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Survey Reveals In-House Counsel Are Requiring More of Their Outside Counsel
Gone are the days when in-house counsel send out major projects to outside counsel, pay vague bills "for services rendered," and remain uninvolved while outside counsel determine what is necessary, according to the results of the 2007 ACC/Serengeti Managing Outside Counsel Survey. "In-house counsel are taking note of the rise in hourly rates and associate salaries, and are holding their outside firms accountable," explains Association of Corporate Counsel President Fred Krebs.