The Time to Hire Privacy Experts Was Yesterday

Each week, the Law.com Barometer newsletter, powered by the ALM Global Newsroom and Legalweek(year) 2021, brings you the trends, disruptions and shifts our reporters and editors are tracking through coverage spanning every beat and region across the ALM Global Newsroom. The micro-topic coverage will not only help you navigate the changing legal landscape, but also prepare you to discuss these shifts with thousands of legal leaders at the new year-long virtual series Legalweek(year). This week, TRU founder and CEO Jared Coseglia was quoted and provided his market knowledge to the newsletter.

Jared Coseglia, founder of legal staffing agency TRU Staffing Partners, told Law.com that many in-house attorneys consider contract workers or new full-time hires a more preferable alternative to outside counsel or consulting firms since the latter “are too damn expensive. Bottom line.” He added, “Do you really need a six-year associate from an Am Law top 50 doing your policy revisions? Some people say absolutely. Some people say ‘I’ll bring in a contract worker.’”

Especially with the amount of general coverage given to privacy issues recently, it’s a public relations consideration. That, notes TRU’s Coseglia, could help squeeze a few more dollars out of the budget to cover these emerging privacy issues. “[Privacy's] value is beginning to supersede just compliance. It’s beginning to now affect the brand and as that evolves, that’s the business that you want to be in if you want to have a major career,” he said.

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