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Law Practice

Dec. 1, 2015

Procurement departments look to reign in legal spending

Duties previously handled exclusively by a company's legal department are being increasingly overseen by its procurement team.

By Steven Crighton
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A procurement department is tasked with ensuring the best deals for their company's everyday office supplies: pencils, paperclips, and these days, legal services.

Duties previously handled exclusively by a company's legal department are being increasingly overseen by its procurement department, experts say, a push mostly driven by the need to keep legal budgets tight. ...

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