Legal Research And In-House E-Discovery Costs Hard To Recoup From Clients.
Mattern & Associates LLC has released its 2016 costs recovery survey in the attorney-client arena. It shows that 75% of surveyed firms reported that clients will largely refuse to pay for legal research time, with only 25 cents on the dollar being overall recouped. Also, clients were not receptive to reimbursing in-house e-discovery expenses, although there was less griping about outside e-discovery vendor expenses.