This session will explore how legal teams can improve predictability and control over legal spend through better budgeting, e-billing practices, matter planning, and clearer value criteria for outside counsel work. The focus is on how legal departments and law firms can move beyond simply tracking invoices and use spend data to support better forecasting, pricing conversations, and outsourcing decisions.
Speakers may address how to build more reliable legal budgets, what information should be captured through e-billing, how to identify early warning signs of budget overruns, and which KPIs can help evaluate whether outside counsel spend is aligned with value, complexity, and business priorities. The goal is to help legal teams reduce surprises, improve financial visibility, and make more informed decisions about where and how legal work should be handled.
