Sentences with phrase «house counsel believe»

Almost 40 % of surveyed in - house counsel believe law firms pad their bills.

According to the blog report, more than half of in - house counsel believe law firms either don't want to, or, simply can't change.

Or do in - house counsel believe that hiring a large firm is a matter of security — just like no one ever got fired for hiring IBM, is it likewise true that no one ever gets blamed for hiring a Cravath or a Simpson Thatcher or a Skadden?

... Despite years of respected industry surveys citing legal costs as a chief concern, the July 2008 Inside Counsel «19th Annual Survey of General Counsel» reported only 11.6 percent of in - house counsel believed law firms were actively seeking ways to reduce the cost of legal services.

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White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said this week that President Donald Trump believes he has the «power» to fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

Caputo said that he believes the investigation being conducted by the House and Senate is purely political, though he did say that he supports an investigation by the special counsel.

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Eighty - eight per cent of in - house counsel also believe major London infrastructure projects like Crossrail will improve the attractiveness of London as a business centre.

The majority of in - house lawyers have reservations about Deutsche Bank's plan to stop paying panel law firms for work carried out by junior lawyers, but believe the move is likely to start a trend, according to a new Legal Week survey of corporate counsel.

In - house lawyers believe general counsel at leading companies remain underpaid compared to other senior executives despite recent publicity over the high levels of pay received by some GCs in the banking sector, according to Legal Week's latest Big Question survey

This month Lawyer Monthly has heard a great deal from Erin Stephens of Sport England, who believes her in - house counsel role is more than just answering legal queries and is more about getting involved in the nitty gritty details and tasks of the teams she leads.

For example, I believe it is incumbent on in - house counsel to sit with engineering as products are being designed, and with operations as they are being tested and certified, and simultaneously draft the product warranty, along with the disclaimers and exceptions.

He saw in - house counsel as isolated from their peers at other companies and believed they would benefit from a networking forum.

The law firms who believe in - house counsel want to see them with marble tables and cappuccinos made to order are really fooling themselves,» said Veta Richardson, president and CEO of the Association of Corporate Ccounsel want to see them with marble tables and cappuccinos made to order are really fooling themselves,» said Veta Richardson, president and CEO of the Association of Corporate CounselCounsel.

I believe that as in - house counsel learn the value of modern business tools and methods designed to increase efficiency and effectiveness; such as project management, knowledge management, business intelligence, and so on; they will increasingly demand use of those same tools and methods by their favoured outside counsel.

[O] ver 80 percent of senior in - house counsel attendees said they believed law firms should share the risk of budget overruns, yet inexplicably, less than 5 percent had put into effect alternative billing arrangements to create risk sharing.

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Given the breadth of the CPR Arbitration Committee's membership and the invaluable feedback from several in - house counsel, I believe we have succeeded.

As hard as it may be for some to believe, in - house counsel are not perfect!

For example, in - house counsel said they give outside firms total responsibility for big lawsuits only 10 % of the time, but law firms believe clients give them complete control of litigation work 58 % of the time.

At a time when wage - hour litigation and agency investigations are at an all - time high, we believe the app offers an invaluable resource for employers, human resources personnel, and in - house counsel.

Because of the current state of the relationship between most in - house counsel and outside litigation counsel, outside counsel are not asking for budget for everything they believe would help win a case.

«In overall terms, I believe in - house counsel would benefit from a greater degree of transparency in terms of fee estimates with an increase in the use of agreed maximum fees on certain transactions».

As I have written before, I believe that in - house counsel should embrace the responsibility to engage with their outside counsel; it is not enough to simply move work.