Changing In-House

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Changing In-House Outside Counsel Relationships
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Panel

• Arthur Molins Lufthansa Airlines
• Kara Ong ATT Mobility
• Victor Leo Eaton Corporation
• Livingstone Johnson The Coca-Cola Company
• John Letchinger Wildman Harrold

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The Changing Relationship

• The Financial Relationship
• Fee Arrangements
• Billing Processes
• Outside Administrators
• Outsourcing Legal Work
• Communicating with In-House Counsel
• In-House Solicitor Maintaining Privilege

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The Financial Relationship

• How Financial Considerations are changing
  In-House and Outside Counsel Relationships
• Increasing Competition
• Reducing the Number of Outside Legal Service
  Providers
• Requests for Proposals
• Fee Arrangements

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The Financial RelationshipBilling Processes

• Cost Controls
• The Classic Stressor to the In-House / Outside
  Counsel Relationship
• Budgets and Forecasting
• Billing Guidelines
• Legal Services are a commodity

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The Financial RelationshipMonitoring Costs

• Assessing the Bang for the Buck
• Use of External Billing Review Services
• How Do They Work
• What Information Do They Provide
• Billing Databases
• E- Billing
• Mandatory and Discretionary Matters
• Internal Billing Reviews
• By Internal Counsel and Outside Counsel
• Proper Staffing
• Marking Up Third Party Supplier Costs

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The Financial RelationshipMonitoring Costs

• Outsourcing to Reduce Costs?
• Experiences and Concerns
• Off Shore Suppliers
• Quality Control Issues
• Privilege and Confidentiality Concerns

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Communicating With In-House Counsel

• Importance of the Relationship
• Is it a Mercedes or a Volkswagen Case
• No Surprises
• Budgetary
• Substantive

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Maintaining Privilege for In-House Counsel

• Communications between In-House and Outside
  Counsel
• Communications between In-House Counsel and
  Business Units
• Communications between US In-House Counsel and
  Counterparts in the U.K and E.U.