Additionally, the corporate law department has a significant legal budget for sourcing outside legal services that is not easily susceptible to challenge. (lawyer-monthly.com)
Clients today are far more focused on value and predictability in legal budgets. (aderant.com)
But there is also the fear, as legal budgets shrink or remain static, larger firms could use their marketing might to swallow up the space occupied by regional mid-sized players. (canadianlawyermag.com)