Follow-up to ABA TechShow: Susskind’s words seem to ring true — BigBusiness is dumping BigLaw

We covered Richard Susskind’s speech at the ABA TechShow (click here) and we had previously covered his thoughts in our “Changing Legal Landscape” series (click here).

Today’s Legal Blog Watch reports on a trend of BigLaw being dumped for lower-priced boutiques following the lead of DuPont and adding firms with 300 or fewer lawyers to their rosters of outside counsel — saving as much as half compared with what they would pay larger Wall Street firms.

But as the Legal Blog Watch report says “No question, companies still turn to the old standbys for those bet-the-farm cases. More and more, however, they are turning to mid-sized and even small boutique firms to handle their outside work. But interestingly — and here is the part that fits squarely with Susskind’s comments — work is not being doled out on an all-or-nothing basis”.

For the full Legal Blog Watch article click here.