Outside counsel has one desire: Maximize billable hours. There is literally no incentive to have customers do well. I've seen a ton of frivolous litigation due

Outside counsel has one desire: Maximize billable hours. There is literally no incentive to have customers do well. I've seen a ton of frivolous litigation due to having legal strategy defined by outside counsel. Internal counsel, charitably, at least, has employment and gets to slack off if there's less work. Outside counsel wants those hours. There's a complex story about: 1) IANAL disclaimers and why it's often important to consult a lawyer rather than assuming you know the law 2) What NOT to trust lawyers on. This is much more than whether or not to sue; no lawyer ever got in trouble for being too conservative. Business decisions like this one should not be made by lawyers at all. Lawyers, inside or outside, should explain what the law is, but the decision should be made by someone who can do math on things like risk and ROI, and who understands brand value / impact on the above of any action.