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Law firms

Getting more with less

Mark McAteer
Mark McAteer · 1 October 2012 · 2 min read
In-house Legal affairs

There’s good news and bad news for law firms in our first-ever survey of in-house counsel this month. The good news is that clients need their external lawyers now more than ever. The bad news is they’ll need more effort from their firms for the same amount of money.

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