Want to know how legal teams can efficiently manage outside counsel? Amit Dungarani of Casepoint discusses that in this post here!

As discussed in the post (Smarter Spend: How Legal Teams Can Efficiently Manage Outside Counsel, available here), outside counsel expenses often represent the most significant portion of a legal department’s budget, and the way those dollars are spent is under more scrutiny than ever. Traditional hourly billing models can create misaligned incentives between law firms and corporate legal teams, especially when it comes to efficiency, transparency, and cost predictability.

At the same time, many matters handled by outside counsel involve work that could be performed more efficiently through alternative staffing models or modern legal technology. And with rising complexity, fee pressures, and heightened expectations from the business, legal departments are finding that predictability and cost control are increasingly challenging — even as overall budgets tighten.

The bottom line: legal leaders must decide which matters genuinely require premium external expertise, and which can be brought in-house or handled under alternative fee arrangements without compromising outcomes.

So, how can organizations apply a strategic approach to this challenge? And what’s an effective action plan, complete with key performance indicators (KPIs) and action steps? Find out here, it’s only one click! Managing outside counsel starts with managing to click! 😉

So, what do you think? How is your organization managing outside counsel? Please share any comments you might have or if you’d like to know more about a particular topic.

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