Whats the Washington Posts approach to determining when to use outside counsel?
We try to do as much as we can inside, and fortunately I think that it’s proven to be the most effective and efficient approach. The use of outside counsel has been primarily in the areas of litigation, and in certain specialty areas, and those counsel have had pretty standard long-term relationships with us. From time to time we add counsel as needed, because we’re growing and developing in different locations and we may need representation locally. We do not usually do the “bake offs” that a number of the larger companies do. They have tried to pare down their outside counsel to certain select firms who do all their outside work, but we haven’t used that approach. Are you able to share who some of your leading outside counsel are? It isn’t any secret. We use Williams & Connolly primarily for litigation in the First Amendment area, and also for some employment litigation. Cravath does our securities work. Wilmer, Cutler has handled anti-trust matters. And Jones Day is involved in a lo
