BTI Litigation Outlook 2014 Executive Summary

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©2013 The BTI Consulting Group, Inc. All rights reserved. +1 617 439 0333  www.bticonsulting.com BTI Litigation Outlook 2014: Changes, Trends and Opportunities for Law Firms
Executive Summary
Opposing Forces Drive 2014 Litigation Market—An Impetus for New Business
Activity and New Matters to Surge
60.7% of clients expect to see a jump in the number of litigation matters they will be handling
in 2014. Each new matter represents an opportunity for new business. Corporate clients will be
busier and more focused on litigation.
Spending Is Heading Down
Litigation is the largest part of most medium- and large-sized companies’ legal spending,
accounting for 38–41% of a typical corporate legal budget. Companies have been attacking
litigation costs with a vengeance since 2010. In 2013, we see more aggressive and widespread
use of early case assessment (ECA) as a cost management tool. The combination of ECA,
alternative fees, budget enforcement, alternative staffing and a focus on settlements
convinces corporate counsel they can manage the new surge in matters with minimal, if any,
spending increase.
The law firms who can change their approach to help drive these costs down and market to
the new surge of business will fare well in a new twist to the market.
BTI’s Litigation Outlook is your tool to harness the power of opposing forces to win more clients,
more business and higher rates now and moving forward.

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1. Litigation activity to increase as a more litigious mood creeps back into the economy
2. Corporate counsel embracing early case assessment as a potent litigation
management tool to drive budgets and settlements
3. IP Litigation remains strong and front and center
4. Supreme Court puts Class Actions in the spotlight
5. Employment Litigation buoyed by evolving legislation and regulations
6. Litigation costs receiving more management scrutiny than ever before
BTI Top Market Drivers for 2014
Executive Summary
Top Market Drivers for 2014

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Table of Contents Click on any title to go directly to the chapter
Litigation Market Trends and
Corporate Counsel Expectations 5
• The $21 Billion Litigation Market 6
• Matters to Surge, Spending Flat 9
• Resolution Rates Remain High 10
• Alternative Fees Usage Offering Double-Digit Savings 11
Litigation Forecast 2014 12
• BTI Premium Practices Roadmap for Litigation 13
– Class Actions and Torts 16
– IP Litigation 18
– Securities and Finance Litigation 20
– Commercial Litigation 22
– Employment Litigation 24
– Product Liability Litigation 26
• BTI Opportunity Zones 2014: Highest Growth
Potential Areas by Industry and Litigation Type 28
The 5 Types of Litigation Clients 30
• Just 48% of Companies Account for
Nearly 90% of Litigation Spending 32
• Profile and Buying Behavior of:
– Volume Buyers 34
– High-End Clients 35
– Generalists 36
– Routine Litigators 37
– One-Hit Wonders 38
Litigation Powerhouses 39
• Managing Outside Counsel for Litigation:
Dual-Role Law Firms 39
– Corporate Litigation Leaders Add
to Their Rosters 40
– Higher Client Satisfaction for Dual-Role
Primary Litigation Firms 42
Continued

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Table of Contents Click on any title to go directly to the chapter
Litigation Powerhouses (cont.) 43
• The Law Firms Clients Most Want on Their Side 43
– Class Actions and Torts 45
– IP Litigation 46
– Securities and Finance Litigation 47
– Complex Commercial Litigation 48
– Routine Commercial Litigation 49
– Complex Employment Litigation 50
– Routine Employment Litigation 51
– Product Liability Litigation 52
• The BTI Fearsome Foursome: Most Feared Law Firms 53
BTI Recommendations 58
About BTI 60
• Research Methodology and Approach 61
• Key Services to Help Our Clients 62
• BTI Research and Publications 64
Index of Law Firms 65
Terms of Use 70
Contact BTI 71

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Index of Law Firms

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Index of Law Firms
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Adams and Reese 46, 49, 50, 51, 52
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld 45, 56
Alston & Bird 45, 46, 47, 48, 51, 56
Anthony Ostlund Baer & Louwagie 56
Arena Hoffman 51
Arnold & Porter 46, 48, 52
Arnstein & Lehr 48, 49
Ayres, Warren, Shelton & Williams 52
B
Baker & McKenzie 48, 49, 50, 51, 56
Baker Botts 46, 56
Baker Donelson 48, 49
Barnes & Thornburg 46, 48, 49
Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott 45, 46, 47, 48, 56
Beirne, Maynard & Parsons 49
Bereskin & Parr 46
Bickel & Brewer 56
Bingham Greenebaum Doll 49
Bingham McCutchen 45, 47, 48
Black McCuskey Souers & Arbagh 46, 51
Blake, Cassels & Graydon 48
Bodker, Ramsey, Andrews, Winograd & Wildstein 49
Boies, Schiller & Flexner 55
Boutin Jones 46, 47, 48, 49
Bowman and Brooke 56
Bracewell & Giuliani 48, 49, 56
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings 45
Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione 46
Brooks Wilkins Sharkey & Turco 56
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck 50, 51
Bryan Cave 45, 46, 52, 56
Buchanan Angeli Altschul & Sullivan 51
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney 46, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52
Butler Snow 50, 52
C
Cahill Gordon & Reindel 47
Calfee 49, 51, 56
Capstan 50, 51
Carroll, Burdick & McDonough 45, 52
Cassiday Schade 52
Chadbourne & Parke 46, 47
Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52
Christian & Small 52
Coats Rose 50, 51
Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass 45
Conley Rose 56
Constangy, Brooks & Smith 45, 50, 51
Cook Yancey King & Galloway 56
Covington & Burling 45, 48
Cozen O’Connor 45
Cravath, Swaine & Moore 47, 55
Crist, Krogh & Nord 50, 51
Crowell & Moring 45, 46, 47, 48
Crowley Fleck 56
D
Datsopoulos MacDonald & Lind 48, 49, 50
Davis Wright Tremaine 49, 50, 51
Debevoise & Plimpton 47
Dechert 45, 46, 48, 49, 52
Dentons 46
Dickstein Shapiro 48, 49, 56
DLA Piper 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 56
Dolan Griggs 51
Dority & Manning 46
Dorsey &Whitney 46, 47, 49
Duane Morris 56
Dykema 48, 49, 50, 51, 52
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Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott 50, 51
Edwards Wildman Palmer 45, 46, 48, 49, 51
F
Faegre Baker Daniels 47, 48, 56
Finnegan 46
Fish & Richardson 46, 56
Fisher & Phillips 50, 51
Foley & Lardner 46, 48, 49, 56
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Gallagher Evelius & Jones 48
Germer Gertz 52
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher 45, 46, 48, 50, 51, 56
Goldberg Segalla 52

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Index of Law Firms (cont.)
Goodmans 49
Goodwin Procter 50, 52, 56
Gordon Feinblatt 50, 51
Gowling Lafleur Henderson 48
Gray Plant Moody 56
Greenberg Traurig 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 56
Gusrae Kaplan Nusbaum 56
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Hahn & Hessen 49
Hahn Loeser & Parks 51
Hanson Bridgett 48, 50, 51, 56
Harness, Dickey & Pierce 46
Herbert Smith Freehills 56
Hill, Farrer & Burrill 51
Hinshaw & Culbertson 45, 49, 51, 52
Hogan Lovells 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 52, 55
Holland & Hart 46, 47, 48, 49, 52
Holland & Knight 48, 49
Hollingsworth 52
Hovey Williams 46
Hunton & Williams 46, 48
Husch Blackwell 50, 51
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Ice Miller 50, 51
Irell & Manella 46, 56
J
Jackson Lewis 45, 50, 51, 56
Jackson Walker 48, 49
Jacobson Holman 46
Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell 47
Jenner & Block 48, 49, 55
Johnston Barton 52
Jones & Keller 56
Jones Day 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 55
Jones Walker 47, 51, 52
Jorden Burt 45
K
K&L Gates 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 56
Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman 45, 50
Katten Muchin Rosenman 46, 47
Kaye Scholer 45, 47
Kean Miller 51
Keker & Van Nest 45, 47
Kelley Drye & Warren 46, 47, 49, 50
Keller and Heckman 48
Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check 56
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton 46, 47, 56
Kirkland & Ellis 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 55
Klarquist Sparkman 46
The Kullman Firm 51
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Langlois Kronstrӧm Desjardins 56
Latham & Watkins 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 56
Leader & Berkon 49
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith 45, 49, 52
Lewis, Rice & Fingersh 49
Littler Mendelson 45, 50, 51, 56
Locke Lord 46, 48, 50
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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips 51
Markowitz, Herbold, Glade & Mehlhaf 45, 48, 49
Mayer Brown 45, 47, 48, 52, 56
Maynard Cooper & Gale 47
McCarthy Tétrault 56
McDermott Will & Emery 45, 48, 49, 52
McDonald Carano Wilson 46
McGrath North Mullin & Kratz 45, 48
McGuireWoods 49, 50, 52, 56
McKool Smith 56
Miller Canfield 50, 51, 56
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo 46, 48, 49
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp 48, 49
Morgan Brown & Joy 51
Morgan Lewis 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 56
Morrison & Foerster 46, 47, 48, 50, 56
Munger, Tolles & Olsen 56
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Nelson Mullins 46, 52
Nixon & Vanderhye 46
Nixon Peabody 56
Norton Rose Fulbright 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 56

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Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg 46
Nyemaster Goode 51
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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart 45, 50, 51
O’Hare Parnagian 52
O’Melveny & Myers 45, 48, 49
O’Rourke, Hogan, Fowler & Dwyer 48
Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly 45, 51
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe 45, 48, 49, 50
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt 47, 48, 49
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Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs 45, 48
Parr Brown Gee & Loveless 50, 51
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler 56
Patton Boggs 56
Paul Hastings 45, 50, 51, 56
Paul, Weiss 45, 46, 47, 48, 56
Perkins Coie 45, 48, 49, 56
The Perry Law Firm 49, 50
Peters & Monyak 52
Phillips Nizer 49
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman 48, 56
Polsinelli 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52
Porter Hedges 49, 51
Proskauer Rose 50
Q
Quarles & Brady 46, 50, 51, 56
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan 45, 46, 48, 52, 55
R
Racine Olson Nye Budge & Bailey 49
Reed Smith 45, 46, 47, 50, 51, 52, 56
Rendigs, Fry, Kiely & Dennis 51
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd 56
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi 56
Rogers Joseph O’Donnell 52
Ropes & Gray 45, 46, 47, 48, 49
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Schiff Hardin 52
Schmoyer Reinhard 50, 51
Schopf & Weiss 49
Scopelitis, Garvin, Light, Hanson & Feary 45
Sedgwick 50, 51, 52, 56
Severson & Werson 45
Seyfarth Shaw 50, 51, 56
Shearman & Sterling 56
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton 45, 47, 48, 49, 51
Shook, Hardy & Bacon 45, 46, 52
Sidley Austin 45, 47, 48, 50
SimpsonThacher &Bartlett 47
Skadden,Arps,Slate,Meagher&Flom 45,47,48,52, 55
Smith Anderson 48, 49
Stein Sperling Bennett De Jong Driscoll 49, 51
Steptoe & Johnson 48, 49
Stoel Rives 48, 50, 51
Strasburger Price Oppenheimer Blend 48
Sullivan & Cromwell 45, 47, 56
Sullivan, Ward, Asher & Patton 48, 49, 52
Sumner, Schick & Pace 48, 50
Susman Godfrey 56
Sutherland 48, 49
T
Theodora Oringher 45
Thompson & Knight 46, 51
Thompson Coburn 51, 52
Thompson Hine 48, 49, 50, 51, 52
Torys 47, 49, 50, 51
Troutman Sanders 47, 56
Tucker Ellis 52
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Ulmer & Berne 49
Ungaretti & Harris 50
V
Valorem Law Group 49
Van Ness Feldman 56
Varnum 48, 49
Venable 48, 56
Vinson & Elkins 47, 50, 56
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Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz 47, 56
Walker Tipps & Malone 48
Warner Norcross & Judd 56
Weil, Gotshal & Manges 45

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Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell 56
White & Case 45
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston 50, 51
Wiley Rein 48, 56
Williams & Connolly 56
Williams Mullen 48, 52
WilmerHale 46, 47, 50, 52
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker 48, 49, 51
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati 45, 46, 56
Winstead 52
Winston & Strawn 46, 48
Wollmuth Maher & Deutsch 56
Womble Carlyle 45
Woods Rogers 51
Wulfsberg Reese & Colvig 48,49
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Yukevich | Cavanaugh 52, 56
Z
Ziegler Metzger 56
Zimmerman, Axelrad, Meyer, Stern & Wise 48

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About BTI

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Research Methodology and Approach
BTI Litigation Outlook draws on more than 3,700 interviews conducted over the span of 13 years. BTI’s
ongoing Annual Survey of General Counsel includes between 50% and 55% of companies participating in prior
years. This approach provides for accurate analysis of longitudinal trends while simultaneously allowing for
insights into new, changing and up-and-coming opportunities.
Spending, budget and practice assessments for 2013 and 2014 are based on 300 new one-on-one telephone
interviews with decision-makers at top-spending companies:
• Average revenue of $14.3 billion
• Median revenue of $4.0 billion
This year’s new analysis relies on interviews conducted between March 11, 2013 and June 28, 2013 with
legal decision-makers, including:
• Head of Litigation
• Chief and Vice President of Litigation
• General Counsel
• Direct report to General Counsel
BTI conducts all interviews using multiple techniques. These include:
• Structured questions
• Quantitative questions
• Forward-looking questions
• Experience-based questions

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Key Services to Help Our Clients
BTI conducts private benchmarking, market awareness and client satisfaction research for
some of the best-run organizations in the world. BTI boasts one of the world’s largest
knowledge bases of professional services research based on more than 13,000 interviews
conducted over the past 24 years.
BTI enjoys a far-reaching client base, including:
• More than 70 of the 100 largest law firms
• Over 250 of the leading professional services firms worldwide
• Over 35% of the Global 500
• More than 450 Fortune 1000 companies

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BTI Research and Publications
BTI Premium Practices Forecast 2014: Survey of Corporate Legal Spending http://www.btipremiumpractices.com
Discover what’s in store for the 2014 legal market: which practices are on the rise, which industries are planning for more new matters and exactly
what clients are looking for from the law firms they choose to represent them. Based on 300 one-on-one interviews with large corporate clients,
founded in over 13 years of key trends and replete with over 32 practice-specific recommendations for driving business. New release October 2013.
Email Michael B. Rynowecer at mrynowecer@bticonsulting.com to pre-order your copy now. Coming soon.
The BTI Client Service A-Team 2014: The Survey of Client Service Performance for Law Firms http://www.bticlientserviceateam.com
17 activities drive superior client relationships. 4 matter most. Discover how clients rate more than 250 law firms in these key activities—including
Client Focus, Commitment to Help, Legal Skills and Provides Value for the Dollar. Learn which firms rank best: The BTI Client Service 30. New release
November 2013. Email Michael B. Rynowecer at mrynowecer@bticonsulting.com to pre-order your copy now. Coming soon.
The 2013 BTI Brand Elite: Client Perceptions of the Best-Branded Law Firms http://www.btibrandelite.com
More than 3,400 in-depth interviews with corporate counsel reveal 9 distinct dimensions of law firm brand drive client selection
and hiring—and are proven to generate new business and higher profits. The BTI Brand Elite delineates exactly how clients
perceive nearly 400 law firms and which 18 enjoy the best brand image in the eyes of clients.
The 2013 BTI Client Service All-Stars http://www.bticlientserviceallstars.com
Corporate counsel’s keen assessment of outside counsel separates the attorneys who deliver excellent client service from those
simply delivering good client service. This year, 307 attorneys step up to meet—and exceed—clients’ expectations and earn
recognition, by name, from corporate counsel for delivering the absolute best client service.
You can order these and other compelling BTI research or publications at www.bticonsulting.com.

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