A top initiative of legal departments for 2019 is to manage outside counsel spend, according to a recent survey by alternative legal service provider Tower Legal Solutions, which is driving the use of alternative legal services.

Nearly 60% of the 73 respondents, which included legal operations professionals, attorneys and support staff of in-house legal departments, indicated that managing outside counsel spend was a top priority for 2019. Also, 60% of the respondents overwhelmingly said they used alternative legal services in 2018.