E-Discovery Work Moves In-House to Cut Costs, Survey Finds

Organizations are finding opportunities to control their legal spending by moving more e-discovery work in-house, a recent survey by Exterro Inc. and the Blickstein Group suggests.

A survey of 59 in-house legal decision makers found that more of them expect that in-house legal spending will increase this year than do outside legal spending. Forty-eight percent of respondents said inside legal spending will increase this year, compared to only 25 percent who said so in an Exterro-Blickstein Group survey conducted last year.

Meanwhile, only 38 percent of respondents expect outside legal spending will increase this year, and another 38 percent said ...