Legal departments are frustrated that outside counsel are not more business savvy, a shortcoming that’s helping drive the trend to move more work in-house, according to a Thomson Reuters report.

While in-house leaders continue to rely heavily on outside law firms for their specialized expertise and knowledge of regulations, many GCs say their own teams have a better understanding of the actual business implications of legal matters, the report found.

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