BTI Consulting Group
Companies Make Room for General Counsel Turnover
March 12, 2014
Make way, here come the new general counsel. A forthcoming survey from BTI Consulting Group reveals that 10 percent of large companies started 2014 with new GCs at the helm of their legal departments. Although the BTI Benchmarking Corporate Counsel Management Strategies survey, now in its 13th year, has not yet been formally released, BTI shared some insights ahead of publication. The survey was assembled using interviews from more than 300 chief legal officers and general counsel at Fortune...
March 12, 2014
Make way, here come the new general counsel. A forthcoming survey from BTI Consulting Group reveals that 10 percent of large companies started 2014 with new GCs at the helm of their legal departments. Although the BTI Benchmarking Corporate Counsel Management Strategies survey, now in its 13th year, has not yet been formally released, BTI shared some insights ahead of publication. The survey was assembled using interviews from more than 300 chief legal officers and general counsel at Fortune...
Companies Expect More Litigation, Less Spending in 2014
September 16, 2013
Corporate counsel expect to see a surge in litigation in 2014, but the implementation of more aggressive cost containment measures means they will not be spending more money on legal fees, according to “Litigation Outlook 2014” from The BTI consulting Group. One exception is in IP litigation, which is poised for the highest growth of any corporate litigation segment and remains one of the fastest-growing practices in the legal market, the study found. Overall, 60.7 percent of in-house...
September 16, 2013
Corporate counsel expect to see a surge in litigation in 2014, but the implementation of more aggressive cost containment measures means they will not be spending more money on legal fees, according to “Litigation Outlook 2014” from The BTI consulting Group. One exception is in IP litigation, which is poised for the highest growth of any corporate litigation segment and remains one of the fastest-growing practices in the legal market, the study found. Overall, 60.7 percent of in-house...
Corporate Counsel Shift $5.8 Billion In House
June 30, 2013
BTI Consulting Group’s research sees projected 2013 growth of only 1.8% in outside counsel spending. Corporate legal departments shifted $5.8 billion from their outside counsel budget to internal spending. BTI Consulting Group's newest release of BTI Benchmarking Corporate Counsel Management Strategies reveals corporate counsel at the world’s largest companies continue to move dollars in house—and away from outside counsel. The shift drives a paltry projected 2013 growth of 1.8% in outside...
June 30, 2013
BTI Consulting Group’s research sees projected 2013 growth of only 1.8% in outside counsel spending. Corporate legal departments shifted $5.8 billion from their outside counsel budget to internal spending. BTI Consulting Group's newest release of BTI Benchmarking Corporate Counsel Management Strategies reveals corporate counsel at the world’s largest companies continue to move dollars in house—and away from outside counsel. The shift drives a paltry projected 2013 growth of 1.8% in outside...
