Thomson Reuters conducted a survey of 429 attorneys and operational professionals working in corporate legal departments to examine their ongoing efforts to improve efficiency and productivity across their in-house teams. Building on the 2015 Thomson Reuters Legal Department In-Sourcing and Efficiency Report, the 2016 survey continued tracking how corporate counsel professionals are managing internal and external resources to achieve greater efficiency and productivity.
This report analyzes how legal departments are adapting by keeping work in-house, particularly with certain tasks related to contracts, intellectual property, mergers and acquisitions, and litigation. It also explores how in-house leaders are implementing changes both within the department, such as using legal department operations professionals, and outside the department, such as changing how they partner with outside counsel.
