Doing more with less is something we have all had to reconcile at one time or another. For corporate legal departments, meeting service demands at some level through external service providers is simple math. Servicing the company/internal client needs equals X, existing resource capabilities equals Y and the delta equals Z.

This article is the second in a series addressing corporate global litigation and investigation needs with a focus on when and how to most effectively fulfill the delta between internal capabilities and those available from outside service providers to create an “extension” of the corporate legal department while maintaining the proper balance of interest alignment and cost avoidance/spend reduction.