Perspective
Jan. 7, 2014
Corporate counsel shift spending in-house
Corporate counsel's top goal was to control legal costs for many years, but in 2013 cost control dropped to number two and was replaced by delivering value. By Jennifer Petrone Dezso
For each of the six years prior to 2013, corporate counsel's top goal was to control legal costs. The seven-year itch struck in 2013 - cost control dropped to number two and was replaced by delivering value. A survey, based on more than 300 one-on-one interviews with corporate counsel, reveals the number of corporate counsel who see delivering value as their top goal soared to 31.8 percent in 2013 from 18.7 percent in 2012.
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