Bob Rowe, the new lead of Huron Legal, says companies are taking a closer look at legal department spending these days, an area that until recently was mostly insulated from company-wide belt tightening measures. One particular area rife with cost-cutting opportunities is the document discovery process. Rowe estimated that the old way, discovery alone could represent 70 percent of the costs associated with a big legal case. Rowe says new technologies are allowing lawyers to focus on being lawyers, and save bundles of cash in the process.
Consulting: What are some of the challenges facing legal departments today?
