Companies are slashing legal costs left and right, with consultants lining up to show them how. Curiously, one of those consultants is a Chicago law firm: Seyfarth Shaw LLP.
The concept understandably has been a tough sell to some Seyfarth partners, and some general counsels are skeptical of its cost-benefit. Seyfarth has landed only a handful of known consulting clients, including Chicago's CNA Financial Corp., Nike Inc. of Beaverton, Ore., and Rockwell Collins Inc., a Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based...