Litigation Trends Survey Findings

Click here for "Fulbright's Corporate Couinsel Litigation Trends Survey Findings." Among the conclusions:

• the meadian number of pending cases for billion dollar companies is 86, up from 80 three years ago
• over 88% of companies regularly or sometimes file lawsuits
• more than two thirds of corporate counsel cite predictable costs as their biggest concern
• the most popular method of controlling costs is the use of scanned databases
• the least popular cost control method is real-time tracking of budgetes v. actual costs
• 80% of corporations use hourly billing arrangements