In-house legal counsel will be interested by the latest 2014 Litigation and Corporate Compliance Survey from AlixPartners. European companies reported higher costs associated with dealing with possible litigation. Half said their companies had increased spending, and 37% reported an increase in the size of their companies’ litigation departments. This is what they found:
What is most interesting however is that, with increased pressure to do more for less, in-house counsel are looking to tackle the problems earlier to prevent them becoming potentially threats to the business. Prima Facie is fully in accord with this pro-active outlook. Both Prima Facie’s principals have extensive heavyweight litigation experience that has led them to the same conclusion as the Survey. Consult us if you want to learn more.