One thing is certain — whether it takes months, or years, for the worldwide economy to completely rebound, all this turmoil is galvanizing corporations to keep pushing their markets globally. This, in turn, further expands the need for international legal advice, and that need fuels the demand for increasingly sophisticated legal technology. We all lived through the seismic upheavals of 2009 — a year that globally reset legal organizations’ expectations, and shoved technology to center stage.

As Outsell’s David Curle says: "Flat is the new up." Corporations have reduced or flattened legal budgets, staff levels have dropped, and workloads have increased. More and more firm leaders are eyeing technology tools as the key to bolstering productivity and decreasing costs.

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