In-House Counsel Can Huff And Puff All They Want About Raises, But They'll Still Hire The Same Firms

In-House Counsel Can Huff And Puff All They Want About Raises, But They’ll Still Hire The Same Firms

Come on, you're not really going to fire any of these firms.

By Staci Zaretsky on June 19, 2018 5:06 pm

Every year we moan over those first-year rate increases, and every year we see clients decide to use those firms in a manner that keeps them pretty close to at capacity. So I don’t think that’s going to change for some clients in this market, as much as they huff about it.

— Susan Hackett, CEO of Legal Executive Leadership and former general counsel of the Association of Corporate Counsel, commenting on the fact that in-house gripes about this summer’s Biglaw salary increases aren’t likely to inspire a changing of the guard in outside counsel for most corporate clients.

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