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Corporate outside legal counsel spending in the U.S. 2001-2019
Corporate spending on outside legal counsel in the United States from 2001 to 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars)
by E. Mazareanu,
last edited
Nov 12, 2018
This statistic shows the corporate spending on outside legal counsel in the United States from 2001 to 2019. In 2018, corporate spending on outside legal counsel reached 64.7 billion U.S. dollars, up from 61.5 billion in 2017.
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by E. Mazareanu,
last edited
Nov 12, 2018
This statistic shows the corporate spending on outside legal counsel in the United States from 2001 to 2019. In 2018, corporate spending on outside legal counsel reached 64.7 billion U.S. dollars, up from 61.5 billion in 2017.
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- 2001 to 2018
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Figure previous to 2010 came from earlier releases.
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