Bloomberg Law
July 13, 2015, 12:50 PM UTC

Tech Data GC: Law Firms Aren’t Always the Answer

Blake Edwards

General counsel are always looking for ways to squeeze more work for less money out of law firms, but David Vetter , Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary of IT distributor Tech Data, isn’t afraid to ditch firms altogether.

With a tight budget of $300,000 at a company that grossed $27.7 billion last year, Vetter said he’s used U.S. legal services firm Axiom and international e-discovery provider Consilio to handle large document review projects, and a consulting firm, LRN , to do legal research.

These were all tasks traditional law firms may have handled ten years ago, but ...

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