From : Blog Entry>>Eric’s Blog Entry
As in-house counsel, your priorities are to develop a high-quality patent portfolio for your company while staying within the company’s IP budget. By contrast, the priority of outside counsel is more closely tied to basic economics. A law firm desires to maximize its profits, but higher quality work at a lower price may reduce profits. As in-house counsel, it is important to take action to ensure that your outside counsel is taking care to do high-quality work.  This is especially the case [More]