Based in St Paul, Minnesota, Joe Ottersetter was speaking at the Legal Marketing Association conference in San Diego. The comments were made at a session sponsored by LexisNexis and noted by the LexisNexis team.

50-50 split

The Lexis write-up also says: 'Joe Otterstetter, managing counsel at the 3M company noted during the panel that in 2012, roughly two-thirds of the company’s legal spend was on outside counsel (and mostly for litigation).  Today, that split is about half and half.  Indeed, a survey LexisNexis published late last year found that 54% of corporate legal departments plan to bring more work in-house.' Source: LexisNexis