The Am Law Daily chuckled a little bit when we read the section of the Association of Corporate Counsel’s annual survey of chief legal officers (CLOs) in which they were asked to identify any number of ways outside counsel could improve their relationship with in-house lawyers. Only 7% of respondents wanted more on-site visits from their law firm, but 60% said they would prefer firms to use alternative fee arrangements more often.
So: face-to-face contact ranks far below the almighty buck, though, in fairness, 49% of respondents did say they would like more frequent communication with firm lawyers.
