This statistic shows the corporate spending on outside legal counsel in the United States from 2001 to 2020. In 2019, corporate spending on outside legal counsel reached 66 billion U.S. dollars, up from 64.7 billion in 2018.
Corporate spending on outside legal counsel in the United States from 2001 to 2020 (in billion U.S. dollars)
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BTI Consulting. (October 7, 2019). Corporate spending on outside legal counsel in the United States from 2001 to 2020 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 20, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/318934/corporate-outside-legal-counsel-spending-us/
BTI Consulting. "Corporate spending on outside legal counsel in the United States from 2001 to 2020 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. October 7, 2019. Statista. Accessed May 20, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/318934/corporate-outside-legal-counsel-spending-us/
BTI Consulting. (2019). Corporate spending on outside legal counsel in the United States from 2001 to 2020 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 20, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/318934/corporate-outside-legal-counsel-spending-us/
BTI Consulting. "Corporate Spending on outside Legal Counsel in The United States from 2001 to 2020 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Oct 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/318934/corporate-outside-legal-counsel-spending-us/
BTI Consulting, Corporate spending on outside legal counsel in the United States from 2001 to 2020 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/318934/corporate-outside-legal-counsel-spending-us/ (last visited May 20, 2022)