A new survey of senior corporate counsel has highlighted improving prospects for litigation work, with more than 40% of respondents expecting an upturn in the next year, reports The Am Law Litigation Daily.

The 2009 Fulbright & Jaworski Litigation Trends report, now in its sixth year, canvassed 267 in-house lawyers from the US and 125 from the UK, with more than half of the respondents representing businesses with revenues of more than $1bn (£610m).