poll. More than half -- 52 percent -- of those polled said the ruling has had a negative impact on their professional status. But while it provoked heated responses from a raft of members of the legal community, a substantial body of in-house counsel said they understood the decision.
October 26, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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One in four in-house lawyers feel like “second-class citizens” as a result of a key European ruling on privilege for corporate counsel, according to a new poll.
Twenty-six percent of respondents to the latest The Verdict survey, conducted in association with Davies Arnold Cooper, said the recent Akzo Nobel ruling made them feel like ‘second-class citizens’ compared with lawyers in private practice.
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